Will you be disappointed when you get a zero reply for few days?
By Bebs08
@Bebs08 (10681)
United States
December 22, 2008 2:47pm CST
Of course, I would be disappointed. And sometimes also I felt embarrass thinking that people are not interested to respond.. LOL.. but I understand it. Even me myself don't want to respond to a topic that does not interest me. So it's fine..
What about you? just curious about your ideas and experience on this.
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19 responses
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
hello there my dear friend. yeah i am quite disappointed at times when my topic has been running for days unnoticed but this is part of life we can't expect everyone to be interested on what we have posted. i think what we can do is to think well of a better topic that people in here will be more interested. i think this happens to everyone of us. happy mylotting my friend. haven't heard from you for quite sometime.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Yes friend, it might be that our topic is not that interesting but I think, if we have supportive friends, they will not leave our topics without responding. LOL.
O reviewed my zero response topics, it is not nonsense? but why they did not respond to it? lol but that happened when I am still new to this site. That means I have no legit friends yet... I;m glad at the moment I have no zero response. At least I have 2 or 3 the least.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
hello friend it is nice to know that you got loyal friends around here!!! have a great day!!!
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@pandapig8 (362)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
I've gotten two discussions already with zero replies and I don't think those topics were uninteresting though. I was quite disappointed and think that I should research topics more, but hey, somehow these topics are gonna be picked up into mainstream and you'll see! haha!
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Hi Pandapig8,
You have no more zero response topic. I did respond to it now. I think people do not respond to those topics because they find it hard to relate. I am just finding my way ho to respond to it. It seems like not a discussion topic that is why it is hard for most people to relate to it. Hope you will not get mad at me for telling the truth.. LOL anyway, you are fortunate now because you have no more zero. Good luck.
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
23 Dec 08
When I was new to Mylot, I had many zero response discussion. I guess I still have one hanging around. It is a discussion about blogger templates...no one responded to it, and I still don't know how to change my blogger template. :(
Now, with so many friends around, I don't think any of my discussions will go without responses. Someone is bound to answer unless they don't know what I am talking about.
Would I feel bad? I guess not!! LOL! I would just start another discussion, and keep it simple this time.
Cheers and happy Mylotting
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Well, you're right!! It happened to me too when I was new to mylot. But now that I have friends, they will never leave my topic with no response and I'm glad with that. I believe that as we are staying here for long we know of more people, familiar names so, we have supporters and we can support them as well.
@mayka123 (16605)
• India
23 Dec 08
I have not experienced a zero response now for a long time. It has just happened once when I was very new here. But now it is sometimes surprising when I get less than 10 responses for a discussion. Usually the number goes beyond 25 or most of the time beyond 50.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
That is somehow disappointing. I'd ask myself the following question: "What is wrong with my topic?" and as you said, I also would feel embarrassed for having posted an uninteresting topic.
Also herein lies the importance of having supportive friends who match your interests. Sometimes what is interesting to you may not be interesting to others even if they are your friends. However if your friend is supportive and at the same time matching your interest...you have big chances of avoiding zero response.
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Yes I can feel that my friend. And you are one of my friends who is supportive with me. Am glad you are my friend. No kidding, am serious!!!! it is really different when you have friends whom you can really depend on. Like what you said before, favorite friends ahahaha.... Merry Christmas and happy vacation.
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@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 08
I do not get disappointed on not getting any response to any of my discussion postings nor do I feel embarrassed. It is a fact of life that we have different interests in life, different understandings of events, and different approaches to solve problems. Therefore I do not expect other people to even respond to my queries. When that happens I just move on. No use wasting time thinking over it since there are many topics that can be discussed on.
all the best,
rosdimy
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Oh!! sounds very positive ideas too. I like people who are thinking this way it 's just funny that some are upset when they get zero response and they blamed their friends for not responding. As for me, am sure be disappointed but I am not forcing my friends either to respond. It;s up to them.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
23 Dec 08
I don't deny that I feel disappointed if my discussion is not being responded by others and remain 0 for a few days, which never happens to me so far. But I try to be open minded and think that my post is not in everybody's interest and thus do not get the catch. So I would try harder to make a more catchy discussion and also the timing of posting our discussions can be the main factor here. Sometimes our discussion become 'box office' and sometimes it remain pathetic with no response. Just make many friends and you will never believe that your discussions will always reach the top or hot discussions.
