How long do you wait to mark a best response?

I usually wait 3 or 4 days, depending on the number of responses. I have some discussions that only had 2 or 3 responses after a long time that I just marked best responses for just to clear them from unresolved. I like to allow adequate time for all my friends to respond if they want before I pick the best of the best.

Hi Joy, that is a good question, sometimes I forget to mark the best response. I think that a person should at least wait for at least a day or so, but for the people that is just starting here, they don't get a lot of replys, they had to get more friends. Ok, Have a nice Eving! It is getting chilly at night, when will the weather ever get to be warm?

hi JoyfulOne i think i've only gave the 'best response' for several times those response i picked is the one that really hit me.. ehehe all responses i got are the best responses that people gave to my discussions and i find myself hard to pick one it's not fair because everybody were giving the best, so since i can only choose one, i prefer to choose nothing by responding back their responds is my way to show how i appreciate them i hope they'll understand my way.. hehee but if you ask how long should we wait before choosing the best one ? maybe i'll say one week .. one week might be too long, but i think it's the longest time we can give to the discussion and chances to people respond i think one week is enough.. ^^ thanks JoyfulOne .. !!

Two to three weeks or one month before i marked someone a best responsed. But its depend also if there someone will answered that make me satisfied to it then i will not wait for weeks or months.

I just been here more than 1 week, and be frankly I didn't mark a best response as I don't know to do that. So, the thing I need to do now is to the discussions I've started and to mark the best response. Thanks for your reminding.

i haven't give a best response yet..thanks for this post..it reminds me to mark a best response.. happy posting!

I usually wait quite a while, a week or more. I know that some people believe that you give best response to your first response. I do not agree. First is not always best.Sometimes it is that a responder is a close friend.

Yes, I also got curious of why others would do that (choosing a best response though the post is still fresh and hot). Whenever I start my own (which is very often nowadays, I only login here to respond on other member's posts), I usually wait until I've seen that my post won't be responded by others anymore. My minimum would be a week, then search for the most deserving responder and mark it as the best response.

I generally wait a week or so before awarding a best response. I like to give people plenty of time to respond, then I have the choice.

I usually try to wait a few days to mark my Best Response to give everyone a chance to earn it. But if I get a response while i'm still MyLotting around and I think it's really insightful and adds depth to the discussion. sometimes i'll mark it right then and there.

I don't have a set time. To tell the truth, sometimes I don't do it for months. I forget to do that, then have a long list of "unresolved" discussions and have to spend hours picking BRs. That's probably why some people do them quickly, so they don't pile up.

For me I'm bad about giving best responses. So for me it sure isn't the first few responses that I give best responses. Speaking of which I probably have some discussions that I do need to give best response to yet. Though I don't tend to start many discussions, I do more responding than anything.

I usually try to let my discussions run between 3 and 6 days before I mark a best response. That way I allow people time to answer. I know that some people are not on every day and I like to give everyone a chance to respond who wants to. I know that sometimes you will get responses beyond that time-frame and that is wonderful but I figure that if I give it 3 - 6 days then I have gotton the majority of the responses that I am going to. Now I change that little rule on the last day of the month. Anything that has not recieved best response by the time I am going to bed on the last day of the month gets one. I don't know if it helps people's income or not but in case it does I always try to clean it all up on the last day. :)

I never know about i can mark the best response so i will do in some day.I understand mylot mark for members.Thank you to create this discussion.

Sometimes I wait up to a year to mark best response. Other times, I mark best response after a few hours. I like to close out new discussions before one AM.

I think I would wait a week or something, to give proper opportunity to all to respond. In that much of a time frame, one would get as many responses. There will be responses coming in after that too. But then we have to put a time limit somewhere to choose the best response. We cant leave the discussion unresolved endlessly. Nor does choosing a best response close the discussion.