Would you respond to my discussions if I won't respond to yours?

@richiem (3644)
Philippines
December 28, 2008 12:18am CST
I would honest with you fellow myLotters, I have been away from myLot for some months now because I have a lot of things in my hand. I still can throw in some discussions but I don't think I can give that much responses that is why I stopped starting discussion. Now, I want to ask you all: Would you respond to my discussions if I won't respond to yours? I am thinking of starting discussion when I can. But since I won't be able to respond to your discussions, I am thinking you would hate me and stop responding to my discussions. Do you agree with that? Or would you be so kind to respond to my discussion even without a respond back?
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@arthi_88 (1516)
• India
28 Dec 08
If my topic doesn't interest you you won't respond and if the topic you start your discussion on interest me then I'll respond...That's what friends are for to be true and honest...You start your discussions...People who are interested will respond and even if no one responds does it matter...Start another discussion...I have around 150 friends...Imagine all of them responding my discussions...I won't hate you if you don't respond cause that will be my fault as my topic wont be good enough..So enjoy and relax friend..Have a nice day!
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Imagine you start a very good and general discussion, anyone can respond to it. And then only a few responds. I think it is a bit disappointing. Like I said, I have a limited time. I am planning to start a discussion then leave it. Then the next day I will start another discussion and leave it again. I will do that for the rest of my mylot days. What do you think of that?
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@cooiky (548)
• China
28 Dec 08
yeah , i agree with you . starting a discussion is not just waiting for many responses . maybe after you start it , there is only one response or even none , this is good . what you said is just your feeling , maybe others do not have a word about it , but if someone is interested on it , i believe he/she will response to it right away . there is no standard which discussion is good or bad . this is not decided by the num of responses.
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@arthi_88 (1516)
• India
28 Dec 08
I hope when you open your account you are flooded with responses the next day...Not responding won't matter...Its entirely on the basis of its own content a discussion get responded and not whether the member had responded to other's discussions...Have you ever responded to my discussions..Hmmmmm I don't remember but I am responding here because I liked to do so and will respond to your other discussion too even if you don't respond to any of mine discussions...have a nice day!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
28 Dec 08
Often times I don't check back to see if the person has responded because I am so busy trying to respond even more so therefore I would not be offended. We are all here for money, and for friendships but even so we all know that we can get preoccupied. Don't worry about it, just respond when you can!
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Thanks SomeCowgirl! Wow, you are on the 3000 mark now. I think the last time I've been here you were on near 2000. Have a nice day!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
28 Dec 08
Yes, sometimes i'm amazed at how many responses I have done. Good Luck to you!
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Thank you very much!
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
28 Dec 08
hi friend. To be honest, I just don't keep track of things like that. I get on here and respond to whatever grabs my attention....whether it be from someone on my friends list or not. If I start a discussion, I don't expect all my friends to respond and especially if it is about nothing that they can relate to. If someone is my friend, it is usually because we have met up in a discussion on something that we both have in common and we'll meet up again. I have had some friends that never ever respond to my discussions and it's ok. Occassionally they will want to pm me or I them regarding a discussion that neither of us started and we can do that. I know that some people get really bothered by those that don't respond to their discussions. I don't have expectations of my friends doing for me in real life and I certainly don't on here. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. If they don't want to be your friend for such reasons, do you really care? If I don't get responses to my discussions, I don't blame my friends for not responding and get upset. I just assume that either the discussion was not of interest to them or perhaps they didn't even see it. If someone wants to delete me simply because I don't respond to enough of their discussions then it really is okay by me. I guess they weren't much of a friend anyway.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
28 Dec 08
no...i don't agree with you. Just enjoy yourself on here and be yourself and not worry so what others will think. If you feel like starting discussions...then do it and don't worry about who does or does not respond. If you respond to discussions then don't worry if you are on their friends list or not ...just respond to those of interest to you. Worrying about what others will think of you will only serve to take away from you enjoying your time here and so what's the point?
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Suppose the only thing I will do here is start discussions and nothing else, I won't comment, I won't respond to any discussion, what do you think? A lot of myLotters would hate me right?
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
29 Dec 08
Yes, I guess I don't have to think of what others will say. But of course, this is a community. And every one is meant to participate and interact with each other.
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@snam23 (3157)
• United States
28 Dec 08
I would not hate you for not responding to mine. I do not care much as long as I get some responses. I think it was very thoughtful of you to stop starting discussions since you know that you could not respond to the responses you might get. I would respond to your discussions as long as they were of interest to me and not against any mylot guidelines. For me, I respond to every discussion I can but only if that discussion is particularly interesting for me. Many discussions are boring or repeats, so most of the time those are the only ones I do not respond to.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
That means I only need to keep my discussions interesting so you will respond to it. It's great that you don't care much if would respond to your own discussions. At least I know some people here won't hate me that much. Have a nice day!
