How do they get so many replies?

I think these types of discussions are nice and easy to respond to when you don't feel in the mood for deeo and meaningful answers. I am also a little wary of them now though as I have answered a few of these lately and found my points ahve been taken off me, so I'm sticking with my friend's discussions form now on I think unless it looks like a really interesting discussion froma plausable person.

I guess it is some what just silly stuff becaue people feel they need to get "somethng" out there. Maybe some one will relate to it? So what color are your toes?

A lot of those questions that ask about a person's daily lifestyle, don't really require that much thinking and are easier to answer. Although I am guilty of answering a couple of those no brainer questions, I try to stay away from them as much as possible, cause I have been noticing those are usually the ones that get deleted first. Even in most cases I can sometimes come up with a paragraph or two to answer them with I will try and keep myself from answering them, and look for more thought provoking discussions.

Hi monkey, when are you ever going to get tired from rocking, LOL! Now, as for your discussion, I can only think of two reasons: One, the poster have huge friends on their list. There are many members here who have friends that's close to 1000. Out of 1000, you more or less get at least 100 responses. The other reason, most members prefer to respond to silly threads rather than the more serious and sensitive topics. It must have something to do with the everyday stresses they are facing and prefer to read light discussions. When I post a topic that I painstakingly penned down, I got at least 40 to 50 responses only. When I posted a thread that just come right out of my mind, I got close to or more than 100 responses. I think I will observe around and see what silly stuff I can post, LOL.

Oh I have seen many discussions like that and yes I have responded to some. I think posts like that get alot of responses because they are usually questions that just about anyone can relate to. Some of those questions get tons of replies. I suppose it's just kind of interesting sometimes to see how many people will respond.

I think it's simple for people to reply discussions like that. I have seen newbies generally answer in one or two lines and they find this kind of discussion very good to reply. Infact people who have spent time on mylot hate to reply oneliners may be it's discussions or their responses. Answering your question, "What is it about these discussions that almost demands a response?" it's questions easiness which lead people to reply it. They don't have to think anything extraordinary to reply this kind of discussions.

Because they're easy to reply to - they don't require much thought and you can reply to them quickly! Also most people quite enjoy survey type questions anyway. I sometimes respond to those types of discussions because maybe I'm just not in the mood for talking about anything more "serious" - sometimes I'm happy to talk about how often I pluck my eyebrows or paint my nails or whatever. Although I've noticed a tendency to look down on those type of questions I think sometimes they're quite fun. I don't want to spend all my time on myLot being serious about everything. That would be pretty depressing! The only thing I would say is that there is an awful lot of them and if I'm in the mood for a more "weighty" discussion I'm often struggling to find one to answer.

I dont really know the secret.For me I like to answer all types of discussions,whether its sad,happy,serious,jokes,silly.I guess a variety of everything makes it less boring.I like it here so I like to discuss all types of subjects.

Hi, actually I also faced the same situation like you. Simply wondering what kind of discussion that might catch the eyes of the mylotters. Sometimes, I also notice the discussion that been started by me only got few post replies but when the others got started with the same issue they got tons. I used to wonder with these questions. At last I got noticed that why they got such intentions from the same discussion of mine. Well, some of them play the words to be such interesting topic although for the truth the discussion is absolutely the same. Some of them use some more nice opening words and many more. I do not blame the other mylotters on this. It is up on our creativity to make a discussion that we bring on become more interesting and be more valuble to the others. :)

I guess I only responded to a few, in which I know can be counted in my two hands. Others I know have been deleted too, and there are others of which I wish I shouldn't have posted to. I only posted to them, to add some points in my post counts, and I don't expect to earn from it. Because I know that these discussions are not in the qualifications of mylot's policies, and that the poster's main goal is only to earn more money and not to help the community. The reasons for this is because they are much too easy to give our opinions at, and others get tired of too much thinking that they get the instance of looking for other topics that can be answered easily. THere's also those who prefer to make one or two-lined responses, in which they are more qualified for this types of discussions. The best is to make good quality discussions, for it to attract good quality responses. Put those nonsense topics away, and give them nonsense answers too!;)

This is basically a group discussion type of site. One user starts a discussion and there may be so many responses for that discussion and sometimes there won't be any reply also. Someone has to start some sort of a discussion. In fact Mylot is allowing all users to post whatever they want and users are doing the same. The discussion may be silly and may not be having any meaning. But this is also one type of OPINION/KNOWLEDGE sharing.

Misheleen. I think that some discussions get many replies because of one simple factor, their simplicity. Imagine this. A person scouring for discussions to answer a discussion as quickly and as easily as possible with the least resistance or simply a person seeing anything that catchs their eye and is in the mood to respond to discussions. Why would this person want to trouble him/her self in actually having to think? Thinking is too hard for many. When people come on myLot, they want relaxation. They want to talk about nothing for the most part. I myself find myself swaying to more thought provoking questions, but I am one not to really spend much time on myLot overall. This is important to keep in mind because as one spends more and more time on here I don't think that they have the desire to think.

I think you have two things going on there. People who make it a goal to respond to x number of discussions each time they sign on. By the time you get close to your goals sometimes you want to find something shallow and quick. Then also (and maybe the same people) trying to start a certain number of discussions per session causes people to resort to dog walking, toe nail polishing ideas. Maybe there could be two categories of friends lists... quick and easy versus substance. ????

Well in my opinion.. you can receive so many replies if you have many friends here in mylot.. especially if they are actively responding to your discussions. also, your reputation./rating is a big factor.. the higher the rating, the better.. just like yours.. right? also, recent or current events discussions are more likely to be responded since many people can relate to it.. i think.. thats what i think. best of luck.

I think that these kinds of discusions are a draw because they are easy to answere and don't cause any friction. One dosen't have to think very hard and they can be posted to just to get the numbers if you know what I mean.

I was wondering the same thing. If anyone has the secret, would you please share. I'm at a loss for ideas.

maybe they have many friends,lots of friends replied his or her question,or he or she had repied many questions,and the body who ask question may go to the replider's space.in a word,if you do much,you will receive much!

yeah... that is how im thinking right now how to get the attentions or symphy of others in your post/thread... as of now... most of my replies got only maximum of 5 or even less... too bad for me... secret? i guess no secret at all this is the matters of how many people online on mylot staying on the site... the tendency is that when u post your topic others is also posting at the same time... so your topic will we on the down list... after few mins... no one will read the nxt page of the list... so making topics should be interesting for all ages and genderless... target your reviewers and focus on what keep them on the thread.

Good discussion!i have the same wondering question.you can see that i'm a new member of mylot,i was so happy when i found this website of mylot,exactly we can earn some money through posting,but more important for us is that we can find some good discussion.i would like to reply some good discussion even if take my 10 minutes.so that's my way.do you think so?

i also wonder.. since im a newbie a wanna know how some people get a lot of replies and comments. :) maybe their friends help them or they help each other so as they could get a lot of earnings. i better invite lots of friends, so as to incease my chances of getting more money. but despite that i really enjoy giving and reading comments from others here in MY lot