After Over 3000 Posts I Feel Like A Newbie!

I feel like Ive been here forever its because myloters are so friendly,there would be to many people to answer to so we need a friends list! I dont always get a chance to reply to all, my emails are always over 280 each day so I try my best to get through them. I look to make new friends when myloters answer the same discussions as me then I know what they are interested in.It saves a bit of time. I do try to answer at least three a week of new and no responce! I sound like Ive been here a couple of years. lol

Yea!!! this one came through finally..maybe after I'm asleep tonight they'll all pour in..LOL Yeppers i know what you mean..I'm going around and answering newbies and meeting new people so its good for the soul to have this happen i guess..only thing is it hurts the responses you expect back to have discussions can you imagine all 133, answering your discussions?? what a laugh that would be to try and discuss with them all..LMAO Huggles Dear Ellie!

I would. I think we are drawn to others that have common interests and usually you write about something that pertains or does interest me. So even if I weren't one of your friends I would probably answer most of your discussion.

hi ellie..even if your not my friend as long as i like your discussion and i can understand, i will response to it..but honestly now a days im quite busy so i never answer some post..

I answer any discussion that interests me. I believe it should be a matter of interest rather than anything else. People are always watching each other. I make responses as long as I am in the mood and watch the earnings and do little else. I really don't know how it all works but this is real fun and I'm loving it. Why not forget what everybody else is doing and have fun responding and discussing ?

Yes I do think the system would be a bit fairer that way but I always respond to discussions of people that are not my friends, since that is how I made friends in the first place, and since I want to see discussions that might interest me, and when I find some that do, of course I respond to them.

I usually look for all kinds of discussions to respond to, and I will do so as long as I can contribute something of value. That's why I also take a look at the 'new user' discussions and the 'no response' discussions occasionally. These members do need our support too, especially those who are relatively new and cannot just depend on friends to post in their discussions since some of them do not have many friends yet. I believe most other people take the same approach of looking out for interesting discussions, rather than only respond to discussions started by their friends. As far as the people on my friends list go, most of my friends don't really participate in my discussions anyway except for a handful. They are probably my friends in name only.

Congratulations on making it to over 3000 posts. You must be really dedicated to mylot. It is a nice virtual environment to hang out and make friends. But when you are used to getting notifications and stuff, the day you don't get them you will definitely feel that emptiness. Imagine waking up one day and there is no internet service or phone coverage. That would really feel weird as well.

Hi dear Well all i can say after having so much friends and so much post u r too much used to of it( rather addicted) and when u open ur computer and dont find notifications in ur in box, u feel un easy and not comfortable, right and this feeling is giving u Newbie feeling, u want to open the inbox and start replying to discussion, commenting on them but its not that fast and u feel lonely. sure i do response to discuusion which i like either its from new member or from some one i never interacted before as its how friends hip start So i am with u my dear, just check and u will find me there Byee

I do not know, as I am like you in that I go to new discussions and no response discussions! I think it would not be too different, as I was at yahoo answers until I found this website on another yahoo users website! At yahoo answers, you can add friends but you can also answer any questions, just like here!

Congratulations.You will do better.Best wishes.

Hello, ellie, congratulations to your 3000+ posts. I will answer your question so long as i can understand. Sometimes I don't quite sure that I clearly know your ideas, pardon me. Yeah, I think it's a fairer system, but it's not very convenient for friends to exchange ideas. Lynette

Hello Ellie, as a newbie, I think I understand what your talking about. The funny thing is, I've been here about a month and about half of my friends list seems to be inactive so I'm not sure how well the system is working as it is. In answer to your questions, I am answering this discussion and I'm not on your friends list....Yet Although I only answer discussions that I have something inteligent to add, I do look under the discussions my friends started first If we didnt have some kind of a friends/pals/whatever system to organize the members that we like and prefer to respond to, I think Mylot would be a very disorganized mess. I think its great to be able to seperate the people that we might have something in common with from the ones we dont. Cheers, Tianna

Hllo ellie, As you know I'm new to mylot so don't understand it yet,but have friends and I try to keep in touch with them. Kind regards Tamarafireheart

I think I would get fed up looking lol as I just go by my Notifications and if something catches my eye then I will respond but I am with another Site so I don't really have the time to search for the Discussions lol I would reply to a none Friend if it catches my eye and it is of Interrest to me

I also check out the new user and no responses first, like you I know what it is like to be new and no one replying to my post, so I figure I will help them out a bit, I often make posts that seems I am the only one interested in the discussion. I go from there to interst from my friends, for some reason I get no email notications but they are turned on, so don't know what the problem is. Then I check the post I have made to see if there is responses that I should answer back to. Then I just take it down the line. I dont think I have you on my friends list, I look for discussion that interest me, not whether it comes from my friends list, so your discussion I answered because of the type it was not because you are a friend, but I will add you.

At the moment I am barely making a dent in the discussion notifications I'm receiving by email, but under normal circumstances I do a combination of friends and non-friends discussions. I look at my friends discussions, and then when I've completed one you get those similar discussions coming up at the bottom of the page and I sometimes answer those too if they appeal. It's a way of 'meeting' new people too. Some of my friends seem to have stopped posting recently, so it's nice to have new friends to replace them. I think that even if there was no friends list, I would still seek out the discussions of certain people simply because I enjoy their discussions. And yes, you'd be one of them

I AM a newbie with only 572 posts and I love to look at the no response and new user discussions. There is some rubbish there, of course, as most people have to work through the 'what colour are your eyes?' type discussions before either quitting or discovering that there is a meaningful world of discussion here. I also look at the discussions started by a select number of friends becasue it seems we either have mutual interests or their posts have been stimulating and fun to answer. Like this one naturally!!

I don't know that the system would be any more fair. I do check for my friends posts, but I can't always comment, because I just don't know anything about the topic. I always check for my referrals' discussions, because I like to encourage them to keep going, but sometimes I can't comment on those for the same reason. Then I go into my interests and see if there's anything there interesting, then on to the discussions by new members and discussions with no comments. To me the system wouldn't be any more fair, because I wouldn't change MY system. Friends do figure into it, but discussions I'm personally interested in are more of a priority. I do get to know my friends by the discussions they post and sometimes I like to send them a personal message because I have a question or something to say that would be against guidelines to post in a discussion, or just not something I want to share with the whole world.

Its always nice to respond to a newbies disscussion. I try to hit all the topics if I can and try and answer them. Its hard to think up a discussion and post it. Then when you dont get any responses its very disapointing. I think that it would be fair without the friend system.