Is this a new trend at Mylot?

Hi, well you have posted a discussion now and I must admit that I totally agree with you and I still always respond back to anyone that takes the time to respond to a discussion that I have posted with a lot more than a thankyou. I thought that was what a discussion was, a two way thing. Most people on my friends list do respond back and over the course of time I have been here I do know the ones that don't and will maybe not answer to theirs quite as much. Good to see you anyway. Ellie :D

I leave way too may responses a day to remember who has come back and commented on my response, and I'm sure there are a lot of others in the same boat. I try to answer all of mine, unless it's clear there is nothing to answer, and of course it does get difficult if they are pages of them, like you said. I wouldn't take it personally.

Hi kbourgerie! When I start a discussion I do it at a time when I KNOW I will be able to respond to anyone who responds to me. For examole, I don't start a dicussion just before I close down my computer - I feel that's lacking in respect to those who might respond. I then comment back to them and if they comment back to me then we sometimes have a long chat - and I LOVE that! I too have noticed that there are some who don't respond and it's usually the same people. After awhile I just don't go back and respond to them if it happens a few times. I think that if someone spoke to me in the street, in a shop or anywhere offline I would respond to them and I can't see why that shouldn't be the same here seeing as MyLot is for discussions. Those who just throw a topic there and leave it unattended I feel are rude and lacking in respect and personally I don't like it and eventually I leave their discussions unattended. I hope it will not become the trend here as a discussion should be just that, A DISCUSSION!

I like to have real comments on my responses, not just a thank you for responding, but if I get no comment it does not bother me. I would not notice because I get so many notifications of comments added every day. I don't think it's a new trend not to comment. Some people do and some don't. Those who don't comment will earn less and have few responses to their discussions in future. I see so many posts saying comments don't count, so some people think they are a waste of time. They are wrong. Comments dont add to your post count, that does not mean they don't add value to a discussion. We all get paid for our participation and and the better the discussion the more you can earn from it.

hey i know what you mean sometimes i would like to have conversation about the topic but most of the time there is not much to say !! and i my self do say thanks for the response most of the time but thats because nothing else to say

I am still new here, and i've read discussions where people say how much they HATE it when people reply to posts.... so I took that as thinking that it was normal not to reply back. So I guess I need help on this too. I like replying to people, because then it's like you are actually having a discussion with them, instead of just replying to some topic. I don't know, it's interesting. I will start replying to my discussion topics!

Maybe because others have nothing in mind to reply back to you, so for appreciation they will just say thank you for the response. Well, this really oftentimes happening here at mylot. I dont know maybe some just want to make many responses in orer to have more points.

I, like you, have also been absent from myLot quite a bit lately, kbourgerie, so I was not aware of this trend. I have not posted very much because I have been busy doing other things. I felt the need to get away for awhile in order to get a new perspective. I had begun to question whether I still had anything of value to contribute to the site. I've decided that I do, and I will comment on all responses that I receive.

Hi kbourgerie, The times that I have started a new dicusscions I get a handful of repsonds and they are from the same people, once in a while I get people who's name I don't recongize, which make me happy that they are reading my discussion. I also try to answer to as many as I can, and If I like what the topic is. I know I'll will answer to some but that one person will never answer to any of mine. So it just depends on the subject. don't give up. Have a good day.

You're right. When I don't get a response, I wonder if the person who began the discussion even read it! I admit, a couple of weeks ago, I didn't respond to a couple of people who were really rude! I don't think that happens often, though.

Apart from a few when I made my "protest" I have a 100% record of responses to my discussions except to twerps that simply leave a link to a Bux type site. I believe that it is a simple courtesy to do so. They have taken the time and trouble to draft a reply, we should do likewise in acknowledgment. After all, this is a discussion site not a question and answer session. But to answer your question, I have noticed it and I now operate a three strikes and your out policy. I shall respond to the same poster three times. If they don't reply, I don't respond to one of their discussions again.

