Well, are ya happy now?

seriously, you need to give your posts more time. We are global here and some people aren't on here every single day. Possibly they have lives.

Why all this worry about if a post doesn’t get any response? Just leave it there and get on with your life?

I've gotten answers to post six months or a year later.
Also bare in mind this site crosses many time zones, so it maybe up to 24 hours before it is seen by everyone.

I've noticed that a lot of posts I make (within the last several months) get very little, if any, traffic. Usually only the people who follow my posts are the ones who comment on anything I post, with rare exceptions. I think the site is fundamentally broken where there are tons of posts that nobody ever sees. When I first joined the site, it seems I got a list of all the posts, and there was a lot of variety. Now I can go most of a day and not see any change on the homepage feed. Some of it might be that people are posting more to groups, and unless I'm a member of a particular group I'm unlikely to see those posts without going way, way out of my way. It shouldn't be this difficult to see new content, but I find myself coming here far less often because of this problem. I never delete a post, even if it gets no attention; I've been surprised when someone stumbles upon a post months or years after I originally posted and has something to contribute, so I leave posts alone on the off chance someone will find it interesting or engaging at a later time.

Kinda wish you’d delete this post

Honestly, I don't worry about it. There's so many people on here, from all different locations and backgrounds, with all sorts of opinions and reactions, not sure there's a "formula" for post popularity.

Hope you're not losing any sleep over this ...

Love it. That’s why I don’t bother as much as I did. Seeing a post that is not a rant about Trump or Covid 19, and is something thoughtful which can open discussion is unusual of late where only a few months it was common place.

...and I followed your recipe. Fantastic!

I find almost any post takes 24 hours to get "traction" you are deleting too quickly!

Deleting a post if no responses after a few hour seems (to me) counter-productive as some people don't come here that often. Sometimes it takes me several days to get around to post a reply to a post. But, if that's what you want to do, then do it.

As for why I reply to posts..... it has to catch my eye. Don't ask me what does that as I have no clue. One of the many reasons why it takes me so long to post a reply to a post is because for that second, it catches my eye.

I try to respond to everyone I see. Someone has to give to grief.

My posts tend to be me ranting or asking for advice or about some controversial topic. And then I get messages of advice or support or I get people debating and arguing with me on and on. That's my secret to lots of replies.

TLDRR. Why care. Just talk about things that interest you. The people that don’t reply aren’t people that care about the same things you do. And for gods sake leave the post up. Some of have to sleep and work ya know. You prolly missed out on some cool meetings by deleting your posts.

P.S. unless your just looking to up your level here. Then never mind

I've got a whole group I'm in with one member; me.

If one person checks out my post, I am happy to find someone who shares my thoughts. If nobody checks it out, I am happy to be unique.

I'll happily comment and respond to your posts. Content is content. And we want to share ideas.

I don't care for scrambled eggs.
So no reply from me.

Some of my posts never get any response. Other posts draw quite a lot of responses. I am me and you are you. The number of responses that I do or do not get is unimportant to me.

My cat sleeps on my bed at night, and she often purrs, specially when stroked.

Your post explains why I saw that one of your posts had been deleted when I chose to read it. Time zones matter, you know.

Some people don't even come here every day. Give us more time.

Say something about Atheists versus Agnostics.
Always works.

Looks like you hit the Jackpot here If I were to visit my last post … I’d be reminded how few are interested in US history ..my favorite college subject. A good thing I’m not starving for points

Subtle irreverence. I like it

Hey, I would suggest you give it at least a day before you delete. Not everyone has the social media free time to check posts every few minutes.

I also tend to post in forums whenever possible, and only on general post category if it isn't obvious to me what topic niche it belongs to.

When I consider posts I have deleted, they either were brain-fart goofs that are embarassing, or multiple readers took offense, and I realized the message I intended what not what came across. Otherwise, I don't see a reason to delete any, just because they didn't rack up comment traffic.

I'm on the west coast so I hope you give your posts at least three hours! 24 hours would give the world a chance to comment.

Cats and crucifixion - that'll do it.