The OP is telling you that he/she does have a need for a response.
I was referring to a response that would enhance the dialogue. what you’re referring to is an emotional need. If that emotional need is for the poster to be acknowledged, than I suppose every poster should keep a record of who posts and make sure to respond, at least occasionally, to each fellow poster.
What it originally sounded like was that the OP felt that her (?) posts were not being read, or not deemed worthy of consideration. What I was pointing out was that a poster whose post is not responded to should not feel that it was ignored, or that other, non-responsive posters didn’t find the post valuable.