I have come a long way. Have you?

Hi,(hugs) What i understand is that Mylot is all about discussing topics. And when i start any topic and if i keep that discussion unattended, then, i am actually not getting benefited from my own discussion. With this new account, i observed some are still using partial method of responding, that is reply only to whom they are comfortable or ignore purposely or actually don't have time. I feel okay, may be my reply is not worth of responding back, ha ha. Okay, I did my job and now will go back to some more interesting discussions.

Down below is one of my discussions from six years back. I've saved a few just for old times sake. As you can see, I was a yakker then and I'm still a yakker, lol! I remember going through the site and seeing what people were doing, so I just went along and did the same thing. I came here from another site where I would ask questions now and then so I was kind of used to it. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1278303.aspx You might have to copy and paste this, not sure yet...hope it works for you.

That's why I start every day on myLot at the 'unresolved' list, making sure I've checked all my discussions 4 weeks old or older. But yeah; what with responding to a bunch of your more-popular discussions & others' hot discussions, some of your discussions get lost in the rush.

I have not even thought about that today is the first day back onto mylot in about 6 or 7 months now. You posting this topic reminded me that i need to go and look just to see if there are things that i have not responded to. Thank you for posting this.

Me too. I have never thought that I would last this long with mylot. i have already learned to enjoy the website and that earnings is just a bonus since I have been learning a lot from here lately. Im here for 7 weeks now and I have been seriously active for the last 4 weeks and Im totally enjoying myself!

Considering that I'm still a newbie, I've started some discussions on here that people are still commenting on. It's good that I'm still considered 'o.k.' but I have so came a long way than I ever imagined. (Still totally have a long way to go) But I have. It's just a lot of discussions that people on here have started way cooler discussions than I have. :)

Well, I have been known lately even myself to bring back up some of my older discussions and respond back to them if I can. As long as they still pertain it is important to respond back and many times I even find myself getting new responses back from others here as well.

I am sure if I went back there would be many discussions I did not fully participate in. Sometime when things are slow I shall go see what I can do about that. It is never too late to respond.

Hi ak! When I joined and I was new here I was told by one of the dear friends here that posting comments on the responses and acknowledging the same is not only a matter of courtesy, it makes the interaction lively and interesting. I used to post my comments since beginning. Just now someone posted a response to my six year old discussion and I found that I had posted comments to most of the relevant responses. I also thought it fit to respond to the last respondent, who respondent my post lately. To post comments and counter-comments is a sort of conversation and I always love it. I prefer responding to those friends' discussions who post their comments on my responses, without fail.

I've learned my lesson that it's my responsibility to comment back to my responders. They spent their time responding to me but I have missed replying them. Lately, I did my best to comment to all responses I've received. I hope they won't get tired responding to my discussions.

I'm glad to hear that you give your responses the attention it needs. I know what you mean. At first I didn't really understand a lot about mylot when I first started here. When I learned more then I went back and responded to all the responses that I had missed. I came pretty close to getting them all. I might have missed a few but I was happy that I went back.

When I was new on mylot, I did not know that I was expected to comment on my responses. I thought that it was ok to begin a discussion and just read the responses to my discussion. I loved it when other people joined in. I thought that that was all it took but a veteran mylotter let me know that I was not displaying good mylot etiquette. She also let me know that I was not getting paid for my discussions. My earnings were very low and I was thinking of calling it quite. Since then, I comment on all my responses. It's more fun plus my earning have greatly increased.

for me it doesn't mean you're irresponsible. maybe you were a newbie then and you're not aware yet about the way to earn, participate and gain friends at the same time. it's also possible you got busy during that period. or it was a discussion made when you were emotional and didn't want to go back to. whatever the reason, you're free to revive them or not. some don't like going back to old topics. do what feels right for you.

I haven't been here very long, so I cannot say that I have. Still learning my way about. Best wishes! :-)

When I consider the Moss, this rolling stone has gathered..WOW! One needs to know, that the first...very first time that I put fingers to keys on a computer (rather than pen to paper) was NEARLY 6 years ago! The unabashed neophtye to the cyber world..and shortly after joined "myLot"..stumbled, tripped, got up and got back in the race! YES, a huge learning curve..and still in infancy..so much yet to learn! One must remember we are teaching an old dog, new tricks. My original stumbling block, was timidity (hard to believe, eh?) so fearful a "big,bad mouth would come out of the screen and tell me off!" I.m getting there...tada!

It is always good to get a chance to go back our old topic and revise our old activities. On every single day we are learning new lessons and avoid the mistakes if we done anything in past. I too was not aware the importance of commenting back in the beginning. I learnt within a week about my responsibility as a starter of the discussion. I think you have an opportunity earn more if you can comment back to those topics now. There is no time frame for commenting back.

I used to be like that too when I first started out because I didn't know how the site worked and I was new. I did respond to some though but not all like I should have. Now I respond to just about everyone that replies to any of my post that I do post on here. I have been on here for 5 years now and I love it. I have grown so much in the past 5 years, I will never leave this site ever.

I try to keep up with all of the discussions and the responses that I have started and got, but it is not always that easy, as there are times where I have other things like family that have to be sorted out and that is a must sort. I still hacve people that comment on my discussions that I started when I first come on here, so I tend to try to go back and answer those if and when I can, but at the same time I try to answer friends discussions on here as well.

I had responded to most of my respondents in the discussions that I had stared. I just feel to respond because myLot is a discussion site. Responding to them is also my mean of saying thank you that they had visited my started discussion.

Hi allknowing! I realized these things on the earlier part of my career, he he. I tried to respond to those people and make some apologies. Have a nice day!