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@theembittered (1025)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Yeah i will be!! because the people arent interested in my question!! lol and my earnings (i think goes down) will go down maybe cents or something like that!! And for me thats bad, i feel like you because maybe i just want to know something and the people dont help me!!! well have a nice day and hope you will have a very good week ;) see you soon and happy holidays! bye bye.
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@arkadeb313 (593)
• India
23 Dec 08
Hi Bebs08, when people expect something and it does not happen, it gives rise to disappointment and despair which eventually turns into anger. only the people having superb degree of self control can avoid such feelings and can remain untouched by the good or bad. As I am not one of them and just an ordinary one, when no reply is posted against my discussion, it disappointments me and i too feel neglected which makes the mind quite heavy.
But, on the other hand, I say to myself that ups and downs are just part of life and when something bad has happened something good is bound to take place. And it really does so. Neither bad or good continues indefinitely and we can continue to live. As now, my earnings after reaching a high are decreasing day by day even if i am trying. Hope it will improve soon.
Hoping you a flood of responses..
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@celebratelifeh (1142)
• China
23 Dec 08
ofcourse will be depressed by no response, i always with the respecting of a hot topic and many responers joined in ~~
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
22 Dec 08
[i]Hi Bebs,
YEs..and sad also! LOL! But, like you, I tried also to think outside the box since as experience, I am not also responding to all my notifications since I am not interested or I have no idea and I cannot relate![/i]
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Hi Che,
Good to see you again here. LOL.. at least I am not so disappointed now because some of my friends, and you are one of them, have taking time to respond to this post. LOL
Speaking of notifications,, we are the same, I am not responding too to all my notifications. I just select the topics that are interesting to me. we are the same.
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Oh yes,it might be that the topic is not that interesting to them. Good for you, you know how to deal with it. I have read one of the postings here, somebody said, he deleted some of his friends because they did not respond to his discussion. LOL..
That is so childish. We can not force our friends to respond if they don't want to.
@don_naces (464)
• Philippines
23 Dec 08
I am not disappointed. I believe getting zero responses is just normal. We cannot please everyone because we have different interests. If they do not like our discussions, then maybe it does not fall in one of their interests. Maybe, our posts is not that understandable. I have experienced that two times already. I do not care. What is important is that I love what I have posted. I am happy with that.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
well, you might be right is some point but for me, I reviewed my topic that has no response and I could say, it is understandable and easy to relate to, but the problem is I am new at that time and did not develop close friendship with other myloters but now,it is a different story. I find it good when you have legit friends who are supportive.
@surveytaker29345 (489)
• United States
22 Dec 08
I am a bit disappointed when I get zero replies to a discussion. It may be that people are not interested in the topic, and if that is the case, it is fine by me. It also may have something to do with the time the question was posted. If it is posted at a busy time, there are many questions posted and people may just not see yours. If it is not posted at a busy time, people might not be on to respond to it. I guess that the response rate depends on a lot of factors. I try not to get too disappointed when my discussion does not receive a response.
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@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
23 Dec 08
Wow!! I like your point of view. You seems to be very positive in dealing with this problem. I like that thinking not like others I read their venting here..LOL.. some of them even said, they are going to delete their friends on their list because they are not responding to their topic. One even said what's the use o having friends and you will get zero response? Well, I will not blame my friends, the topic might not be interesting to them and I respect that. I don't want to obligate them to respond to my topic.