Suggestions please!-topic is old but I hope the question is new

Your second alternative is the best .A person who is active all the while deserves it I yhink.

Hi kalav, Giving the best response is actually a prerogative of the person who started a discussion. If you ask me I would give my BR to anyone whose answer appeals to me the most, and the frequency of his visit to myLot will not be of utmost consideration. What matters to me is that the response given was the one that addressed most of the issues I raised, or gave the most comprehensive answer. Also, if that member hasn't been here for quite sometime, maybe getting the BR will give him a reason to stay at myLot for good. Cheers!

Hi Kala I guess you are thinking absolutely right.You should give BR to the active members even if their responses are not as good as the responses of the ex members who deserve to get BR.Members who have not visited the mylot for the past 3 months have 90% chances of leaving this place ,though exceptions are always there.So you must award BR to those who can enjoy the BR and feel encouraged and prompted to write qualitative responses.

The decision I your own dear...........there is only one BEST,,personally I will go to the active member

Hi kalav, The best response should go to the best. Its doesn't matter if the member still active or not. It is not his/her problem in this matters. It is yours actually. I really can't understand why you need that long time before you give your best response? We all should wait for others to give a response. Even mylot encourage us to wait until a week before we give our best response. One month might be still okey. But to wait for a year is totally nonsense for me. But it is your discussion. You can awarded it to anyone. And no one should judge your intelligent on this. Sometimes we received a few good responses and we actually don't know which one is the best. It is easier to a question and answer or problem solution type of discussion. We know the answer and we should give the best response to the first one who answered or solved it. Happy mylotting and have a nice day.

you must help presently that who needs your help currently.After then you could also suggest to the older discussions too................

I am one who when going thru my older discussions I start here will make sure when handing out the Best Response will make sure that the person who gets it is still active in here as it to me feels worthless doing it otherwise. With so many people leaving here or being Banned, etc. all of the time you could be wasting a Best Response and have to choose again if they are no longer active, etc. here as well.

I would give the best response to the answer you like the best even if the member hasn't been active. Personally, I don't take the time to check profiles when giving the best response. It's faster for me to continue on and go back later and give the best response. Most of the time I forget which is a bad habit.

Hi Kala! Good question! Ideally speaking the response should be marked as the best response on its merits not on the basis of activeness of a member's profile. This is theoritically true and could be adopted. However, let me be honest, when I choose the best response, I prefer to the mark the 'best response' given by an 'active member'. Twice or thrice, I marked the best response on the basis of merits and to my surprise, I received the following comments - "Thanks for the best response, I am no longer active on mylot". I felt a bit disappointed and since then, I mark my best responses to active members only (preferably friends).

The best response should have nothing to do with popularity, site attendance, or any other factor. The only criterion should be whether it provides the most information to other readers to educate or entertain them or it deals with the question more effectively than others. That is the only way people learn, by being exposed to better writing and better information. What is the point of a best answer that someone could benefit from being totally ignored only for one which is chosen just because the writer is an active member and not because of its merit?

Hi dear, In my opinion you can give the BR to the best one irrespective of the person’s status, whether he/she is active or not. But in case the member is banned or no longer exists in mylot then you can select the very next person for giving the BR. The decision is upto you dear, nobody there to question you so please go ahead.

hikalav if that person who responded hasnt been on mylot for over a year, I would pick the one I think is next best.I was off mylot for nine months, because of famiy disasters, and I would not expect to get any best responses as I had been gone too long. after all that person might just never come back and if he or she did, I doubt that he or she would feel bad for not having got a best response after they were gone.

Hi Kalav56, If a user had not been here for a year, then I will give to the person who is active here, there is no point giving a best response to someone who is not active and had move somewhere else, may not be back who knows? Tamara

I simply award Best Response to the best response, simple as that! I don’t concern myself with the member’s profile or level of activity. If someone has posted and excellent response, in my opinion, it should be rewarded.

much as we like to award a BR to the most deserving person but if his membership is not longer active, it is only prudent to award it to the second best. Anybody would likely share my views on this matter.

Personally, I would give it to an active member, because the person who has not visited in over a year might not be a member any more.

Hi there! In awarding a best response I always go for my first choice and that is to the user to which has satisfied my discussion. If they are active or not it doesn't matter to me. My only criteria for giving a BR is the response. It is your own decision to whom you would like to give the best response. It is your preference, really. If you give it to an inactive user, I don't think it can cost you anything. Hope that helps. Ciao!

Hello there Kalav, If I were you, I would give out the best to the respondant that appealed to me. No matter how long ago it might have been. That wouldn't be a factor in my decision making process not at all. If we go with the one that appeal to us the most then it should be fairly simple to pick the best one in the least amount of time. Anyhow that is the way that I would most likely make my choice. Thanks for posting this discussion, it was a very good one. I give you for such a great discussion. Keep mylotting. BTW, would you mind adding me as a friend? thanks in advance!

To me, I will just reward the BR to whomever the person is whether s/he is coming back or not. We never know, right?! Because a BR is supposed to be given to the one who truly deserves it and there is no second or third best unless the system is exist in here. If I do have to re-select, I wish I could at least write a comment and say something like this, "This is supposed to be the original BR, but I have to re-select due to the user is no longer active..." BUT that wouldn't be so nice, eh??? He he he... So, it's all up to you, whichever makes you happy and feel satisfy with your decision.

I will give it to the best one, even they not the active member. I think they do a good job and worth the honor. happy mylot!