If after responding to an comment, are we allowed to say Thank You?
By cream97
@cream97 (29085)
United States
October 17, 2008 9:39am CST
I have been responding to many comments that members have made to my discussions. I have said, "Thanks for responding" or "thanks for your comment"... Is this a violation of myLot??? When I read the FAQ's myLot stated that we were not supposed to say thank you after someone responded to an discussion that we have made.. Please clarify this??? I know that I have done this many times.. Is this wrong??? I thought that it was okay to say thank you for responding, but it looks like myLot does not accept this. So, what is the right thing here? Thanks for all your replies..
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@relundad (2310)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I have intrepreted that to mean that you should not just reply "Thank You" as a one-liner. In other words your response should be of substance and pertinent to the discussion, which is what makes it a discussion. Some people have a "blanket" thank you for each and every response.
I think your thank you's are more in line with just being polite and a part of your reply.
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@cream97 (29085)
• United States
17 Oct 08
Yes, I thought so too.. My thank you's are my way of appreciating the member for responding to my discussion.. But, I have seen an user just the other day, make an comment, and he said thank you for responding on every comment that he had.. He did not make an statement or anything, all he left to his post was, thank you for responding... I think that is what myLot is against.. So, with my discussions, I will just respond with an statement, and then say thank you... Is this still unacceptable..
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@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
i went over all the posts about saying thank you and all these made me think that they're all right. some of us cat help ourselves to express how thnkful we are top those people who responded to our posts especially when their posts help us in making our lives better. maybe we just need to rephrase that.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
17 Oct 08
No it's useless to do it. It's in the guidelines. It's one of the dont's. So I would not risk it to go against the rules.
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.We should write our comments little brief.Like three to four sentences.In some of the comments i also say Thank You.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Oct 08
i was taught to say thank you, bet you were to. i usually try to comment on each respond to each response.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Oct 08
i don't know how respectable i am lol but i do have manners.
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@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
18 Oct 08
According to the rules it isn't allowed. However I feel common courtesy is to either say thank you, or at least respond to their comment. Especially if they have taken time to type more than one or two short sentences or words. Once when I was fairly new here another member gave me a hard time about doing this. I basically said oh well, I'm going to do it anyway.
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@Jul14nch0 (1414)
• Argentina
18 Oct 08
I think that if you have something else to say, or to add to the comment the other person made on your discussion, then it is ok to say thank you for your response, folowed by the rest, but if you are going to say the same thing to everyone that post there, then i is a bit repetitive and maybe i would think that you do it for bumping your treath or something like that.
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@emarie (5441)
• United States
17 Oct 08
they don't really want you to just say thank you because you get credit for every post you make. also, if you respond 'thank you' after every single response and you have 50+ responses in there, it just might get messy. i would only think people in my responses if i also have something else to add to the general discussion or i'm going to address that person's response.
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@candysky (855)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 08
well, I also having the same query as you but i still responding on a comment saying thank you... I feel that is a manes to say so... So I still responding that since I know it may wrong to respond thanks you... because we don't get a actual answer... so i still keep it doing...
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@camomom (7535)
• United States
17 Oct 08
Well, I do it all the time. Maybe it isn't supposed to be done but I think it's rude not to say thank you or atleast comment on the responses. The other mylotters are helping you make money from their responses so, I look at it as a real job when you say thanks to a customer.
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@cream97 (29085)
• United States
17 Oct 08
Yes, I do too. I often comment on many responses.. Even if I say thank you or not.. I really do appreciate others taking the time to respond to any of my discussions.. MyLot just wants us not to say thank you, just by itself on any discussion..
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@kamesh_earn (105)
• India
18 Oct 08
Yes buddy you can always say thanks, because it is a word which brings smiles on anybodys face. Keep saying thanks to others.
Happy mylotting.
@taripres (1499)
• United States
25 Oct 08
Cream97, yes yes yes, all of the above are correct! Thank u sucks in MyLot, not that anything's wrong with it! I try n respond to everyone with a descriptive comment, elaborating on what their response was! That's cool in building our writing and thinking ability, I actually like it!
Taripre$
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@cream97 (29085)
• United States
23 Nov 08
Yes, they need to have more words to the conversation rather than just thank you.. It is not enough when it comes to explaining oneself. It is great to see you, taripres! I myself am just getting back here at myLot... I am in the process of moving so I will not be here as ofetn as I would like. But, I will make sure to check in as much as I can.. Happy Mylotting!
@taripres (1499)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I've been experiencing that lately and it's starting to bother me! I feel like if I'm elaborating, why can't they? Do they hold actual conversations like that, every time someone answers their question, all they say is thank you? Be serious, what's the point?
Taripre$
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@munhozmib (3836)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Oct 08
Hello, cream97!
I believe it is wrong to comment only the"Thank you". If you are going to leave a comment, you should try to put something more elaborated instead of only thanking the user for spending ther time in your discussion.
And I guess that this is there because there are people who think they will earn money by commenting, which is not true. Commenting will not grant you any money, so there is no need to thank everybody who responds. If you don't know what to say, do not thank the user.
Respectfully,
Munhozmib.
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
25 Oct 08
Hi there cream. Mylot says that we shouldn't use comments in this matter as it does not add something of substance to the site and it does not improve it in any matter. The assure us that this kind of comments will not be rewarded and paid however they never posted this in the guidelines, but only on the advice of what not to do in a discussion.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
25 Oct 08
I know that we can say thank you in a discussion, but we just can't say it by itself.. Like if you responded to my discussion, and then I saw your response, and I followed up with a comment of my own. My comment to you would be, thanks for responding! I know that this is not acceptable with myLot. But, surely, myLot does not delete our responses if we say thank you in a statement? Or, if they see that we have said thank you, will they not give us credit regardless if we say it or not?
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@magda191919 (391)
• Romania
25 Oct 08
I always tell my opinion regarding the comment. Why Thank You? I don't consider people are answering my comments only for money, I suppose they are also interested in the discussion I open. So, I just respond them with my honest opinion on the subject, if the comment deserves an answer. If I feel like the person is there only for his own interest or did not even read my comment, I usually don't answer - better than being rude ...
@srikool (936)
• India
25 Oct 08
i think this is possible why you have the doubt about it..i assume your question in same way so i am saying this is possible..this may be a wrong one..i like to answer to all discsussion tha twhy answered to this also..have a nice and enjoyfull time with us in mylot..
@carmela0210 (1591)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
i think so, we should thank everyone that responded to our discussions, so they would respond again in the discussions you posts!!!
