Some discussions flooded with replies, some gets zero !

I am fairly new here, so i do not know how beneficial my response will be, but i will share my opinion at least. Just in the small amout of time i have spent here on mylot, i have seen quite an array of topics posted for discussion. Unfortunately while perusing for topics to respond to, i come across so many that are either A) redundant, as they have been asked just minutes or hours before, but with different wording B)Not really things that can be considered a topic for discussion. If you don't ask a question or ask for opinions on your ideas, what are we to do in response? C) Written in such poo english that i can't fgure out what they are talking about (no offense to those whose main language is not english, and are trying, but sometimes it is too taxing on my brain to try and decipher your meanings) D) Many many posts that to me just scream SPAM right off the bat, such as "I i just found this awesome site that...blah..blah...blah or E) Just aren't related to something that interests me or that i feel i can add anything of interest or importance, and i am not the type of person who it just going to post "Yes i agree" as a response, as i don't feel that would be considered a quality response, as outlined in the mylot rules. In my short time here i have also found that the number of responses you recieve depends a lot on what interest category you post your discussion in. when i first started i tried to get very specific as to the categories i would post my discussions in. Such as one i posted recently about dying ones hair. Normally i would think to post that under Hair or Beauty tips or something like that, but i have found that many people are not monitoring categories that get that specific, so instead i posted under the questions and answers topic, as i was asking a specific question about the topic, so i felt it fit. Many more people get updates on this category, so more people see the topic, and hence more people have the responsibility to respond. Try using different interest categories, post intereting, legible discussions where the poic is clear, i guess those are my tips.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Mylot is definitely not a family. There are thousands of people here, most of whom don't know each other, and who will never meet, even on this site. People respond to discussions that interest them. There's no obligation to make sure that everybody gets their moment in the sun. If discussions are ignorant, stupid, or just plain boring, no one if obliged to respond to them. If a person's discussions don't get any comments then it's up to them to figure out why and do something about it. There's plenty of information here about writing good discussions. If people choose to ignore it and just go on doing what they're doing,even though it's getting them nowhere, then that's their problem, not the problem of other Mylot members.

I don't see the problem with some discussions having many replies and others having none. Some discussions are just easier to answer, you have an opinion on them, have a story related to the discussion, have been through the same thing yourself etc. Whereas some discussions may not interest as many people, people might not be able to think of a worth while comment as they cannot empathise with the person having not gone through the same thing or know anything about that topic. It is better that people do not reply than reply with "sorry I do not know anything about this topic".

I try to answer discussions that don't have many or no replies, but sometimes I really can't. Either I don't know the answer, or don't understand the question, or I start out trying to answer, and then realize I can't do it for some reason. I try to answer them, because I would feel bad if no one replied to my discussion :(

Agreeing with the second and third responder. I've seen lots of posts without replies, and a good number of those are topics that have been asked repeatedly, or topics promoting other sites. The rest of them are just bizarre or hard-to-understand posts. If they don't take the time to think up and post a decent discussion topic, we're not obligated to post any replies. Heck, even if they were good topics, how the rest of us choose to use our time is our own business. We're not obligated to reply to anyone. If we want to, we will. If we don't, we won't. And yeah, we're not a family. We're a loose collection of strangers on the internet.

You know how I definitely feel. I made three already and no one cared :(.

hai i think you are right because me too start discussion and get very few replies but i like to responce as many as i can whether it is exactly not the same but one thing i like is to shre my views and others also. and one more important thing i cant answer heavy topics related politics and science and thank god people not dicussing in maths otherwise it would be very difficult and i havnt got even my first payout from this sight so i am waiting for that too so happy mylotting

Yes I agree that mylot is like a family community, and we should help each other by responding and giving helpful answers I try to respond to others as much as I can rather there new members or old ones, I've been very thankful to have consistently recived responses by other members and members on my friends list, but there have been times where I didnt recive a responses and I would be lying if I said that it didnt bothers me a little when members ignor one or more of my discussions, becuse I usually post topics that really intrest me and it kind of feels like I'm being snubbed if theres no answer even though thats probably not the case, but I think that we should all make stronger efforts to respond to members discussion's even if we might find them uninteresting as long as the topic is not braking a rule and is somthing that matters to the poster especially if its a questions that need answers.

Yes I support your views.We the members of myLot should cooperate each other.I f any new member seeks my friendship I usually accept him or her.But cooperation should be reciprocal.I'm replying to you and naturally I expect response from you.I try to follow this principle.

I only respond to discussions that interest me. If they don't interest me, I just skip them and move on to the next one. We aren't aobligated in anyway to post responses just because they nay not have any. The discusson apparently wasn't interesting enough to even post responses to. It is a given, that there will discussions that will go with no responses. It happens, and I havve had discussions that have maybe onely one response. I am thankful for that one, If people don't respond to my discussions, then it is my fault that I didn't make it interesting enough. I don't fault anyone for not responding. They either will or they won't without ciaxing from me. That is my take on things. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.

I think that it is natural for us to give responses to those discussions we are interested in, and maybe for those discussions which get zero, it is because it does not express its meanings very clearly and or the topic is too narrowed or something like that people do not have too much interest in it. However, I admit that you are right we should be a huge family and help each other.

Now, I dont think we myLotters are biased. Some discussion topics are simply outgarously ridiculous or too complicated that we might have no idea what to respond to it! If the topic of discussion is interesting and makes sense, believe me, it will sure generate responses!

this is an interesting question. i think we have no right to force others to do something they donot want to do, i just respond the topics i am familiar with and interested in. i browsed many topics which i know nothing about, then i just read them and walked away. when i find any interesting topics, i will become excited and read all the responses and add my comment no matter who they are or whether they are new or old members here

Yeah you are right. Most of my discussions have turned to be flops. The highest responses that I have got for a discussion is 11. I have also found out that silly discussions are in favor to get more responses! Try this tip if you want! Regards!

For me I dont care if you have a zero by your name or a huge number. I dont go by anything other then if the heading catches my interests or not. If it isnt something that catches my eye or that I have no interest in Im not going to read or respond.

I understand your point but when we started here, we were ask to choose things that interest us. So there some discussions which that not catches our attention or a discussion that we really do not know what to say. The best solution that we can do for us to receive a lot of comments from our discussion, make sure that your discussion will catch the interest of other people. This is my opinion and idea about this topic. i am not mad. i am just sharing my point of view.Have a great day!

I don't think so..The members will not have any intention to respond to specific users discussions and it all depends on the interest in which the discussion has been started and also the issue about which the discussion had been started. I have responded 100s of discussions without knowing the user name of the discussion starter and just now I am seeing your user name here in this discussion.That too as this discussion is about the matter of users.What they are going to get avoiding some discussions? Everyone will like to respond if they are familiar with the issue and if they are interested and of course everyone will be searching for discussions to respond. I have searched many days and failed to respond even to single discussion as I was not able to find the discussion of my interest and which is familiar with me. I am having some discussions without having even a single response.Also till now I am struggling to comment to one my discussion as it is having nearly 40 and I have finished commenting to only 20 responses.How many times you have responded and avoided only as the discussion is started by some 'X"? Even you will not do that.

I have had a discussion wherein no one responded. I guess some do not find it interesting to respond to and I don't blame anyone. I just noticed that topics with regard to politics are less interesting.