I will not give a rating to a sentence with only 1 or 2 words..

I completely agree! Especially when the discussion asks for more input than "yes" or "no" or "I don't know". That is so frustrating when I see that. I tend to say more than I should...LMAO!!

You are quite right. A question which only requires a one word answer is not a 'discussion' - it is a 'poll'. If someone answers with very few words, it hardly increases the sum of human knowledge greatly!I like your 10 second introduction to grammar! Some guidelines on 'creating a discussion' are needed as well, I think. I know that we have people here who struggle with English and so short answers are, to an extent, understandable but people should, at the same time, understand that the 'complicated formula' evolved by the MyLot mathematicians gives credit for longer answers! + (PS ... have you noticed that it is again not 'remembering' ratings? I can rate answers and then go to another page in the same discussion, then come back only to find that everything has gone back to 'unrated'. I don't know how much it is worth rating things until they have rectified the problem!)

Well said ! I agree, most people are posting to just earn money. Not to have a discussion, not to express a view if they have one. Doesn't make sense. And I completely agree that responses like that take away from the discussion. Sad.

I agree with you,the problem being so many people are making topics that only require a one or two word answer.

I'm agree with you but sometimes it's difficult because for exemple I don't know english very well. I believe I make a lot of errors

What would you say about people who just give one response and move on to the next discussion instead of contonuing. It just makes me tear my hair out when people do that. This a is a discussion site and not a question & answer site where you put your answer and move on to the next question.

yes,i completely agreed with you,it truely correct,members of mylot thinking that only giving short response is enough ,they didn't think of quality response,as everybody aware of grammar ,parts of speech.,but they are not using it,lot of my discussions have the same problem,but i can't do anything,the response should be quantity +quality,not blah blah....,"yes" or "no" doesn't make any difference,and these should be known by every member of mylot.. thanks :)

I totally agree i don't think that anyone that just puts one or two word answers deserve a rating.. I admit that i have given ratings for that.. but have learned since.. Thanks for your ratings..+

You are quite right. A question which only requires a one word answer is not a 'discussion' - it is a 'poll'. If someone answers with very few words, it hardly increases the sum of human knowledge greatly! I like your 10 second introduction to grammar! Some guidelines on 'creating a discussion' are needed as well, I think. I know that we have people here who struggle with English and so short answers are, to an extent, understandable but people should, at the same time, understand that the 'complicated formula' evolved by the MyLot mathematicians gives credit for longer answers! + (PS ... have you noticed that it is again not 'remembering' ratings? I can rate answers and then go to another page in the same discussion, then come back only to find that everything has gone back to 'unrated'. I don't know how much it is worth rating things until they have rectified the problem!)

Thanks for posting this. I have noticed alot of questions with one word answers. Sometimes I wonder if some of them are becasue you supposedly get more money to be the first to answer a post (I don't know if it's true) so they rush in and give ne word answers. If I can only respond to a question with a few words I ususally just don't bother.

You are absolutly right... I have had discussions of me that where answered with just no... These answers do not get a + from me too.. A little explanations with the answer would be nice :)

at last! someone posted this discussion! Thank you thank you thank you! my guess on why people answer with 'yes/no/maybe/never try that', would be because the discussion dont really need us to answer a lot (for example : you like coffee or tea? coffee (1 word) ...it's very hard to go into very in depth about coffee (if u get what i mean!) To avoid that problem, i posted my discussion that require people to provide longer answers (cheated online? can a woman do the proposing? what do you think of your partner?) you will be suprised that there are yes/no answers too! and if i asked have u been cheated, the answer is no, then dont respond!!! i used to comment on every respond, saying thank you, but now, i dont even bother with those 1/2 words replies. thank you for voicing this out!

so if we have to get ratings from you,we have to type an eassy or paragraph then send it to you.i think no one has enough timeand also you have to ask some meaningful questions in which we can type an eassy.well i can type this much.bye

Ahhh I totally agree with you! I'm not thrilled with the one/two/three word questions/posts/responses. I can understand that alot of the questions asked on here require a "one word" response, but I actually would like a "reason" for that response.

I totally agree with you. There are so many answers that only consist of one or two words, and some even only exist of a 'yes', 'no' or 'ok'. The fact that people respond to you is appreciated, but it would be nice if it adds something to the discussion. It can hardly ever be that such a short sentence (or hardly a sentence) really adds up to a discussion. When I teach children I allways try to make them enthousiastic about longer and better sentences, other then: "Uhhm, ok then". Simple things as "I'm doing fine, thank you. How do you do?" seem to be outruled by: "ok, you?". So basicly I applaud your topic, I do love the fact that people get active and (try to) participate, but messages with more substance are more higly appreciated in the long run; also by mylot itsself :) Take care, good to see you around.

I think you make a valid point about answers. But what about the topics? Some of them are pick answer a or answer b. Sometimes it's hard to stretch out a yes or no.

Well I think you're right, I used to give positive rate for every person that respond to my discussion.I must look forward then.

i give a + for good posts only i give a - to all stupid and single/short posts the rest i dont rate the more people that give a - will teach those that are only here to make a quick dollar that it does not pay just to say yes/no or me too or even just i agree lets all make this forum a better place

you are too good at it.are you a teacher or anything like that?

I so agree!! I'd love to have the questions to have more to them then they do now too. Answers can be sometimes hard when they are asking simple questions like the year you were born or the number of profile views...etc