Do You Respond To Your Friends Discussions?
By KrauseHome
@KrauseHome (36448)
United States
January 26, 2009 6:39pm CST
I know for many of us, there are many reasons we are here. For many of us it can be a lot of different reasons as well. But how often when you are taking time to respond in here, do you take time to respond back to the New discussions that your friends are starting in here as well?
I know that I am limited on the amount of time I can spend in here most days, but there are times that I am in a posting mood and I will try and catch up and take time to post, and I truly make sure to take time to catch up with some of my Friends discussions in here as well. Since I have a lot of friends in here who are active I feel if I expect for them to want to post back to my New discussions that I might choose to start, I need to take time and post back to theirs as well.
But overall, I have a lot of friends, and I am behind, and for that I am Sorry. But I am trying, and find it important to take time to respond back to yours as well. But if you are one who has taken time to respond back to any of my discussions I do appreciate it, and usually will take the time to respond back to some of yours in time as well.
Wishing you all the Best.
~~TINA~~
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31 responses
@x0xpinkyx0x (673)
• Brazil
27 Jan 09
I try to respond to every discussion possible, but some of them I don't know nothing about, so I can't even try to respond to it, or I would just respond I don't know... But most of my friends don't even make an effort to leave a comment on my discussions, and they're not even that hard to respond to. A simple comment would be enough!
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I agree, even if it's a small response, it would make you feel a little better. 
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
it is easy to tell why there are some mylotters in your friends' list who will never or hardly ever post a response to your discussion. these are the ones around here who practically do not do posting respones but just their own discussions.
you can tell by how slow they acquire additional points from day to day despite seeing them participating every week.
another technique is, to go to their profile and find out about the activity that they are having in mylot.
these are the kind of friends which you will not desire in mylot. they are so one-sided. they want to be friends with those who keep on posting responses. it is very beneficial for them.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Feb 09
Well, the nice thing is that there are a lot of different discussions being started here all of the time, and there is No way everyone can always expect everyone to respond back to them. But I find if your friends are responding back to yours then a lot of times they will be responded back too more as well.
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
27 Jan 09
It's sometimes very hard, isn't it?
I try to post responses as much as I can to my friends. If there discussions have a whole lot of responses, I really don't expect them to respond back. There's just only so much time in a day.
Maybe you can weed out your friends list a little. I have done that twice within the last couple of months and it did help. I just took out who I feel never respond to mine or who haven't been around in a long time. Take care, and don't feel bad. We can't do it all.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
10 Feb 09
Well, I have been going in and weeding out my friends list recently and it has gone down some, but it still makes it interesting and eventful to try and keep up with the members who are the most active in here. Personally I do what I can when I can and then go from there.
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 09
Hi there Tina,
I will do the best of i can to respond my friends. The same as you "catch up" Is the perfect word. If this internet cafe is not full of guests, i will try my best to rely and respond back their discussion. I hope they will understand my slow..
Happy posting always hunny,
oxoxo'dian from bali island.
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
my friends in the mylot community can count on me to be around to respond to their discussions. this is my primary target whenever i log in to mylot for the day.
i have noticed though that there are some around here who hardly respond to the discussions of others. they are just good at generating discussions of their own. sadly, these are also the ones who hardly make comments on the responses they get to their discussions posted.
yet, since they are in my friends' list i just keep on responding regardless of how i have noticed their obvious reasons for being around.
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@imaginearea (363)
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10 Feb 09
Some people have hundreds of friends...it must be really difficult to comment on a large proportion of those friends discussions. Personally interest in the topic dictates whether or not I'll respond. Friend or not, interest comes first. I hate the thought of commenting just because it is a friend. I don't like the feeling of being obligated just because a person is my friend. If they write something that interests me I will comment about it. If they don't I won't.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
31 Jan 09
yes i do reply of my friends discussions.not all but if i have something to say yes i do.before i mark BR i reply them back if i have time.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I do go through my friends discussions first. If I have time, I will go into my interests. I only respond to ones that I think I can contribute to.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 09
Hi Tina, I will only respond to Discussions that are of Interest to me
I only respond to Friends Discussions I do not go looking for them the same I only expect my Friends to respond on mine if it is of Interest to them I do not want any of my Friends thinking they have to respond to mine just because I responded to theirs
If I get notification and I read it and have something to respond I will, but if I am not sure what to respond then I won't so please never think that I don't want to respond I am also not here much anymore, Sweetie please do not think you have to respond to one of mine now
Hugs to you and thank you for the sweet Emails
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I have several friends in here and I know that I don't have time to answer all of their discussions, but like you, I try to get caught up at times when I have several hours to be here. Today is one of those days as I am snowed in and have not been able to get to work and probably won't tomorrow either. I am sure that some of my friends think that I don't like their discussions,but that is not the reason. I just don't have as much time to be here as I used to.
