Do we really need to reply to every comment on our posts?

Yes, it is very important to respond to each comment to your post especially in blogs. Replying to comments in your blog posts is showing respect and acknowledgment to your visitors/readers/commenters in your blog. It is like they are your guests and you are the host. As host, you should welcome them and react to their comments. When a person says "Hi", wouldn't it be appropriate to say "Hi" in return? If you have read the thoughts of great and veteran bloggers, they emphasized that responding to the comments in your posts is a must and should be a pleasurable activity for you. In fact, returning a visit to your commenters own blogs and giving a sincere comment too about THEIR posts promotes camaraderis and good will among bloggers. This does not mean that even if you don't like the post, you'll write a comment. Be an optimist look for what is positive in the post. I can assure you there will always be something positive to comment on. Look at the glass as half full. As to Mylot discussions, it is in the guidelines that saying thank you to commenters is not given points. But as I have said, it is just a show of respect to say thank you. A person with good breeding will do that. Of course, there are limits too, like when time is limited. But we should react to answers if we have the time, if not, then I'm sure mylotters will understand because sometimes they are also in that predicament. I too, was not able to react to many comments to my discussions. Sometimes it is because the answers came in droves and since I was nor able to react to the first comment, I let it be. I try though, to react as much as I can. This is a good discussion topic. Kudos to you.

i think so, cause if we will do that, we show that we appreciate their comments and idea, you also provide them a little help,...

It is not necessary to reply to every comments

As far as I know there is no global rule that demands that you give every comment some feedback. Some bloggers do that and some don't. I for one commend those that dedicate some of their time replying to every single one even if it's just a small message because that gives the impression that the blogger is very approachable and open. It kinda gives off a good personality aura. (That is of course if the comments are appropriate) If you are not that type to reply to much, it may help to do it let's say every 10 comments you have. Then you say, "Thanks everyone for your feedback". And if you don't at all, I don't think it should be too bad, those that find it annoying may be a bit on the sensitive side. I'm not a big time blogger, but that's my take on it. Hope it helps.

This is my second mylot account and I was on for over 2 years. I always replied back because I think thats the point of it being a discussion. Plus I want the person that took the time to share there thoughts with me, knows that I read it and took the time to remark on what they had to say! I also always try to give a post for a post. For example if you reply to my discussion I normally check out your profile and find something to respond too! Hugs Rachel

Comments and feedbacks are always good to receive. However, I think we all can only do so much in replying back to those commenters - in respect to their effort in taking time to read and respond to us. I'm not sure if it would be a just or sure way to show our appreciation, but what one could do is go back and edit the entry and do a little "Appreciation Message" corner right under the cotents itself and write responses back but in general terms like "Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond" or something like that. It might sound too much like cheating, but it's a short version of showing your gratitude as a blogger. You can elaborate or respond individually to the ones that you really have something to say back if you want. (That's what I could think of and there is never a definite correct way to do this at all. Besides, if they're are true bloggers, they will know as bloggers, it's hard to keep up with even single response too.)

Welcome to mylot! You don't NEED to fatherblogger but I am a firm believer that it is in your best interests if you do! And not just a "Thank you" either..... Taking the time to acknowledge other people's efforts doesn't just build relationships on mylot, it also generates activity within your discussion which in turn gives it a better chance of being seen! I have always made the effort to reply to responses to my discussions and always will. Yes it's time consuming but so be it!

I don't reply to every response for a couple of reasons. One, sometimes what the person says to me can make me mad, so I figure it is better to say nothing than tho say soemthing bad or mean..Another reason is because I don't know what to say, and in the guidelines I believe it says not to say just thank you to every response..But I do read them all, just because I don't respond to their response only means one of two things..

i only reply to the ones i have some knowledge or experience or background in. something i can relate to in some way, to add my input to it for fun to get views on the same topic from different people to see how different people from all over the world handle the same situations. some i avoid because i have no idea what they r talking about. and still others i avoid because some people r just plain idiot. and i think those comments which say, "thank you for sharing" r just redundant. people just type it because they want to type something but dont have the creativity to type something original. so they type this just to type something because they feel it will get them more money or something. who knows?

Blogging itself is a time consuming process. Commenting is a good way of linking between blogs. But always take care of linking to the blogs of same content. A site having technology and other site dealing with music may not do well by linking. While linking blogs we actually link the contents for the spiders to look for. As you told, it is nice to see somebody comment on our blog. It give satisfaction that visitors are satisfied with the post. Happy myLotting.

i suppose you need to at least "acknowledge" that you've read the comment by thanking them for responding. i do get your point that it's hard to type the same thing over and over as mylot doesn't allow cut-and-paste.

Well I think me and most of the 80-90% of the members here wont post that much if it wasn't for some money... In a free way the posts would have been decreased to just the critical one like if I ask "my computer has crashed. can you help me?" the comments that I'd only get would be of people who know that they can help not comments like... "ouch i feel sorry for you. happy mylotting :P" , "ooh my aunt's friend knew someone who knew someone who had the same problem "smiley face" :P". I mean since participation pays here then all we have to do is participate to the limit :P