My lot is getting boring
By darksorrow
@darksorrow (4666)
Bangladesh
July 10, 2008 12:53pm CST
I don't know why mylotters don't answer on discussions. Since the day i joined I have posted many discussions but i did not got enough response. I can't find out why?
All i can think of that most of my discussion are question based which requires some expertise to answer. But i don't think this is the reason. My discussions are not that tough. I believe there are many mylotters who has some expertise.
Another reason may be my discussions don't attract mylotter's interest. They find my discussions boring & when they see my name they avoid it.
I don't know what's the reason but when i participate in others discussion why others don't participate in my discussion. I even try to answer others comment on my discussion. Why I don't get response?
This is really embarrassing.
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29 responses
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Hi darksorrow,
Don't feel bad about it, that is common to all of us, trust me! Just add friends and turn o the notifications..BE active in their post and in return they will also be active in your post.
When I started, I have that experienced too and honestly, even up to now, I have few responses only in my post.
But, it doesn't mean people do not like us, just maybe they didn't find that post or honestly, they are not interested or no idea about it.
Just continue posting and enjoy here!
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
11 Jul 08
yea...try it and you will see the increase..Just be active in their post also so you won't lose them! happy posting!
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
I did not know it's common. Now i know. You also notified me one of my mistakes. That is i did not turned on my notification. So i am gonna turn it on now.
Thanks for your response
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
11 Jul 08
i'm sorry just give it some time. by your number doesn't look like you have been on too long. it's the firrst time i have seen your name.your name may be scaring people off it is pretty sad sounding. don't mean to insult u over your name but u might try something more happy sounding. hope u have a good day. greetings from tennessee.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
lotters from the whole world gather on mylot. there are not holidays everywhere.
But thanks for cheering me up.
@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I just checked out your profile and only a handful of your discussions are not about other money making sites or how you are paid or some such thing. MyLot is saturated with discussions like that.
Take a little bit of time to read other discussions to see what people could really be interested in and build on that.
Hope I gave you a helpful tip.
@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
11 Jul 08
You're welcome.
I wanted to try to help out a little bit. Just put a little bit of variety in your discussions and not concentrate on just one main subject. Sometimes people can be put off by seeing a subject they've seen many times and then think "oh no, not another one".
Have a good day.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
Your tip was helpful. Thanks. Since i am new in the money making field i have some questions. That's why I am asking. I think I am doing nothing wrong. But you said mylot is is saturated with discussions like that. That may be a reason i am not getting appropiate answers.
@petiksmode (2983)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
dont trouble yourself too much on this not that becoz it is just cool but i would say that is indeed normal to have discussions that dont hve any responses..
like you you cant just go in every discussion and post your respond to each and every post you will respond to those that catches your attention ayt? same goes to other users...
just keep onposting and be grateful if someone replied back but if you cant have any discussion just do more post ok??
happy earning!!!
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
10 Jul 08
I liked your response since you included both sides (poster & responder) limitations. I think you are too political.
Correct me if i am wrong & thanks for responding.
@petiksmode (2983)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
hmmm what do you mean by me being political...i just wanted to see how things work in a balance way...hehehe
@eltmin (143)
• Malaysia
11 Jul 08
Hahahah :D there you have it done already !!! Look at your discussion, lots of people responding to it. Just be patience, and make more friends here. Most people will tend to be more responsive to discussion started / responded by their friends. You are still new, take your time. Cheers...
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
You are right lots of people responded to my discussion. I am very happy about it. This discussion really helped me understand mylot a lot.
Now i will start a new way to participate in my lot.
@jahrock (111)
•
11 Jul 08
Well you certainly got a lot of responses with your plea from the heart, so now it's time for you to do two things. First, change the picture, even if you think you look like a yeti, because people will or may respond better to a photo of somebody real, rather than something that looks as if it's the cover of a horror story.
Secondly, now you've got an audience, think of another topic, write it up, and then leave it to get some responses while you get busy contributing to other discussions. That's what MYLOT is really all about, and more often than not we all go thru the experience of starting topics which get no response. If you want to check, have a look at the DISCUSSIONS panel on your page, and check the DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT ANY RESPONSES. Yes, that's right, there is a separate category with that title, to make us all feel that we're not alone!
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
Thanks for your advice but i think my picture is really cool & don't want to change so soon. Thanks again for giving me the idea of writing a new topic.
I have not noticed the discussion without any responses. But i think it was for good. If i had noticed that i would not write this topic lol.
@makatas (1098)
• Greece
10 Jul 08
I had felt exactly the same, and i had made a topic then. I was also upset because i kept replying to my friends topics while they never found time to reply at my topics. This is really annoying, especially when you start and wanna have some fast progress. However, what i found out was, if the topic isnt in other peoples interests, they wont trouble to reply. So, even if u have many friends, even if u try your best, creating topics that dont interest more people will only lead to minimum number of responses.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
You are right that creating topics that don't interest more people will only lead to minimum number of responses.
But i can't always get interesting topics. Whatever that does not matter anymore to me.
From the replies of this discussion i learned many things. I am not gonna be annoyed anymore.