Yeah a lot of people don't respond to responses. I know some people do take there time and do respond to almost every response they get. I try and respond to most of my responses. I sometimes don't because I get a lot of responses, but even then I try to respond to a lot of them. The only other reason I might not is when someone writes one word or one sentence. What should I say to that one word or one sentence? If it is a good enough sentence that makes sense and I understand it I will respond. I don't know why so many people don't respond back to there responses. One thing that I have noticed is that if you respond to your responses your earnings will go up. Or at least mine did. I just recently responded to every response I got in one of my discussions and my earnings went up. I was a little surprised at how much they went up. Sometimes I don't mind if I don't get a response to my response, especially depending on what the discussion was about. Well happy posting.

Hello Kbourgerie, you know I am also one of them that are not responding back to the person who has respond to my discussions. I have open a discussion on Tuesday and was absent yesterday and today I noticed that I have 25 persons who has respond to my post. I was blank to how to answer them back because I wrote that piece in frustration and anger and now those person contributed to my discussion and I don't know what to answer and say. I dislike writing Thank You for your participation because it is wrong to me and I don't like person telling me that so I don't use it. I found out that since not being active here in MYLOT for the month of JULY I am blank and not that sharp as the month of June. I think that break has mess me up and I need to restructured and self adjust again. Well before signing out today I hope I will be juiced up to go and faced my responsibilities. All the best.

Well I dont think that people dont comment to our discussions.I am new to this site but I find that almost everyone respond back to my message that i post.i really appreciate it because someone who have started the discussion should reply back to the members who took time to respond to their discussion and shouls share theri own experience too.Even it encourages the members to make more posts.

I add comments to a lot of the responses I get in my discussions. I do not say just a couple words most times. My comments are thought out just as my discussions are thought out. I hate the one sentence comments so I avboid adding them as much as possible in my comments. I try to add to others after they add a comment to mine. It does get timely doing this but that is the persona I have built up and I try my best to keep at it daily when possible. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I comment back on the responses, but sometimes when they are ranting, that I find it hard to comment. Some people take it as a personal attack and then there is the other thing, I want to respond to as many posts as possible and answer as many as possible, but cannot get around to doing the comments. It really does not bother me that much, but I try to leave a comment, but sometimes I am rather nervous to. I do not know what to say.

WEll there were always members that didn't comment on responses on their discussions. And they are not wrong according to myLot guidelines. Actually if we all followed the guidelines there would be no comments on the responses. Now for the rest of us, we tend to comment and sometimes eve create kind of a "conversation" with comments back and forth. But it's not an obligation and sometimes people don't have time to comment on every response. Some people have limited time on myLot. Some organize their time here in such a way that sometimes they will only post new discussions, sometimes they will only respond to discussions, and sometimes they will only comment on responses - this can sometimes take a while until a comment is made. Myself I sometimes have plenty of time to be here, and sometimes I don't. It has happened that I comment on responses on my discussions a month after they were posted.It has happened that I forgot all about them because it took me so long to be able to come here, and didn't comment at all. I don't remember ever commenting with "that's for your response" but I appreciate the effort of even just those words - and even if they're pasted - sometimes people don't have anything to add to the response, so thanks for your response is the best they can do. In any case some people do comment, some don't. It's ok with me either way. I'm happy that my friends tend to comment and we often have pretty nice conversations in our discussions, but for the people who don't it's ok too, they're actually following the guidelines more than I do.

It usually happens with the newbies, well that's what I've noticed. I try to respond to everyone who posts in my discussions (if I have something to say).

Hi Kat..whoops.I better get over to my 2 discussions and answer you quick or you're going to send the dogs after this kitty..lol... I would never say "Thanks for responding"..what kind of responce would that be for someone who took the time to talk to me? Mine would be " thanks for responding finally i needed the points"..LOL Huggles sweetie

Yess. But i think if the user does not respond back. The computer responds and simply hate any website or any place that uses a computer. One time i signed up for this online money making thing and they said online assistance at all time. But then i would ask it a question and it would anwser. sorry do not know. and then i just left the site quickly.