If this is not a good topic for discussion........ Am I losing my touch?

I am new to this world of myLot where discussions and proper postings are not gone wasted but rather rewarded duly :D . I am against posting anything that lacks substance. I would rather not reply if I don't have anything useful to contribute. So coming back to your point, I understand you want to invoke a discussion that would bring you more feedback but you have to realize that not all would be interested or would be sharing the same viewpoints as you would. To start a discussion for the sake of getting it to the top would make the discussion less significant. I say post only those topics that you feel strongly about. That is what I am doing. I maybe not getting significant turn out but I know those who are replying to me have genuine interest in my posts and discussions. And that is what I am looking for, not fame but genuine people who show real interest in me and my way of thinking. Of course there are topics that would get you quick responses and greater users return and feedbacks, but those subjects might not be your cup of tea. So to conclude, I would say, be yourself and target those people instead who you share your interest with. Hope you will find this suggestion of some use. Thank you for reading.

I have also thought many times about what makes a good topic when it comes to mylot, and I am not sure if I can help you because I am not really sure myself,and I think you can tell it is a good topic if you get a bunch of relevant responses to the topic you posted on,and I do not think you are losing your touch,and the only thing I can suggest is do topics on things that have happened to you,or that are happening to you because I have noticed people like reading about life experiences.

Hi Desierra1004, Looks like you gonna have to edit your interest, because everytime i got bored, i do that to expand my view and talk about anything else that i already talking about. Happy posting, dear!! oxox'dian from Bali Island.

DUn bother so much about if your discussion is a good one or not.. it's alwasy hard and impossible to please everybody.. WHatever other mylotters think that interest them, they will respond to the discussion.. And so no matter how good is your discussion and they are not interested, things is still gonna be the same ^_^ SO dun despair, just post when u feel like it, and if u are just looking forward to quatity responds, just post those simple and short discussions.. I post very little discussions and most of them only had less than 10 responds, but i dun really mind, because i prefer to respond to others than me starting a new one.. lol

Dear Desierra, I wish I could answer that. If I could, then all my discussions would have overwhelming responses - however, sadly no. Sometimes I think that the topic is good, however it's not good enough to attract others. And when I thought the topic sounds a bit too tame, yet the responses were good. However, I think discussions that people can relate to, which are not too technical, hard to answer or have to think hard to form a response - these may interest others enough to respond. Have a good day!

I am sorry that I do not think that I can hep you. I do not think that I have mastered this art yet as few people respond to most of my discussions. I would help you if I could but I am sorry that I can not. Thanks for reading and good luck.

There are over 100,000 mylotiers and very few top discussion spots so no not every discussion that you post is ging to reach the top discussions. Any topic that people can relate to or have a gut reaction to is a good topic. What is going on in your life today good or bad can often be a good topic. You have to leave the topic open for discussion and multiple points of view. You can post a discussion that is a great topic and because you said just about all there is to say about it you will get less posters because they feel like they have nothing to add to the discussion. You can't hit one out of the park with every discussion, no one can. Just enjoy your time on my lot and don't worry about the number of responses you get to each topic. Also a hint: Every time that you respond to the responses that you receive your topic goes back to the top of the topic that it is posted in. If you already noticed that that's fine just keep it in mind.

There is no sure fire way to tell what a good topic is for discussion. Each person has there own thing on a topic that will work to get a lot of responses. A couple of times I have did a good discussion and got quite a few responses. You are not losing your touch. It is hard to tell what people will think interesting enough to respond to.

Yea. I had discussions with over 100 responses. Since I have been there, I would love to repeat that feat. However, that seems easier said than done. There are some mylotters here who can consistently bring in more than 100 responses every time. Their discussions are indeed interesting and I will usually reply to their discussions too. I will continue to learn from them and hopefully one day be like them. Anyway, your discussion really got me thinking. It's a good one.

Any topic that is interesting is good to me, I look through discussions and if it catches my interest then I respond. I also answer all my friends discussions too and they are usually pretty interesting. It is hard to say what topic will turn out to be a good discussion, sometimes what I think would be good turns out to get hardly any responses but what I consider to be daft would get loads"" I do not get disappointed if my discussion fails to get as much interest as I thought it would and I am not bothered that it does not rate in the top discussions either as long as one person responds it is enough for me LOL

Personally I like answering discussions that are different (original), ones that make me laugh or well thought-out discussions which are controversial. However, when I'm starting discussions myself I don't think about whether it would be a good topic or not. I just ask questions that I want to know the answer to. When I first joined I used to try to think of topics that might get lots of replies, because I thought that was what you were supposed to do on this site. But the questions I asked sometimes didn't feel natural to me, and I didn't really find this technique very enjoyable. Now I prefer to just post topics which are interesting to me as I think of them, and I don't really worry about how many replies I get.

I think a topic is good as long as the topic starter is sincere or true in sharing his/her discussion with the people here. I actually find personal discussions or topic that gives useful information, very good. Because I actually appreciate the effort and intention of people who want to help other people through their words or their thoughts. Sadly there are people who do things the other way around. When I put up a discussion, I try to think of what other people's thoughts too. I try to predict what they might feel or how they would react to my discussion. Well, as long as we give our best we wouldn't probably feel bad even if our discussion isn't considered good. Hehe. This is a good topic. It would help others, expecially those who are new to myLot, on how they should raise their discussions.