On more than one occasion I have submitted post with code, expecting at least one response (that wasn't from me). I would request being able to delete the initial post after several days in no reply state.
I don't think "no response" is the same thing as "no value." I know I have found more than one of your "no response" posts informative and useful. I use the forum as a kind of repository of useful information that is just a click away.
100% agree with everything TD says!
I think this phenomenon is known as "Bruce's Law".
The problem is that if you post something (on any forum, email, Facebook, Twitter, whatever) and get no response (in a situation where you think a response is warranted), it could mean any of the following things:
1) There was some mechanical problem and the message was never received. This could be, for example, because the recipient doesn't know how to work their email program.
2) The recipient(s) is/are in total agreement with what you said and feels that no response is needed. This is, in fact, the most aggravating case, but alas, too common.
3) The recipent(s) is/are in violent disagreement with you and don't wish to communicate with you. Note that in general, the best response to a post you don't agree with (i.e., don't like) is to just ignore it. Flaming back rarely accomplishes anything (other than to make you feel good). So "Just Stop" is usually the best course of action.
Guilty as charged. I do find that posts I don't agree with can still be useful, whether I engage or not.
I get what OP is saying though. I've had cases where, after thinking more about it, I realize my question was sort of dumb, and I'd just like to withdraw the question.
When that happens to me, I answer my own question with something like "Oops, I get it now. The framistat is obviously too large for the defarbolator, it simply doesn't fit. Duh. Never mind"
Who knows, maybe someone else will get some use from it.