When is a mylot discussion considered to be too old to be answered.

Hi thea! There are some very interesting discussions that come back to life and some of them are even 3 years old. I have some of my own which are over a year old and still receive reponses and I comment back every time. If the topic is interesting then they are never too old to merit a response in my opinion and the date it was started makes no difference to me. If a discussion is still around then it is a worthy of a response and i very often help out friends who have old responses that received no response at all. It's all a question of what takes your fancy and not the date

The age of a discussion should make no difference at all and I've replied to quite a few which are quite a few months old. I think part of the trouble is with myLot as there are so many members whose sole purpose is to make money that they only really pay attention to the new discussions as they are the easier to access and don't bother searching out interesting but old discussions.

For Me,I generally don't look at the age of the discussions listed as a criteria for answering,it's the content and the subjects that get my attention..I've hit the send button on some of my replies in the past without realising how far back the original post went! IMO,unless the discussion is on some currently hot news topic,and therefore (maybe) time critical,it's fair game.So long as the subject of the discussion concerned is within your interests,or could be,is new to you and can have you thinking up up a suitable response,have a go.You never know,you could make someone's day by validating a discussion they thought worth starting way back when,only to see it sink into the limbo of the "No Response" Bin!

i am really glad that you started this discussion - the responses really helps me as well, because i have always wondered the same thing... i do find some interesting topics that are quite old, and am afraid and unsure to respond.. so sometimes i also take a look at the member's profile just to confirm if he/she is still active..

Hi thea, I too have come across some very interesting discussions started years ago. I have answered couple of them and the discussion gets revived as many others answer it. I remember once answering a discussion on books without actually seeing that it had been dormant for more than 2 years....I just answer anything I find interesting without actually bothering about when it was started and by whom...

hi thea09 as long as its in the my lot data base it never to old to respond too. because you may have valuable information to share. or the topic that was 1 year ago can be related to some current event that is happening. and if people see a similar interest they will respond to the discussion. so i would not let a old date keep you from voicing your opinions. what was the subject that you are interested in?

There are times that I respond to old discussions of my friends, it will be good for them as the discussion will be revived and open again to other mylot members. You didn't do anything wrong, thats fine. There are some discussions that are still active even if its 2-3 years old. Not unless the discussion is about a current event known to the public 3 years ago and you just responded on it which is kind of too late.

There is no hard and fast rule about old discussions. If the topic is still relevant I do not see a problem in replying if you feel like it. Some subjects are timeless, some have the life of a fruit fly. If in your judgment it was a relevant and interesting topic and you had something to contribute go for it.

i dont think you did a mistake on that one... the oldest discussion i ever replied was i think 6 or 7 months old, i really cant remember. if it was a good discussion even it was already a year old i would still reply it. sometimes i dont look at how long the discussion was started, as long as it is interesting for me then i go post a response to it.

I'd respond, because just lately there aren't that many interesting discussions around. Even if the originator of the discussion was no longer a member, the fact that the discussion was revived would bring in new responses, and it may be a salutory lesson to those people who put up trivial and banal discussions. I would say that as long as the discussion is still up there, it's still open for responses.

Hi thea, I think that a discussion is never to old to react to. Mylot is not a traditional forum in which it's inappropriate to respond to topics which are older than a certain period. I would respond to any discussion as long as the subject catches my attention.