{"id":19216,"date":"2024-07-23T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/2024\/07\/do-i-really-have-to-answer-that\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:15:16","slug":"do-i-really-have-to-answer-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/en\/2024\/07\/do-i-really-have-to-answer-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I really have to reply?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>It is not obligation but courtesy!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude00<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There are frequent complaints from WWOOFers that go unanswered by Hosts. Sometimes it is technical problems, but often it is poor attention to correspondence.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900\">We encourage you to respond to visit requests even if only with a polite decline. 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url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Apple iOS&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_icon=&#8221;\uf179||fa||400&#8243; button_on_hover=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e742f17d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"color:#8b6a41;background-color:#f2e8d1\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ha \u00e9ppen nagyon elfoglalt vagy, \u00e9s nem tudsz v\u00e1laszolni a WWOOF-tagokt\u00f3l \u00e9rkez\u0151 \u00fczenetekre, ne feledd, hogy sz\u00e1mos eszk\u00f6z \u00e1ll rendelkez\u00e9sedre, amellyel cs\u00f6kkentheted a be\u00e9rkez\u0151 k\u00e9r\u00e9sek sz\u00e1m\u00e1t. N\u00e9zz\u00fck meg, melyek ezek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5On your host profile, in the &#8220;Availability&#8221; section, you can choose the periods when you do not wish to host volunteers. For the days\/months you have marked as closed periods, you will not receive requests to visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2611\ufe0fIf you want to take a longer break you can also hide your farm from the list by disabling the &#8220;Show my profile in the host list&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need assistance, you can always turn to <a href=\"mailto:staff@wwoof.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">staff@wwoof.it<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insights<\/h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WWOOFers are also not responding!<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This may be your first instinctive response to our solicitation. It is certainly not by imitating undesirable behavior that the problem is solved. What&#8217;s more, some more responsibility regarding the spirit of association can be expected from the hosts.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What happens if you don&#8217;t respond soon?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Your profile page shows your response rates and the average frequency with which you respond. It&#8217;s a system that allows WWOOFers to adjust to the idea that farmers don&#8217;t spend their days in front of the computer but at the same time it should stimulate you to be more responsive: having low or near-zero percentages discourages WWOOFers from making further requests to visit, in the uncertainty of receiving responses. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If your response rate drops below 10%, and you have received at least 8 visit requests in the past 6 months, the visit request button on your profile will be automatically disabled. If this happens we will contact you by email to notify you of your situation. With the button deactivated, no further requests will come to you and you will be able to respond to the messages you receive in your own time.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">To reactivate the button, all you need to do is start responding to the messages you had missed over the past few months. When your response rate returns above 10 percent, the visit request button will automatically reactivate. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This mechanism will prevent WWOOFers from writing to hosts who have been unable to maintain timely correspondence in the past six months. 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