What do you say?

I am a newbie in mylot, haven't got much response or write much topic yet, but I imagine if someone responses off topic, I still will appreciate the effort but also make some " response " on their response :-) may be it would be like this : " yes, you are right, but please let me know what do you think about ....." This is my way to make he or she read my topic one more time. About funny way to let them know, it has to be relating to what they response, and I could make a cute phrase to let them realize but not offended anyhow.

i like cherry cheesecake.

I would say thank for dropping in or visiting to respond. I have never said any negative words in mylot, so I won't expect to get the negative feedback. Or I may tell or ask to the point.

I normally just skip right on by their response and act as if it is not there. I don't want to thank them for not answering the question, but I don't really want to get on their case about it either.

I report the response as 'irrelevant' and move on. In the Guidelines were are told: "Please make sure you give your best effort to respond with quality responses. If you don’t know how to respond to a discussion, go on to the next one. Answers like “I don’t know” or “I don’t care” don’t help anyone and will be removed"

Today I went to the bulk food store and got 6 squares of sem-sweet chocolate. I eat it like a chocolate bar because it tastes like the premium cocoa chocolate bars, but someone got them mixed up with the unsweetened chocolate. What was the question again? Oh yes, I would ignore it, I am not quite up to cute quips. I always think of something cute to say hours after it does not matter anymore so if nothing comes to me right away I just move on. I have been told the odd time I am funny.

I just ignore it and move on. This also applies when they are trying to answer but have a hard time with the language. I don't expend very much energy on these!

I don't usually say anything. If they are that off topic, I tend to get suspicious of them possibly cheating their way through mylot. I've seen a few users do this before and sure enough my suspicions were correct. I will notify mylot if their is a copycat. I have even gone so far as warn others of people like this. However, it isn't really necessary to go this far. Notifying the admin is usually good enough and the cheater gets banned. When you see someone respond in this fashion it might be a good idea to peek at their profile and see how they respond to discussions on here, just in case. Hopefully it's nothing, but chances are it might be something that isn't good.

[b]I too get many responds with out any meaning and i have no idea to give response so i just ignore and go to next response and if i think that it is good and there is chance to give response then i give response.. "It is better to ignore comments with out any meaning"[/b]

That is funny...I think we have all had those responses. I usually just say " thanks for your response". I could say "why did you bother" or "what???" but what's the point? I know sometimes it is a response from people in another country and maybe to them they did give a good response. Your guess is as good as mine.

I start by hitting the minus button. Then I try & think of something totally irrelevant to say back. If really off the wall, I point out to them that they really need 2 read the discussion before responding. If really stupid, I give them my Mother lecture which goes on & on & on & then on some more. Sometimes I just don't feel like making the effort so I minus & go on. It's obvious they don't care enough to respond properly...so why should I care enough to comment back. It all depends on my mood & the full moon!!! Cute comebacks??? Why spin my wheels on someone who doesn't care???

Well if someone responds to my discussion and if there responds has nothing to do with my topic I might try to clarify what the topic is about and exactly what I meant, and sometimes I just let it go because people make mistakes, I guess it just depends on how important the topic is to me, because some topics are a little more light hearted then others.

I thank them for responding but if someone tries to spam mylot it is another story Have a gr8 time Njoy

In most cases I Ignore it. What really gets to me is when someone responds saying the same thing that I said in my discussion as though they came up with it. Not acknowledging that they agree with me. For example they say something like "A helpful way I found to clean is with baking soda". Even though I already said that in MY discussion. Another thing that gets me is when I say something like "I like strawberries" and someone says "I can't believe you like "oranges". They are on topic, but somehow misunderstood what I am saying. Sorry for my weird examples but I didn't want to get to specific. I wish I had a way to tell them that was cute, but it would probably end up coming acroos as offensive.

Hey there! I do encounter lots of responses like that. Sometimes I ignore them. When I feel like commenting back to their response, that is really off topic, I do notify them that they didn't answer what was ask. Yes, I still do thank them for adding up responses in my responses (they just add up not contribute.lol). Cute or funny ways to let them know that they haven't answered the question? I use the emoticons. . I also use the blink, ninja, whistle, and rasp emoticons. Have a nice day. Happy posting!!

Hi katsmeow, i have not had any such experiences so far. But if it happens i will definitely thank them for taking part in my discussion and ask them directly that i would really appreciate it if they let me what they thought of the topic and did they have anything to add?

Usually I just ignore them...

say nothing and go on your mylot activity.this is the right way to do for that kind of response.don't be bothered by them!

I am glad that i didn't encounter things like this so far. All my discussions answered correctly and no one is out of topic. But if ever someone responded to my discussion that practically has nothing to do with it, i will think of a response saying that she/he is out of topic and said it in a nice way. =)

Hi kat, I will don't tell them that you have not answered my question. I think that is their freedom, I just get the useful infomation . But I don't ignore them, I always comment with a simple "Thank you for you response."