Do you only respond to discussions started by your friends?

@jshekhar (1562)
India
February 20, 2009 11:26pm CST
Being here for about a fortnight now, I would really like to know how do you start searching for discussions to respond to? Do you use the tabs "recent" or "friends started" or "no responses" or what? I do not have any fixed procedure but of late I have started using the "friends started" tab first, now that I have a lot of friends. I always find some discussions of my interest there and I go ahead to respond to them. Would love to know your opinion. Thanks
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
21 Feb 09
No I respond to any discussion that catches my interest, I'd say about half of my responses go to my friends.
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@jshekhar (1562)
• India
23 Feb 09
Thanks for the honest opinion, friend. I have noticed that you have responded to a lot of my discussions.. you deserve a positive rating for such a short and sweet response :)
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 09
I would give my friends discussions priority. If I do not relate to their discussions then only I'll hop around for more interesting topics to response. I will check on all the tabs available. mylot encourages active participation which needs you to participate on all that are available here and not to confine to friends discussions alone.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
23 Feb 09
You're quite observant. Maybe I can relate to your discussions well that is why I tend to response more. I am quite picky as there some people who can't read the mind of others and end up giving negative ratings. Well, as long as they are people reading and responding to your discussions then that is where you are motivated to create more interesting discussions.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
23 Feb 09
Thank you, Zandi. I have observed that you are replying to a lot of my discussions. I am really happy and would try to create more discussions from our common interests. Cheers
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@sunsham68 (1376)
• India
21 Feb 09
not at all, i just pick a topic that i am interested in and reply. i do browse the no responses section and especially if its a newcomer, i try and reply to motivate them..
@gunagohan (3414)
• India
22 Feb 09
u are really great...i too select the no responses section and i will respond there...i dont wanna to let the discussion down, so mostly i will select no responses section and try to post many there,, thanx...happy mylotting..
@roberten (3128)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I love to search for discussions under the "friends started" section. That is generally the first tab I select when I am looking for a good discussion. My friends are so interesting, sometimes I have to force myself to check other tabs.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
23 Feb 09
I follow exactly the same path. It sometimes happens that I do not find any discussion that I can relate to easily under that tab. Then I would switch over to other tabs.
@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
21 Feb 09
i pretty much go through the tabs and see whats new in each one and respond to each discussion that interests me as well as respond to discussions my friends make. can't limit yourself to certain discussions, gotta broaden your money earning and make new friends along the way!
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
24 Feb 09
Thanks a lot for responding, friend. It was really an honest response. Most people would not mention the money part here as they would like to project themselves as people who are really concerned about quality and only quality.
@bubbletush (1332)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
i use the tabs and start with the discussions started by friends then check out the top discussions, the recent, the hot then the no responses. Of course I do not answer each and every one of them, I only choose the topics that I find interesting and I could relate.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
23 Feb 09
Thanks for responding. Your response was short and sweet, exactly the kind I like. No unnecessary words to drag it into 5-6 lines. Hope we become friends.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
22 Feb 09
Well, a lot of times for me, it depends on what mood I am in, and how much time I have to spend in here as well. Personally there are a lot of friends I have in here who I am always trying to keep up with, but most of these I also have their notifications turned on as well so I can try and keep up as well. For the most part a lot of times I will start with the First page of this site, and then go to my Interests that I really enjoy responding too, etc. and then go from there. I feel that when you are open to respond to a lot of different interests and topics, etc. you are making yourself more open to meeting so many wonderful people who come in here all of the time as well.
@zeroflashx2 (2491)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
Well, I'd usually start off with either discussions that my friends have started or discussions from my interest. One of the great things about discussions that my friends have started is that sometimes, I find new interests that I either have forgotten or something new. Nevertheless, it's fun to respond to discussions either way. Take care.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
22 Feb 09
Thanks for taking time out to respond. Even I feel it the same. I was just asking about the starting point.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
22 Feb 09
No i don't.. i don't respond to my friends' discussions only.. i respond to any topic that interests me like movies, music, gadgets, clothing, events, issues, love and relationships.. it's nice to see discussions that i can really realate with..
@gunagohan (3414)
• India
22 Feb 09
i go for today's top and no responses section... i dont want any discussion to be with zero responses, so i would gor no responses and respond to their discussions...thanx...happy mylotting...
• Egypt
22 Feb 09
Personallhy I start by responding to almost all my friends discussion (I turn the notifier on so i get them on my email) and then I'd hang around and look at the recent tab, hot tab and then go to the no reposnes tab and try to respond to as much as I can, cause I know it feels bad when you get no response at all so I try to help as much mylotters as I can. Happy mylotting.
@ddfreedie (690)
• India
22 Feb 09
no not at all..i respond to all the discussions in which ive an interest and some knowledge...
@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
21 Feb 09
well the ones that your friends start are the easiest to find but i like to browse around to find a subject that interests me or to start a discussion on my own to get some feedback on it but i like to go around and look at anything that interests me not just ones that my friends start but i will look at those too
• China
21 Feb 09
I'm a newcomer here, so I would like to respond to the topics that attract me~
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
Most of the time I browse over today's top first then my interests and then I choose any other tabs. There are times that I browse over friends started only in just a certain period.
@rymebristol (1808)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
no, i don't always respond to discussions that my friends started here on myLot. what caught me the most to take part in discussions are the topics that i have interest and knowledge about a certain topic. there are some discussions that my friends started but i don't have the wisdom to say anything about it so i pass for a while.
@babyorchid (1737)
• China
21 Feb 09
hey jshekhar, like u said...i always find some discussions of my interest ,if i find some posts i will repsond it.. hehe happy mylotting
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
21 Feb 09
I simply go through all the discussions and select the ones that i am able to relate to and answer them, regardless of who has started it. I dont think the 'Friends' mean anything here, because very few of my 'Friends' take part in the discussions started by me, and may be i too dont go out of the way to do so...i feel i should answer those topics of discussions that interest me !
• India
21 Feb 09
Never dude.Nothing like that.If the discussion is of good topic,then surely almost all myloters will respond.
• India
21 Feb 09
actually i started using mylot 2 days ago... i didnt use much. but ill response to the discussions which ever i like, it need not be started by my friends.