Do you sometimes find it hard to choose a best response for your discussions?

Hello my wonderful friend It is hard to pick the best from some many good responses, I guess we have to do what works best for us, I don't start many discussions so I don't have that issue to often, when I do like you said I go with the one that stands out sometimes two may stand out but we can only pick one, I guess it would be a good idea to stick with the one who advice you will actually take or the one that touched a certain something in your heart, not really easy no matter how we look at it, there are some really great posters out here

Hi DCLehnsherr, well I do my 'housekeeping' regularly as a friend referred to giving out BR's earlier. It doesn't take long and it clears down your own unresolved list. I always give a best response as people in general seem to appreciate receiving them, as I do myself, and it's just courtesy to do it when we have the chance.I don't find it difficult to choose as something will usually stand out. Another good reason for doing it is that if you get a comment from the reciever thanking you it will move your discussion back into play so new people will see it and maybe respond.

I often have the greatest difficulty choosing a 'Best Response'. Some discussions genuinely cannot have a 'Best Response' because each response may be a personal view and there is really no way that any response can be better than others (there may be some which you can immediately say do not qualify but there may also be many which are equal candidates). I usually do 'BR' in 'batch mode' ... in other words, I suddenly think 'OMG ... I have all these unresolved discussions I need to deal with!' and open the list and start from the bottom. Many of them are many months old, so have probably had all the exposure they're going to get. Really, a Best Response can only be applicable when you have asked a question that demands a specific (and complete) answer. Often, the concept doesn't fit well with what I (and, I hope, MyLot) define as a 'discussion'. In these cases, I tend to give 'BR' to those people whose responses have the longest tail of comments (because these are usually the most interesting). I also, though, award plusses to everyone who I think made a significant and thoughtful contribution. Sometimes I'll add a comment to say "Sorry I wasn't able to give BR to you too!" If in doubt (as I often am), I will try to award BR in rotation - there are usually individuals who routinely qualify for BR so, if I haven't given it to them in one discussion, they will often be a strong candidate in another. All in all, I would rather see a rating system where the discussion owner has more weight than others but where everyone has a chance to vote for BR and the final decision is due to popular preference rather than an individual whim.

hi dclehnsherr hAtley here.I quite often run into that problem' because so many mylotters are very inteligent and give great responses too.So I read and reread and pick the one that shows'the most time taken maybe in being clear and checking for typos,or'maybe the person seems to know a little more on the topic than the others. those I give the best responces to.

I also have that problem sometimes when I have to go back and choose a best response for a discussion I have started a long time ago. I think that if someone has really helped you out with a post, then give them the best response. If there are no helpful posts don't just give out the best response for the sake of it, I wouldn't give out the best response at all.

That certainly is the case. If I get several responses that I appreciate, I do get confused. Sometimes it gets so hard that I have to go by other considerations such as presentation of the argument and such things. It is agonizing.

hey there DCL again lol:)and i just went threw all my past threads and wow..that was hard!! i sat here reading everyones posts and id look over and over until i felt there was just ONE best response..and i hate it because there were soo many that had awesome responses back to me,i wish we were aloud to give at most 3.lol..but i pick whatever one helped me the most,and there were even a few that made mew laugh so hard i just had to give them props..have a good one! April

I used to give a best response in my previous discussions but then I got thinking that it really doesn't matter whether I give a best response or not. I tend to like posts that are quite indepth! A lot of effort and thinking time has gone into these posts and so I think that they probably deserve a best response but I guess I kind of gave up the habit! Nice communicating with you again Dranz. Andrew

Hello Dranz. At least you think about your best response. I've visited discussions where there are only a few responses and the discussion has been open for a few hours, yet the best response has already been chosen. To me, this signals that the discussion leader is never going back to that discussion, whether she gets more responses or not. I like to leave at least a week before allocating a BR, unless one of the responses just leaps out at me. If it's a fun discussion, I choose the response that made me laugh the most, and with other discussions, it's the one that has been most informative or most appropriate. If no response sticks out from the rest, don't feel obliged to award a BR.

Yes we do Dranz. I think everyone spend a hard time to select a best response. By the way, i want to congratulate you first for having a very good reputation. A 10 for just posting 142 responses. Totally admire you there. Sometimes, to avoid wasting time, i select the longest or sometimes if i get really lazy for waiting the loading part,i select the very first person who respond to my discussion.

I promise myself that i would take a peek on my old discussions but unfortunately i broke that promise again and start doing responses and comments. choosing the best response, basically the response would be close to your topic or answer to your topic. mine is almost completely endless query

I have yet to do this. I have very few postings. Anyway, I think I must have a criteria for choosing a best response. Like you, I think it must be a response that touches the core of my heart. It must also be logical and implementable, as the case may be.

Yes I do DCLehnsherr. In such cases, I select the first person who mentions all the points as briefly as possible. I do have an opinion on debates that I raise. I look for answers that will change my opinion with very concrete reasoning. It rarely happens. I remember tdemex is one person who did that in one of my discussion, and I had no problem whatsoever in deciding that one. :-) Most mylotters write what some of the previous posts have already stated, only in a different language. :-)

Yes, it is sometimes very difficult to find best response to some of the discussions. Many of the answers are good and full of knowledge, but when it comes down to it, you just know the one that it should be. I appreciate all of the people that participate in my discussions, even though there aren't many, which is why it makes it a tad bit easier for me to pick a best response.

Hi Dranz. I also have some problem in giving best response. I still have some unresolved discussions until now. I guess it will take time for me to give best response for some discussions. I chose the best response depending on whether i was satisfied with the answer or it is the most appropriate discussion to my topic.

yes,i found that i have met this same question.every body has his owned opinion,this is very common thing,so what they said at mylot i think that it have his reason,so i can select and easy to appear this question.but the best response for my discussions only just one.