@darkangel079 (1498)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I read through your discussions and most of which has a lot to do about making money and such. The thing is with so many people online every person has their taste of discussions and what they respond to. It is according to your will what other topics you can discuss and post about in this site.
Last year I started saying the same thing too that Mylot is getting boring. It was because my story was I had nothing else to talk about so I stopped for a while. But now I'm back. Why? Because it is paying a lot more than last year and figured I can post other things day by day.
It also comes down to it what you do and how you represent yourself here in Mylot. Best to build a good rep and you'll do great.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
You know how i feel. But now it does not matter after this whole discussion. I will improve myself. Thanks for sharing.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
•
10 Jul 08
Hello darksorrow,
You are not alone, I have posted many discussions but only few responces and yet when look at some Mylotter's discussions they have over 50 responses, I know the feeling, don't despares.
Tamarafireheart.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
Thanks for your concern. But i am not jealous of others because they are getting more responses. Their discussion attract readers so they get better responses. I appreciate them.
@RastamanG (385)
•
11 Jul 08
I think maybe its because your new, once you have made a fair amount of discussions then you should get more people looking at your discussions and responding.
The same happened to me when i first started i only got like 4 responses max to my discussions but now i get pages full of responses, i think you just need to make a few good discussions and more people will contribute.
You've already got 3 pages and counting on this discussion so you are doing good for yourself don't you think?
@Kemboi (341)
• Eldoret, Kenya
11 Jul 08
Thank you very much for your complain. I can see that you are vary disturbed. Me I like contributing some other peoples discussion, because it has been said count not your own interest but value others than yours. So never mind friend a good day can be seen in the morning. Keep those coming never grow tired as earlier as this. I am also a member of those who their discussion are rarely responded.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
Thanks for your response. For you my discussion become four page long.
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
10 Jul 08
i've been here going on 3 days now. i think alot of people here have their circle of friends and enough cut out for them. it is time consuming enough to visit all their friends. and they chat back and forth too. they manage to be on at the same time . you need to give it time to sprout. a month can seem like a long time. there isn't a set time for you. it takes as long as it will take. try to enjoy what you are involved in and give it time to mature. just keep giving them bait. and you could find a hot spot.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
There may be a circle who only discuss only among themselves. It's their choice. What you said give time to mature is I need.
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
11 Jul 08
when my friend this is something which mankind feeling. A lot of my discussions are never replied in a field a bad about it I can see you very irritating and foolish questions being responded readily whereas when I put some good questions which need some logical thinking to answer them and never get any response to those. But then I have of setting aside and I have moved on. Nowadays I hardly post any discussion of mine but I generally respond to others and I make it a point that I don't make any foolish response to any of the decisions. They just a ploy from me and I hope others will also move with it so that we can enjoy the stay here on the subject. Even I have seen a lot of people putting questions which are not actually questions but information which I think they copied paste from any other Web site.
@doubleloveyou (2466)
• United States
10 Jul 08
Don't be embarrassed. I have my share of unresponses. Dsicussion I think are really good. Sometimes what can happen is the title is not catchy enough. Or you may have posted during a busy time of day, therefore not many people will see your post.
One thing may actually be your picture. :) You have to admit...it doesn't scream "I would love you to drop in and chat a while. lol
Here is what worked for me. I would respond to several discussions. Good responses. Intelligent and I would put alot of work in to it. That caused me to get quite a few friends and many of them now have me on notify. In other words they are notifed when I start a discussion.
Also pick out 3-4 of your friends and respond to as many of their deiscussion as possible. That will build a relation with them.
hope this helps.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
10 Jul 08
I have to admit you gave me some valuable information that will help me on my lot. Busy time of day might be a good reason i don't get response.
The suggestion you gave me i am definitely gonna follow them because not only me but others also need response for their discussions.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
10 Jul 08
oh!1 don;t get discourage, this happens to all who are here. Not at all times that our discussions will be responded by many. For me, I am glad when there is 1 person who will reply to my discussion. If I have only few responses, I will not post too much. I will reply to the discussion of others. It doesn't matter if you are posting discussion or you are replying, you still earned for both. So, don;t worry about it.
just keep going. Participate more everyday and you will be fine.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
I am not discouraged now after posting this discussion i think it's not only my problem. But i was a little bit frustrated because of a little response.
After this discussion i think i have a better understanding of mylot. My expectations from my lot was different than real.
Thanks for your response.
@fxcash (105)
• Canada
10 Jul 08
Hi, I think perhaps the problem sometimes here is that there are just so many people who have so many different topics which they start that it is hard for any person to be able to respond to all of them and therefore unfortunately some people take a long time to get responses to their posts. But if you stick with it, make friends and keep posting discussions you will see an increase in this over time as more and more people begin to get to know you better.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
11 Jul 08
Yeah i am beginning to understand that not everyone can not answer all discussions. But i am expecting a little. If most of your discussions get unanswered then its natural to feel bad.
@etnad0 (230)
• United States
11 Jul 08
i'm assuming that this thread solved your response problem? LOL
about 50% of what i post doesn't get responded to. i've only been here 9 days, but i've noticed that you have to post topics that people want to read and be involved in. try religion or politics, that always gets people and responding.