Is it only you who comments on the response for your discussion?

i like to start discussions too and when i strated off at mylot i was under the impression that no one other than me will post commments on my discussions and i was surprised to see that people do comment as well as reply to discusions i start. i do not mind it at all and there is a particular interest where if i start a discussion then mostly fellow mylot users resply as well as add comment on my discussions. i think it is a very good thing. the whole idea of mylot is to engage in meaningful discussions and post quality content so if others are not only responding but also adding comments then it only says that the discussion is creating interest within other users. i do not fell it is a bad thing at all.

Hi sanuanu! I read the other responses both before and after I have responded on a discussion and very often leave a comment too. Sometimes the responder will comment back but also several times so will the user who started the discussion itself and in this way there is a discussion inside a discussion. It can be fun and very intersting at times.

Hi sanuanu, I like adding comments in all the responses I have received in my own discussions started. Yeah, if it happens that a stranger (user not in my friends list) has added comment before I do. I would then type the user name of my responder and leave my comment there. If one of my friends adds a comment before mine, I would then type the user name of them and leave my comment there. I won’t get angry but I would feel happy anyway, for very often the foreigner will summit his response later and will be one of the responders in my discussion. I have been doing this several times when I come across my friend in the same discussion which I’m going to respond. Happy posting and have a great day.

To my mind, it would be better and in the fitness of things, if I post my comments to the responses, which I receive in response to my own discussions, because the respondent submitted the response for my comments/my information. I've seen that sometimes, others just intrude and post their sub-comments to a response, which is not exactly in response to their own discussion. If a third party intervenes and it happens to be a common friend, then I do not mind, his/her sub-comments, however, if the fellow is not in my friends' list and just commenting on a response, which is directed to me (because I started the discussion) then I won't appreciate his/her sub comments.

I think it's great we can have things going off on a slight tangent. I often post comments to other people's replies in discussions, usually in discussions with a high post count. It's nothing to do with increasing my earnings - my post number remains the same (unfair on those of us who are still yards away from their 500 minimum for pasting - see my profile for the discussion I started on this)so I guess I earn nothing from my comments. Also unfair, as usually they are to provide info or advice that would benefit the whole discussion, not just one replier. This is a friendly site, we all know that. Imagine you're at a party, chatting in a big group of friends. Someone raises a point about being cut-up on the motorway. The person next to you says, "Yeah, that happened on the M25 yesterday - there was a crash. I nearly became a part of it." Everyone else says, "Jeeze, you were lucky!" but you were there. You were probably in the same line of traffic when it happened - or perhaps you were unlucky enough to have become involved. Are you going to stay silent? No, not unless you're very, very shy. You'll pipe up and tell them, won't you? And then they might come back with: "Oh, so do you live near Godstone then?" or something. It can go both ways - you might have so much in common you pair off, but if you know the rules of social etiquette you'll return to the more general topic of conversation, only now you know a little bit more about one or more of the people around you - and they in return know you. I belong to a social group called City Socialising, where this often helps to "break the ice at the party" and it's how a normal conversation develops. It's exactly the same here. It's what makes us human, and it's what separates the humans from the trolls.

I like to add comments to my responses, I think it helps maintain community and relationships on here. I also don't mind if someone else comes into me and another person's "conversation." But I hesistate befor ecommenting on something that look like they may have a thing going on. I don't want to look stupid but I wish I knew it would be oaky if I wanted to join in.

At times people do comment on your comment in the post and that kind of discussion becomes a chat scene where more than two persons start chatting on a topic. Somehow I do like such discussions in my topics and do not mind that.

no its bad at all... you are just expressing yourself :)

I would personally not like that some one is adding comments to my discussions. In case you have something very valueable then I don.t mind otherwise I would mind it a bit. As far as general people are concerned, I think its difficult to have a say.

I think most of the times its we only who comment on our discussions reply. I have hardly seen anyone commenting on some one else's discusions.

I like adding comments to my discussion too, but sometimes I found that there are other people who comment to the responses. It is nice to find that other people are interested in the topic. I like it when other people respond to the responses of my discussion. I don't think that I am interfering them by adding comments to two guys chatting. I am only stating my views.

hello sanuanu, i might miss some of your discussions as my time on the internet is very limited nowadays! got pre-occupied with work and i could not even comment/ reply even to those who have commented to my own discussions! i feel so guilty at times! i welcome those who will comment on my discussion and i would be very glad and happy if ever there are others who will comment to another response as well! not that i would like to interfere but i just let them be, just to make the flow of the conversation going.

Yes, many a times it happens when others comment on my discussion's responses because they like to have an argument or a point to clear. It is nice to have others view in abundance as I don't feel like I don't have anything to do in my discussion since I am the person who has started the discussion and would voice my comment on his/her response that how much it is in our context of thinking!!

Maybe it is a good way to give comments to all responses as it will create a kind of goodwill between the starter of the discussion and the responder. Since I have only few discussions under my belt I did try to give out my comments to all the responses. I think it is healthy if other people butt in to the responses and create some kind of healthy debate there. It is up to you whether you want to be involved in the debate. It shows your discussion is interesting to draw others to give their ideas. A topic become lively when many aspiring debaters inject their views and argue to come to a solution. Don't you think so?

If I really disagree or agree with someone I will. I do read the responses, however if I don't fell I need to respond I just respond to the original question then leave and do my business. Unless someone else comments my response and i'm online, I don't usually go back to the topic. I'm sure thats what most others do, however I bet a majority don't even read the responses.

I really don't care if no one would pitch in to someone's response in my discussion. But I do react and give comments to the other response in a given discussion when and as long as I have something to contribute or found it misleading in some way. If there's nothing that I can say then I will just go on and move to another.

If I had something to add, I would go ahead and comment. If not..I wouldn't. It's actually a good thing when you've got people to communicate within your discussion. Your role is never negligible.

I think it's a good thing it makes your discussion popular...I always reply to everyone that post responses on my discussions... Some come back to reply and some don't but still, I like doing that...

I do not consider it bad to comment on any response, as long is it is relevant and does not hurt sentiments. I am a lazy person when it comes to commenting upon somebody else's response. In fact, I comment upon very few responses that my own discussions have got. I tend to check upon my discussions once in a while and then, I comment wherever I have something to add to. Otherwise, I just love to keep responding :)

So sorry to hear that. I don't know it and I think I wrote one comment in others' discussion before. If it is bad to comment in others' discussion, then I better don't do it again. Thanks. You post is very useful to me. Good day~