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
I guess everyone hopes the ones to whom they have responded would respond back to them. Suppose I won't. It's because I don't have time and all I can do is to start discussions? I am thinking myLotters would stay away from my discussions because they know I won't respond to them.
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@snam23 (3157)
• United States
28 Dec 08
Well, I see no reason to hate you for not responding to me. Although, I have seen some people get mad because people who start discussions never respond back. I hope you can respond to my discussions as well though. I won't bother you about it but I sure hope you can. I think it is just a nice thing people do for each other on mylot. I respond to your discussion if you do the same. I am
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
I would if I know I have something fruitful to say, but of course , if you reply to mine , then I would be more inclined to reciprocate. Since I like this discussion, even if you won't repsond to mine now, it won't matter, it's your choice, Happy new year.
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
28 Dec 08
ok...I am seeing your point & sorry to cut in. I do have some friends that I quite often respond to their discussions and i have yet to see them pop in on mine. I really have no problem in that. Funny thing is that one of the more noteable ones...one whom I have replied to several discussions on....wrote a discussion complaining about those that never respond to hers. I pointed out to her that she never has ever once responded to a discussion of mine and I've never complained. She did not comment back and still, I respond to hers and not because she is my friend but because the topi is of interrest to me.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Yes, that is what I am talking about. You feel more inclined to respond if I respond to you. But now I am telling you all that I will not be here to respond but only to start discussions. How does that change your answer?
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• United States
29 Dec 08
It doesn't make a difference to me. As long as you are trying your best to participate thats all we can ask for.
@maroseqf (3657)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
I am not really bothered if you do not respond to the discussions I have started if I respond to your discussions. I do not think it is unfair because we are not obliged here. For me, we should participate to the discussions that interest us. I hate people who force us to respond to their discussion because they responded to our discussions.
@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Well, that is really the reason why I stopped creating discussions. Because some may hate me if the only thing I do is start discussions and never respond. Thanks. It's great that it doesn't bother you. Have a nice day!
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
cooiky, What if is not nature? What if I chose to not to respond to your discussions and my reason is because I have not time?
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@cooiky (548)
• China
28 Dec 08
yes , there are so many new discussions here everyday , we can not response to every discussion. as to me , when i find one discussion i am interested , i will just give one response , it does not matter whether my response is replied by others . if somebody agree with or disagree with my opinion , he/she will give his/her own opinion, this is nature .
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@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
28 Dec 08
As I can see that you are commenting on some of the responses already made, I will make a response to your question. I can fully understand the limited amount of time that some members have available to them as I am in just that same situation myself. However I have opted not to start any discussions but instead to respond to discussions started by other members. My reason is basically that I think it is discourteous not to read the responses that you receive to a discussion that you start. Also make a comment to some of the responses but it is not necessary to comment on each and every one of them. So we differ in our approach on that one. Now if I was starting discussions I would not hate someone who did not respond to any of mine, while at the same time I was responding to theirs. However after a while I would stop responding to any of your discussions. There is no compulsion for us to respond to an discussions, whether started by a friend or someone else but it is a nice two-way street when it happens like that. Bearing in mind that you have limited time, is it possible to work iout some sort of system. By that I mean say one day a week you respond to discussions, another day you comment on the responses to your discussions and the third day you could start a new discussion/s. Just a suggestion but one that you might like to consider. Good luck and I hope it works out well for you, whatever your final decision.
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@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
29 Dec 08
Good luck and I hope it works out well for you. In many ways my concern was because I have seen a number of discussions where some members will no longer respond to discussions started by people/friends who do not respond to theirs. It does happen and even though you have explained your reasons, it could be that your work situation changes and you can spend more time on myLot. I hope that it goes well for you, whichever way you decide to go eventually after the initial "trial period" of a month.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
29 Dec 08
Great suggestion there. I have been here for some time before I became busy and I also think this is a two-way street. But I am thinking would it be possible to make an exception. It is really very selfish of me to only start discussions and not respond to anyone. And I guess I would start feeling the consequences when people start avoiding my discussions. I will try my method for a month and let's see what happens.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
yes i will still do respond on your discussion even you wont respond to mine. but of course there will be a big question in my head why are you not responding to my discussions. i myself dont respond to all discussions my friends started just the discussion i know what to say. if they will be asking about dogs... then i can not share anything for i dont have any pets. if they are asking about partners i can not share anything at the moment for i am single.
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
i will still respond, as i have time everyday to be at mylot. it became a habit already to post and to logged in at mylot everyday. i may not start a lot of discussion but i surf around and respond to a lot of discussion here not just yours.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Some of myLotters here don't like it when their responses are not commented, or when their friends don't respond back. That is why I am announcing to the whole myLot community that I will be here only to start discussions and not to respond.
@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
I will not be responding because I have no time to respond. How about that? Would it make you stop responding?