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I usually don't start too many discussions, but I do try to respond to my friends discussions that come into my email inbox. I haven't been as active as I would like to be, but try to respond to a few discussions a day. Some days I have more time than others, so it just depends on the time that I have as to how many discussions that I respond too.
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
27 Jan 09
Like you, I also have limited time in here, so obviously I can't watch out for every new discussion that my friends initiate. I only do that selectively, and so I try as much as I can to participate in my friends' discussions provided the topics are not Greek to me and I am interested to share something in the topics started.
@TnWoman (1895)
• United States
27 Jan 09
hello krausehome
do i respond to my friend's discussions around here at Mylot? i try my best to. but i am limited as to how much time that i get to spend on the internet each day. like today, i wasn't feeling well until this afternoon, so i didn't get to do any posting this morning at all. i might have done one post before i had to go lay back down this morning but that was about it. my Dad has been sick in the hospital since one day last week, and it is tiring to have to go visit with a loved oned in the hospital and then come home and do whatever that needs to be done around here as well. like right now after i finish this response to your discussion, i need to run downstairs and check to see if the clothes that are in the dryer are dry and if so, throw somemore wet clothes in. i need some help around here!
take care and have a beautiful evening.
@CRIVAS (1815)
• Canada
27 Jan 09
Like you, I too am pretty limited in the amount of time that I am online. While I do try to respond to my friends new discussions, there have been times when I have just gone to todays discussions and picked out one that I know I could respond to the easiest. I think that there are other times when I have a lot of time on here and I pick the conversations that I think will take the most effort to answer because I know that I might not be able to get to them later.
@ashley2009 (85)
• United States
27 Jan 09
i try to respond to every discussion possible i can find. i only just signed up last night so i'm still trying. hopefully the time i spend on here will be worth it someday
@deep_enjoy (237)
• India
27 Jan 09
You mentioned that since your friend responds to your discussion, you cant find time to respond there's. If I am not wrong, friendship isn't give and take.
About me, the time I log in I first see all the discussion my friends started and I start responding them first because most of them are interesting. And while responding first I take some time to think and then I respond. Because I feel I should not just bluff all the way just for the sake of making money in here because to me, friendship is everything... And I must say this is a nice discussion...
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I respond to discussions I come across that interest me. It doesn't matter if they are friends or not as far as who started the discussion. I don't have my friends on "notify" either. If they don't want on my list, thats their choice. But I didn't sign up here to be ruled by what I discuss based upon people upon my list. If I see a discussion here from someone I know and it interests me then fine, I'll respond. I also do my best to respond back to everyone that answers or replies in my discussions. Thats because for it to BE a discussion, we have to enter into it when they reply.
@deborahkat (519)
• Brazil
27 Jan 09
I try to respond to all the discussions I can with the time I have. Cause mostly I am at work so when I have sometime free I come to mylot to see what´s new and be active as I can. I try to answer discussions of my friends but also of other people and try to make new friends. I am here for that!
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
Yes, i try to respond to my friends discussions.. but i don't get to respond to every discussion my friends make.. you know, apart from mylotting, i've got other important things to do.. as much as i wanted to spend more time here, i can't..
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
27 Jan 09
I don't always respond to discussions my friends start. Mainly because if its something i can't relate to or don't know how to reply i just feel like leaving it to someone who does know how to reply. I am not just going to give them a lousy response.
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
27 Jan 09
Why I come to mylot during the day, the first discussions i look over are the ones that my friends have posted. I figure that is the whole reason to have friends here is to support there endeavors. And, in supporting them i am also increasing my own productivity. I can only hope that most people work the same way and support my discussion when I post them.
