We're here, mycroftt. It's just that, the responses you get (or don't get) pretty much depend on your posts and, sometimes, your profile. (Profiles say a LOT about who were are). I mean, look at what you put for where you live. That's not something that would make people want to line up to get to know you.

Go back and read your other two posts and ask yourself if you would have responded if someone else had written that.

well I am still around because I was told the job I have is temporary employment...so I stick around...looking at age discrimination what can we do? I had a guy whom I know in AA directly tell me that they were going with younger people who had skills in social networking for a yellow pages sales job after he interviewed me and did not give me a job...I felt like CRAPP....he said they discriminated against me and I did not take him to the mat because he is someone I know in AA....I thought when I knew him I was shoe in...nope!

They are too poor to own a computer, or to have internet access. Or it could be that they have given up and are too depressed to even look for help.

That's a good point, lovemyhubby29. Every time I go to the library or a One Stop Career Center, every single computer terminal is being used. A lot of people don't have access to a computer at home. If more people did, I'm sure this board would get more activity than it does.

Plus, you have to be careful, especially when you're long term unemployed, as to what you expose yourself to. Sometimes talking with other people who are also unemployed results in feeling more discouraged about our own. (On the flip side though...sometimes we get support to deal with what we're going through). But, it can be a toss up.

This morning, I saw a post on the home page of DS that someone on my friends list had posted. To answer her post, I ended up on a forum I don't frequent. (I won't say which one it was). When I got to that group and looked at some of the other posts, I thought, "...the way I'm feeling would be intensified by 1000% (in a negative way) after reading these posts...". Other than offering addition support and encouragement to that person, I have no plans to visit that board again.

I think we're all just trying to survive what we're going through - financially, emotionally and in other ways. Especially when there's always the risk of someone taking a comment meant to HELP you as something other than that (as happened to me yesterday), sometimes it's best to just stay away. Life gives us enough attacks. I don't need cyber-attacks too.

Hope that helps to explain the lack of activity on the board, mycroftt - other than the fact that, for most of the day, most of us are just busy trying to find a job.

Janice