-- Posted by Kinky Kitten at 8:46 am on May 13, 2009 The e-help posts that are from a well known member with many connections to friends on LiveWire get a lot more reply helps then any normal member who might not be so well known. Favouritism? or just getting into the good books of that said member... -- Posted by 420trendz at 8:49 am on May 13, 2009 Nah it's not like that. -- Posted by Bud2400 at 11:33 am on May 13, 2009 I think there is some favoritism involved, which may simply be the result of actually knowing the member in question and therefore being able to sympathize and/or relate to them more, thereby making you more willing to try to help however you can.  I don't necessarily think it's an attempt to get in that member's good books, but it's pretty obvious that well known members who post in the serious forum or eHelp will get more replies if they make their identity known than if they made it anonymous with the same question. -- Posted by Cyanotype at 12:24 pm on May 13, 2009 To be honest, yes. It's an unconscious effort really and the only conscious effort I would imagine is when a moderator makes an eHelp (it's out of the inbox in thirty minutes, pretty much). When I look at a eHelp, and I know the user, I ask myself this question: "is there outside information that I know about this person that can contribute to my response, if I were to write one?" Most of the time the answer for me is yes, and I'm more likely going to begin (and sometimes submit)  a response for that eHelp. When the author is a guest or a not so well known member and they write a lot and go through everything, it makes me more comfortable knowing that they've provided enough to go on to respond comfortably. I will be just as likely to respond as if if they were someone who I knew and had outside (the eHelp) information for. It has nothing to do with a member having connections, trying to get a mental smiley face from them nor me liking certain members more. It's whether or not I can feel comfortable responding to them. -- Posted by Rastafarian at 4:26 pm on May 14, 2009 I wouldn't call it favourtism, I would just say you're using your popularity to your advantage... for once. I know I've created eHelps previously and actively gone out and asked my friends to answer it, because I was needing help. Some people who submit eHelps don't have those resources, admittedly, but it's an advantage of being an active part of the website I guess. -- Posted by hI jAMES at 1:10 pm on May 15, 2009 If you know the member, you just want to answer it more.  Not all the time though.  If it's a mod, some people really want to answer it. -- Posted by dreamweaver at 1:00 am on May 17, 2009 I've had some eHelps that didn't get much of a response... Personally, I just think it depends on the subject really. -- Posted by carbonara at 12:17 am on May 18, 2009 Absolutely. I personally find that I have more compassion towards those I know on a personal level. I sometimes find it a bit easier to reply to something I already have a little knowledge on and when its for somebody you know, you can often know what are the right things to say, what cheers them up, what they want to hear etc. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. -- Posted by Kinky Kitten at 3:26 pm on May 29, 2009 Quote: from DreamWeaver at 1:00 am on May 17, 2009 I've had some eHelps that didn't get much of a response... Personally, I just think it depends on the subject really. I guess so, there are always more ways to look at things. -- Posted by AmazingRed at 9:47 pm on June 3, 2009 I don't think it's favoritism, personally. It's the quality of the reply that matters, not the reputation of the person replying. If it is favoritism, well there's honestly not much point in answering it if you're going to be given negative feedback because you don't have the same reputation as the more popular members. -- Posted by Catlin at 5:41 pm on June 21, 2009 I know none so I shall answer which ever one I feel I can, A.) Have experience in or knowledge, B.) Easy to express, C.) Researchable if if needed. It really depends on the subject I think. Sometimes you get one and you know in your heart you cannot answer it, even through it hurts you not too. -- Posted by Kinky Kitten at 3:33 am on July 2, 2009 Quote: from AmazingRed at 9:47 pm on June 3, 2009 I don't think it's favoritism, personally. It's the quality of the reply that matters, not the reputation of the person replying. If it is favoritism, well there's honestly not much point in answering it if you're going to be given negative feedback because you don't have the same reputation as the more popular members. No you got it the other way around i think, i mean that if a well known popular person writes an e-help there are more who will straight away answer that e-help. Of course that was the case before our e-helps started vanishing into thin air.