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i just look at a few pages and i dont see anything so i go ahead. geoff you can say what ever you want and its ok people will reply to a discussion or they wont so dont worry tooo much about it..and most of the time we do miss a discussion that has already started so we get to reply to the one we spot ... hugsssssssssss

Generally, if the discussion doesn't go into more detail than this, I won't answer it at all. But sometimes I will. It just depends. Personally I try to make my discussion starters detailed, with more than just one question or line to get things going. I think it would be almost impossible to keep from posting once in awhile the same basic topic as someone else. But I think it makes a difference in how you lead into the discussion. For example, asking what is the best band or what concert have you most recently been to could be easily changed, and added to so that the discussion is much more personal and specific. For instance...the writer could list their own experience as part of the discussion and why. That would give others more information and open it up to better responses. And at that point, the topic would no longer be the same as someone elses' because of that personal experience or detail that was added. It has been said that there is no idea in the world that has not already been thought of when referring to writing. Why would it be any different here?

It's definitely very hard to find a new discussion to put up, aussieblonk. I have a feeling some of the posters are people who are trying to make money by placing short, easy topics such as, 'What is your favourite colour'. I'm sure nobody's really interested in the favourite colours of a load of strangers - therefore, money making seems to be the only reason these are posted. It's a very good idea to check first before posting a discussion - I agree.