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
28 Dec 08
Of course I will, provided of course your discussion topic is interesting to me and I have something to share. Otherwise I will give it a skip and move on to other discussions. There's no reason for me to hate you, or take retaliatory action against you for not responding to my discussion. In fact, I don't even check if a person has ever responded to me for my discussions before I post and many of my postings are to those discussions where these members are not even on my friends' list.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
30 Dec 08
What I am doing here really is I am announcing to the whole myLot community that I will not respond to anyone's discussions. But I will continue to start mine.
@marcialoyd (1173)
• United States
28 Dec 08
It wouldn't bother me at all. I get on and respond to the discussions which interest me. I respond to my friends discussions only if I am interested . If i'm not I don't.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
But if you would want me to respond to your discussions in return right?
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
30 Dec 08
lol =D SO far, i have been responding to yours right?? ANd it's fine with me ^_^ I will just take it as helping each other out, and since i dun like to start, so i will choose to respond instead ^_^ BOth parties stand to gain in a way ^_^ Furthermore, it's not as if, u are gonna comment on those responses on your own post only, but not gonna comment on other post.. ON top of that, it's up to each individual's choice to choose, and so nobody can really blame each other ^_^
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
30 Dec 08
Hi kun2349! Thank you for still responding to my discussions even if I won't be responding to yours. I think I will be commenting on responses but only inside my discussions. thanks again!
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@Monkeyrose (2840)
• Canada
28 Dec 08
It really depends. No matter who starts the discussion, if its something I'm interested in or have a response to, then I will respond. I do always go through discussions my friend's started first. If you respond often to my discussions I will be more likely to respond more often to yours. I keep track of that mentally.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
30 Dec 08
That means if I won't respond to your discussion, is it less likely that you would respond to mine.
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• Canada
30 Dec 08
Yes. However I am only a little bit less likely to respond to your discussion.
@aakay4u (799)
• India
28 Dec 08
its fine richiem,as long as i can write something on the discussion raised by you,will definitely respond.i dont bother who's responding to mine or not.but honestly i will admit i have a couple pf people who make it a point to respond to most of my discussions so i also make it a point to respond to theirs.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Yeah, that's what I am talking about. Sometimes you always see some members who always respond to your discussions that it is just right that you would respond to them. I just want my readers to know that I won't be able to respond to their discussion like before.
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• India
28 Dec 08
hello always stay cool ,what you said is little bit unclear for me but i can say you one thing if you start a good discussion then you will surely get a response i will respond to your discussion even you won't response to my discussion i believe i answered to your few question if you have any further question pls reply to me .bye
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
Here's what I am planning to do: 1. I will log in to myLot 2. I will start a discussion (should be an interesting one) 3. I will log out from mylot And I will do that everyday. What do you think?
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• India
28 Dec 08
not bad
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
29 Dec 08
thanks!
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@nilzerous1 (2434)
• India
29 Dec 08
I actually do not take into account who is responding to my discussions, and who is not. Actually, it is more difficult to keep a track of this. I feel comfortable to reply to any discussion that is close to my interest. And I believe, my friends here also think likewise.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
29 Dec 08
It does not really bother me all that much. If the discussions are interesting then I will respond. I do like people to respond to my responses but I know that it is hard to cover everyone. If you just posted discussions and never responded back to the people who responded to them then I would start wondering why you were bothering. What is the point of being here if you do not interact with other people by responding to the comments? As to replying to my discussions I know that many of my friends do not reply to mine. I could wish they did but I also know that due to time differences my discussions may never appear on their lists a they get buried easily.
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• Singapore
28 Dec 08
Hi Richie, Wondering where you went... What have you been up to? I don't know how some mylotters can keep track of the friends who has responded to their discussions. Do they count them? Do they have a checklist? Alright...this person has responded... Hmm... this one has not.... As for me, I respond to interesting and appealing discussions. If I have something to contribute to it, I would respond to it. I don't mind responding to your discussion even if you don't respond to mine. It's okay with me. It just goes to show that we are all different and have different interests and amount of time to respond here in mylot.
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
I'm just busy with work. Thanks! But I am still reading your blog. I am thinking if I would just start a discussion a day without doing anything else, myLotters would easily see that I am only starting discussions and not responding. It's really like I am saying "I won't be able to respond to your discussion even if you respond to mine." And it's looks unfair, right? And then maybe they would stay away from my discussions.
@neuronic (242)
• Japan
29 Dec 08
Of course I would. Maybe my discussions don't appeal to your taste and no one can force you to answer, just for the sake of answering.
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• Philippines
28 Dec 08
No rich of course. :) As long I have an idea to share and an interesting topic to give, then I am always present at the post hehehehee.. regardless if they answer my discussed topic or not. I don't check it out whether they are at my friends list or they do answering me back. It really does not matter for me. :) Happy mylotting. :)
@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
What if I would tell you that I don't intend to respond to your discussions even if they are interesting to me or not. And my reason is I don't have time. I only have time to start discussions.
• India
29 Dec 08
yeah we do respond to your discussion if they are damn good. and also if they are of my interest. i am sure you too does the same with with others. hope you get more responses from many of our mylotters.......