What is the secret to getting good responses?

United States
April 25, 2007 4:17am CST
How do you achievers do it? How do you get large amounts of responders? It seems so random here on mylot--some great conversations and some really lame ones have several responses... and then some of both types have none. It perplexes me.
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@gberlin (3836)
25 Apr 07
I think it has more to do with how many mylot friends you have than the quality of your discussions. If you go to the profile of people with a lot of responses you will find that they have a lot of people listed as their friends. I posted a question about eye color yesterday and it received 10 responses right off the bat. I currently have between 30 and 40 friends on mylot. Some people I know have over 100 friends. They get a large number of responses.
• United States
25 Apr 07
i think make good friends here, constantly participate in their discussion in your area of interest and then they will start to recognize you and will make sure to reply whenever you will be psting something
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@marababe (2503)
• Philippines
2 May 07
Well, I think I've posted as much responses to my friends' discussions and I really try to respond to at least 1 or 2 discussions per friend but I'm not sure if they respond to mine cos I've only been getting not more than 8 responses per discussion that I make and I have 30+ friends.
@gberlin (3836)
2 May 07
Sometimes it takes my friends several weeks before they respond to my discussions. I have had one discussion that I keep getting responses to and now I have over 20 responses to it but it is now over a month old.
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@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
2 May 07
try to post discussions which are very easy to respond.The discussions should be in a very easy to understand english.Also you should make lots of frieds who respond to your discussions.
• United States
15 May 07
Thanks for the post. Valid point you make there...
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
26 Apr 07
I think it is a very complicated question you are asking here. I personally think that is no secret here. But there are ways that you can get more response's. I decided not to use those tools that i am offering you now because it is against my beliefs in being here. So, that's how it goes: Have as many friends as you can, respond to them and they will usually respond to you. Use a topic which is interesting and is common for all human beings, where you give them a choice to decide yes or no and to tell you why they choose that choice. And, the last thing is, always write quality posts, that means long and things that are reliable. So people would be interested in reading your story and responding to it. Try not to promote other sites, people are fed up with this, and it is against mylot guide rules. Good luck here.
• United States
2 May 07
Thanks for the detailed thoughts and information.
@Swtrose (3385)
• Canada
2 May 07
David, put up a good looking picture of a woman and you will have lots of responds. Of course it did not work for me, but then I'm not in my early 20's or late teens. Seriously I don't know what it takes. My best discussion so far was my rant from yesterday. The best advice I can give is don't worry about how many responses you get. Just be yourself. That is what I'm doing! They either like me or they don't. ;-)
• United States
15 May 07
I for one, think your pic is very pretty. You've a gorgeous smile, and a better than decent personality to boot. Okay, now that I'm done kissing down low... thanks for the honest to goodness answer, that is a universal truth, philosophy, and sound psychological principle... The all too challenging notion of being one's self...
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