Why other discussion is not interesting but a lot of respond?

The number of responses you recieve for a discussion depends on lots of factors. It is not only depending on how interesting the topic is. The topic which is intersting you may not be intersting to others. The other factors are: 1. The time yuo start the discussion. 2. The number of mylotters onine at the time of starting of the discussion. 3. The number of your mylot friends online at the time of the starting of the discussion. 4. The interst in which you started the discussion.

I understand where you're coming from! And I wish I could answer your question - but it's definitely a tough one. I personally think it's all a coincidence. Once a discussion gets 10 or so responses, from there, it can just flower into 50 or so responses (because discussions with 10+ responses will usually be put on the "today's top" and "hot" category lists..Which helps, exposure-wise). Another thing is that I think people like to answer questions that are..easy to answer and don't require all that much though (unfortunately enough). I see plenty of people writing VERY intense and thoughtful discussions with little or no responses. We all like to take short-cuts, and it makes sense that someone would rather respond to "What is your favorite color?" than a more in-depth and thoughtful question.

I really don't know other than to say that sometimes discussions just get lost in the shuffle here. If they are not on the top page they may not get seen right away. It's really hard to say. As for the ones that you find not very interesting. If they have 50 or more responses then they must have caught someones eyes. All you can do is keep trying.

I would like to add something else to the responses above. Regardless of what time you post or who is online, many users just come here for fun and are not interested in discussing more serious topics. It's a bit like what we choose to watch on television. Big Brother and similar reality shows may not be serious but they get a huge audience while some of the more interesting programmes are snobbed and even get taken off because of their lack of popularity. It's a question of choice and we each choose to do what we find suits us best

Dear jen, Those simple discussion topic draw more responses especially new comers. It is easier to answer and fast to response. Thus it went into daily digest, or 'top' or 'hot' discussion topic and subsequently attracting more responses again...and this continue until 70-90 responses. However, I do notice some good discussion do attract responses, even though not many..perhaps around 10-12 responses but majority are from experience myLotters which the responses is longer contents and lead to a wonderful flow of discussion thread. Cheers :)

Well i don't know what kind of discussions other people would like to respond . According to my experience i like to read those discussions which are easy to understand , simple but meaning. When i see the topic titles if there are things i can talk with this topic i will make a response . If the discussion you think it to be interesting doesn't attract many responses sometimes it might be the reason that other people just miss your discussion .

I agree, sometimes I come across some discussions are very stupid but they always receive a tons of responses... I mean not stupid stupid but it is not that worth to discuss about, I don't want to point out which but I guess lots of us notice that.

The main reason why people tend to respond to more un-interesting topics because they are here to have fun and not seriously taking with each other. they got enough REAL problems already off-line and they don't want to go through it all again here on-line. so, they prefer the fun stuff. i did try to participate on the serious ones but some debates there can be heavy and probably might result insulting you.

Different people have different interest. Some discussions are interesting in your eyes,but the other people think them boring.I like the topic about movie and fashion,besides,if the discussion is too difficult for me to say something,maybe I also give it up..