They Start Their Same Discussion Every Other Time and Still Got Many Responses
By flaredust
@flaredust (728)
Indonesia
July 6, 2009 12:11am CST
I notice it by some of members, they start their discussion, the similar discussion as they started few days ago and still have very much responses. Is it good? I mean for me of course I'm not gonna like it, because I often logged in here and check new discussions almost every day, except weekend, so I prefer answering the real new one. But is it giving them any benefit doing something like that? Does myLot will delete those similar discussion? Or may be some of them find that myLot admin not bothered enough about that and still give them extra money for their similar discussion, that's why they do that over and over again. How do you think?
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9 responses
@voldrox (7191)
• India
6 Jul 09
i guess such discussions are to be deleted my the administrators but often it happen that they post the discussions with a somewhat different header or apply a different tag to the discussion hence they are not caught, such people who get the responses the next time, i guess they have a lot of replying friends and they must be replying to such posts each time they have been put up on mylot... i sure do hope such things don't happen, because it is unfair, however i don't know how they do it, i feel bad if i even think of reposting my earlier post...
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
7 Jul 09
You right, sometime I also didn't know that the discussion basically similar because some of them change the header. When I read content of that discussion I realize that I've read that kind of discussion somewhere, then finally I remember this is the same discussion that appear few times ago and the discussion starter is the same person also. So, I lose interest to response and abandon it.
@gcorp09 (940)
• Singapore
6 Jul 09
Well, I will say that it's certainly not right to start the same discussion after a few days. There are totally no reason for one to start the same discussion again. Even if you had less responses for the first one, and you will like to try if there will be more people replying if you start the same one a few days later, I do think it's not right.
I don't know if myLot admin will notice them. However, if someone reports to the admin in regards to this, I guess the duplicate ones may be deleted. I don't think they are not bothered about this, but I will say that there are simply too many discussions going on everyday that the admin won't have time to really look at the individual discussion. That's why there's the abuse button for members to report if we see anything which is not right...
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@gcorp09 (940)
• Singapore
7 Jul 09
Yes, I agree with you. Well, most of the time, I'm also doing the same as you: responding to other people's discussion. I do also think that you should only be starting a discussion if you have something new to say. Well, I guess if you do see one, it's better to report, as those people may not even had seen this discussion. Even if they did see it, there's a chance that they may choose to ignore, especially if they are doing it for the sake of earning more money.
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
7 Jul 09
Meet again gcorp Sure it's not right, may be some of them have their excuse but for me still it's abusing the rule. I prefer responding others when I have lack of inspiration to start a new discussion. I'm not chasing money that much, I'm enjoying here and don't want this forum become corrupted by that kind of discussions. I know we better do something good like reporting that, but we also can't "lucky" enough to meet that kind of discussion to report. That's why I'm starting this discussion, I just wanna tell them please stop doing something like that, I hope the "miss-guided" discussion starter read this.
@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
9 Jul 09
For me it's better be like that, we just give response better than starting meaningless discussion, or worst we start the same discussion we already started before. If they do it for money, yes may be one or two time they will lucky enough to earn by the same discussion, but remember, lucky not always there to help, so when myLot admin caught them up, they should be punished well.
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
7 Jul 09
I've seen similar discussions initiated by myLotters quite often, but it didn't occur to me that similar discussions are started by the same member within days of each other. Well, at least I am not aware of that. I think if it is done by the same member, then that lacks creativity and goes against the spirit of this site. Probably this is done by those who have no fresh ideas for discussions, and just want to chalk up statistics for the sake of earnings, hoping perhaps that other members or administrators will not notice that they had posted the same discussion days earlier. I feel myLot administrators should exercise some control over such practices.
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
9 Jul 09
Yeah I hope you not often to find them out, because it's very annoying. As you can see, there are many newbie here try to catch response by starting good discussion but there's sometime no one ever responded, but when I see the double discussion by some member that keep gaining a lot of responses I feel pity to the newbie, it's like we're not fair let the "bad guy" taking others attention so easily even with the same old discussion. I know we just can't searching the bad guy all day long because we're all have our own business here, but when we found out that between discussions we read, we better report it.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
6 Aug 09
"They Start Their Same Discussion Every Other Time and Still Got Many Responses" Pal, it probably doesn't have a explanation to it, the member possess some sorts of charms or irresistible forces in him or her that can attract many responses from members , doesn't matter the discussion had been repeated two, three or four times. It is just amazing. lol!!!!
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
6 Aug 09
you right, I don't need to talk about it more, they just have their magical charm, or may be give some spell over their discussion, so that it will surely attract crowd anytime they post it, no matter how much time they do it. It's beyond normal people ability
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@jellymonty (2352)
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6 Jul 09
To be honest I do feel like My lot favors some my lotters because its not fair for one to post the same discussion twice and still get massive responses. Although I'm not going to cry or grumble over it, I do feel like my lot need to make their guidelines a bit tougher.
I see this all the time that they are certain my lotters no matter what topic they start even if its a duplication or they copied from somewhere else they always seem to get responses and its usually the same people that respond as well. I believe there is a conspiracy here after all...
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@cookiecrumbles (629)
• United States
6 Jul 09
It kinda gets me a little miffed when they are like mine and mine were first. It shows lack of originality. I mean go through the list that you made the day you signed up. I do. Or I sit and watch TV and write from there. Or take my notebook with me on the bus and jot down what happened that was funny or what I saw. or I don't write at all.
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
6 Jul 09
It's fine when that case is mine similar from yours for example, but what I'm talking about and really annoy me is if that case are done by the same people. I think they just repeat their success, and hope they will gain more success without giving more effort to find new interesting topic. They just want a shortcut for the money, but they don't understand what the essence of this site really is. That's the worst scenario may be.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
6 Jul 09
I think it's against the rules and if you see it happening you are well within your rights to report it!
@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
7 Jul 09
Of course I will, it's better if we all also care enough to report that kind of thing.
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@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
6 Jul 09
I am not sure if they have done it purposely. I think invariably the discussions will get repeated over a period of time. Even I have started some discussion only to realize that they have been started by others too. It's kinda difficult to search for similar discussions unless you use the same words as the original.
As for the number of responses, it depends on the time of the day, the quality and even if you have a lot of friends who regularly reply to your discussions. Starting a similar discussion is one thing and getting responses to them is quite another.
@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
7 Jul 09
What bother me most is not the same discussion by different starter person, if that the case I'm still cool because the possibility to do that for abusing purpose is less, probably they just don't know if that discussion already started by other people. What I'm concern about is when the case are done by the same person, of course the probability to do that as cheating is big. Mostly people will remember all their started discussion, even if the old one. For me, I still remember my first started discussion here, that's why when I meet the same discussion and the same person also started that discussion my mind almost bring me on my negative thinking. That kind of guy cheating, because they know their discussion hit the spot and want to rewind their success without giving more effort.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Jul 09
That's unfortunate. I hate when that happens. I think it's all in luck; and I don't think myLot deletes any similar discussions unless they're IDENTICAL (as in.. the person posted it 2 times on accident). Hopefully no one is abusing myLot in the way that you describe.
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
6 Jul 09
It's not double posting error pal. I'm online here almost every day and notice it. I don't know how we call it identical, we don't have exact criteria about it, but for me I know it is the same. The general line of question of course similar, with couple of change here and there. I hope they not really do that for abusing purpose.
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