Blank logs

[+geocyclist94]

I was just going though some of the logs posted on my caches today and noticed a blank log.

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Thanks

--mich5483

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

I was just going though some of the logs posted on my caches today and noticed a blank log.

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Thanks

--mich5483

Life's too short to sweat the small stuff!

 

And

 

Trying to control other people's behavior is more frustrating than herding cats.

 

Let it go.

[+bittsen]

I was just going though some of the logs posted on my caches today and noticed a blank log.

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Thanks

--mich5483

 

Perhaps send an email to the logger and ask them to revise their log. I, personally, would think a blank log was a glitch and delete it if it wasn't verified with some sort of text. I wouldn't care if it said "XJJ:JHG:LJVFJ" or something similar because at that point it identifies the personality of the cacher.

[+kunarion]

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

There's a log with a single letter of the alphabet, on one of my caches, a letter "d". I didn't remove it. So I doubt I'd remove a blank log -- unless the person didn't actually visit the cache & sign that log.

 

Some people use phone apps that "log the visit". They might not even read the cache page online, nor know that there's a place there to write stuff. You could email such cachers, and ask for a more substantial log. But do you really want to know what they have to say?

Edited November 15, 2009 by kunarion

[+Walts Hunting]

I got one of those today and sent him a note (he is a newbie) that common courtesy would be nice.

 

You cannot delete them since requiring them to actually type something would be considered an ALR and those are specifically prohibited by GS.

[+The Blorenges]

These are appearing more and more frequently just recently. Apparently it's usually due to a cacher logging from their mobile phone and... maybe not doing it correctly? Or maybe they just didn't want to say much? Sometimes they later discover their own blank log and edit some appropriate words back into it.

 

MrsB

[+Wooden Cyclist]

Ignore it and move on. Enjoy the good logs.

[+KBI]

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Perhaps send an email to the logger and ask them to revise their log. I, personally, would think a blank log was a glitch and delete it if it wasn't verified with some sort of text.

Blank logs, What do you do about them?

Nothing.

 

Some people just don't like to write. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy finding my cache – and it certainly doesn’t give me any right to delete their presumably valid find record from my cache page.

 

If a log is too brief for your personal taste, or if a log does not satisfactorily stroke your ego, those are not good enough reasons for deletion. If you are going to delete someone’s Found It log from your cache page, you really need to have a better reason than that.

 

I see no reason to be offended or annoyed by blank logs.

[GOF and Bacall]

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Perhaps send an email to the logger and ask them to revise their log. I, personally, would think a blank log was a glitch and delete it if it wasn't verified with some sort of text.

Blank logs, What do you do about them?

Nothing.

 

Some people just don't like to write. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy finding my cache – and it certainly doesn’t give me any right to delete their presumably valid find record from my cache page.

 

If a log is too brief for your personal taste, or if a log does not satisfactorily stroke your ego, those are not good enough reasons for deletion. If you are going to delete someone’s Found It log from your cache page, you really need to have a better reason than that.

 

I see no reason to be offended or annoyed by blank logs.

Actually you don't need even that much of a reason. I know what you are saying though.

 

It has been mentioned that it is a problem with people logging from a cell phone. Perhaps a polite note asking if that is the case. They may not even realize the situation.

[+geocyclist94]

Thanks for all the replies!

I will send the cacher a quick message to let him know.

--mich5483

[+CCWelch]

Thanks for all the replies!

I will send the cacher a quick message to let him know.

--mich5483

 

 

It has to be logged through a cell phone because when you try to put in a blank log on the computer it won't allow it, GS needs to fix the glitch in the cell phone system.

[+Prime Suspect]

It's possibly a system problem. It's not supposed to allow a blank log to go through.

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

Here's my shortest log for a find...It was all I could muster after being left speechless at the condition of the Cache and Trackable inventory...I sat there for a good ten minuites contemplating giving up on the game. This was after hiking over from about 3/4 of a mile away trying to redeem the bad morning of frustrating Caching.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...2a-fca23d81c0cc

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Is an iPhone posting. There are like (2 or 3) postings in the forums about the very same thing.

Appears all logs on Sep 12 are blank, then week later had figured it out, more or less, with a one-word cut 'n paste log.

[+geocyclist94]

Here's my shortest log for a find...It was all I could muster after being left speechless at the condition of the Cache and Trackable inventory...I sat there for a good ten minuites contemplating giving up on the game. This was after hiking over from about 3/4 of a mile away trying to redeem the bad morning of frustrating Caching.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...2a-fca23d81c0cc

 

I found a cache like that last week. Over 10 trackables missing.

[Dinoprophet]

It's almost certainly an iPhone issue. There have been other threads about it. A newbie I know uses an iPhone has had the problem with some of his logs. Purposely logging a blank log is possible but more trouble than it could possibly be worth, in my opinion.

Edited November 16, 2009 by Dinoprophet

[+BlueDeuce]

For the amount of work you do to place and maintain a cache, you would expect a short comment on the cache. I mean even "TFTC" is better than nothing!

I would just like some opinions on this and if you delete or keep the log.

Perhaps send an email to the logger and ask them to revise their log. I, personally, would think a blank log was a glitch and delete it if it wasn't verified with some sort of text.

Blank logs, What do you do about them?

Nothing.

 

Some people just don't like to write. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy finding my cache – and it certainly doesn’t give me any right to delete their presumably valid find record from my cache page.

 

If a log is too brief for your personal taste, or if a log does not satisfactorily stroke your ego, those are not good enough reasons for deletion. If you are going to delete someone’s Found It log from your cache page, you really need to have a better reason than that.

 

I see no reason to be offended or annoyed by blank logs.

 

ayep.

[+ThePetersTrio]

Like other COs, I too enjoy well-written, well-thought out, amusing log entries on my cache page. But I certainly don't expect that to be the norm. There can be numerous reasons for short log notes - maybe the person doesn't enjoy writing, maybe they aren't proficient at typing, maybe they are a disabled cacher, maybe they are a kid.

 

I'm just happy if they hunted the cache and, like others before me have said, I don't sweat the small stuff.