Do you get disappointed when you have a ZERO response rate at MYLOT?

Well, overall I don't think that I have a (0) with any of my discussions, but I know one of them I started just the other day even only has 3 responses back to it which was shocking as well, so I can understand what you are experiencing. But for the most part it all has to do with timing, and such as well. Since you are still Newer to this site, it takes time. Build up more friends and interact with others and Good things will happen from there.

If I honestly thought it was a good topic and well done, then yeah I might feel a bit pained by people not responding. But my first post was a dud because I wasn't sure of how to post, and other posts I noticed were done a lot by new folks like me... only I didn't really know it until after I posted it.

Nah! i'm used to it by now, I have several zeros... It wouldn't do for everyone to be interested in the same things would it?

I don't really care if I get no responses to be honest. If they paid you for them then maybe I would care. I say my piece and if anyone wants to talk about it that's great and if not that is great too.

Of course I do especially if it's something that really needs people's opinion. I think since some discussions are being put at the bottom when a lot of new discussions are being started on the same interest. I had 2 discussions with 0 responses and before it bothered me a lot but now I'm OK with it.

Yes, I do get disappointed especially if it's an interesting topic to me. But I'm adjusting. I know mylotters are here not to really discuss serious topics, because if they wanted to, they should attend a class...lol..they just come here to relax, meet new friends and perhaps earn a few cents. Primarily I come here to relax...so don't worry, you'll hit the magic question soon. Just keep posting. Good luck doc..lol..

Well I don't start many discussions due to other committments, so most of my time is spent responding to other discussions. Often they are those which are started by my friends, so I would be a litle bit disappointed if none of them had the courtesy to respond to my discussion. If I started a lot of discussions though then I would not be terribly worried if one or two had no responses at all. The thing is that there are so many new discussions being started all the time here on myLot and if there is not a response fairly quickly, it does get buried under the avalanche ofother discussions. Of course it might not stay buried if one of your friends gets an email notification and responds from that. Another factor is the different time zones members are in as that can affect when a discussion is seen and read. For example, when you started this particular discussion it was 1.00 pm Wednesday my time here in Australia but anywhere betwen 8.00 pm - 10.0 pm in the US. Also although there are a high number of members here on myLot, those who are active at any one time is probably less than 25$ of the total members. Good luck to you zorlone and I hope that in future you have no discussions with ZERO responses.

To be very frank , Yes I used to get disappointed initially! But then I have noticed that memebers normally avoid responding to a discussion if it is a serious type! The discussions which requires lot of statistics or need a lot of research work also don't get attracted by the members. So I think it is the seriousness of the topic which we are p[osting on this site which determines the particip[ation! I alraedy posted an discusion about this ,as why the members are not interested in participating in serious type of discussions! Fortunately I managed to get few responses to this discussion! LOL! Second factor is , the time when we are posting the discussion for the members. If the time when there is lot of rush the discussion initiated by us may get buried deep down with the subsequent discussions initated if there is lot of rush at the time of posting! such discussions they come to surface only if they are answered other wise they go further deep to get lost for ever! Third factor is time of the week! During the week nds people are in relaxing mood and they want to have some good time so they are likely to go out for outing and at this time the attendance on this site is bit low! Posting assuch time may lead toattracting less number of members! Any way , today I am not really bothered if I am not getting response to one discussion, as I am normallybeen compensated with over whelming response to another topic of discussion posted by me! Well thanks for the topic, it was indeed a interesting one and I liked paticipating in it!

Of course I do. Everyone wants to be the best on mylot. I would be totally flattered if my discussions show up on the top discussions page. Anyway, even if my discussions don't draw in response, I don't let it get to me. I still continue posting. I mean, if you don';t try you won't be successful right?

It never happened to me. Also maybe because I am more a responder than a topic starter. I don´t know I just like to respond to topic and started maybe two or 3. Didn´t have lots of responses but I am also just active here for about a month so I can´t ask that much. Some people here are active for months and already made friends, so they follow each other´s discussions and answer them and keep a kind of conversation. About me... I am a starter.

It is a little bit disapointing, sure. But then, not everyone who is interested in your topic is on line when you post it, andafter a short while, it gets to the bottom of the recent discussions, and later on another page. Lately, I find easier to answer to others questions. There are so many out there, that I have no problem picking up what interest me. I try always to give a good answer, because if the person thought about a question, means that this is really on his/her mind, and they need an opinion. Not sure that mine is the best, but I'll sure give it a try.

well i dont care much on my discussions that i post and i dont get responce well some times it so happens that you post a discussion but after a month you will get responce. once i posted a responce well the next day i thaught i may have received more then 3 to 5 responce but to my surprise till a weak i did not get any responce and then i got only one responce. well it happens nothing to worry

yup, I had similar experience with you. But it doesn't matter, I won't care so much if there is many responses to my topic. I just wanna to write sth here and leave a memory, maybe someday in the future, the words will bring me back... Happy mylotter!

i just started mylot junior.and i even don't expect to have a response.lol...of course i won't get disappointed. Perhaps if i were not a newbie i would get disappointed. Who knows? Wish everyone have fun here.(*^__^*) Enjoy the discussions is the most important!

I don't really worry about it, because I think there are a lot of discussions that get started - sometimes there's just too many for all of them to get noticed.

Yes, I will feel a little disappointed because it seems nobody is interested in my new discussions. But it's OK. I will try to post something better next time:) I love China

No, I don't get disappointed. I don't even track the discussions I posted because they are already too many. I just wait for the respondents' emails. If they come, it's good but if they don't, I just think that no one is in the mood to answer on my topics Sometimes, I get answers on my topics which were posted months ago.

May be your discussion is highly scholar related, or your wording sounds weird to ordinary site members. Or it takes wide knowledge to give a meaningful response. There are so many reasons that people just evade away to some other topics they feel easy to reply. In such cases, I might rephrase it or split it into several parts, or give some guiding paragraphs, so that memories are recalled, or thoughts sparkled to join in your discussion.