Is there a need to write long comments to your responses?

hi zandi, it normally depends on the discussion with me, I normally read the whole discussion then write what is right for the discussion, even if it is a thinker discussion..LoLo

Well if I get just appreciation and acknowledgements on my discussions I always thank them in short reciprocating with the same nice words without elaborating. If a response is able to see my discussion in a new light and new angle and raise an interesting interpretation I may write an appropriate lengthy response. But in short I always like the short and sweet responses.

Good responses to a good discussion topic should naturally elicit good comments. This is part of the art of discussion and should be what MyLot defines as 'quality'. When you realise that our earnings are based on participation (and good quality participation, at that), you can see that it makes sense to comment on the responses to our discussions. Just thanking people for their response is not really relevant to the discussion (though you may see it as polite) and, as it says in the Guidelines, does not earn us anything. What is needed is a useful and pertinent dialogue between two or more people. I agree that responses can be variable and some of them don't really merit much of a comment. That can be the fault of the Discussion Owner (for not making a discussion that inspires people to say more than a few words) or it may be the fault of the responder (for not really 'engaging' in the discussion). If you look through discussions which already have some responses, you will see that some discussions are really just 'statements', which don't really require anything as a response, or 'questions', which just require an answer. There is often very little one can add as a comment to such responses. I believe that good discussion is an 'art' that many people don't properly understand. It is certainly something that can be learned, though, and MyLot is an excellent place to learn it!

At this point I write short comments unless I really feel i have something more to say. Time is my problem and it seem that recently I have less and less time to spend on mylot.

hi zandi, it really depends on the topic and their answers.. i mean, if there is a need to explain it very well, it's much appreciative.. receiving long comments and long response is very nice, because you can really understand the meaning of it frm the person giving the comment.. in my case, i just response to it with all my knowledge and explaining it very well to the OP.. if we talk about the long comments to a response, i think this should be aware by the poster.. not just saying thank you, or s little words only to say.. but i think it is more nice if you asks another question so the OP will respond back to you, vice versa.. again and again.!! janebeth.

Hi Zandi, It depends on what topic it is. If the new discussion can elicit good inspiration, surely I will write more to show my opion, but sometimes I am aware of that my words are very little, it is quite hard to catch the quality they expected. And I am not sure what kinds of comment or response are qualified or can earn more money, but I will try my best to comment as long as I can only if points are there.

really depends on the post and how far I want to take it. You know me some of my responces can short and to the point!

I hardly ever start any discussions lately. I used to though. I would go through and comment on each of them also. I would mainly respond to what they had to say and sometimes I would write or add a little bit more to my comment if I needed to tell them some extra information.

long comments to acknowledge the responses always depends on how the response was delivered. if i could see the need to comment longer, and to make the discussion on top of the page, i will keep it going. but like you said, in the long run, after the first or until the second page, we may lose the fire to comment. but since i have learned that commenting to each and every responses is a good, i also learn and practice giving short but meaningful comments.

It can become repetitive commenting on responses because it can become just a thank you and the same all the way through. For me it depends on the discussion and the response. I like to comment in a rich and lengthy manner but not all responses warrant this of course. I try to make everything I post interesting but it is not always possible unfortunately. I guess it is like that in the ‘real world’; some people connect with each other easily and others don’t. There are some here that I could go on talking to forever and others that I find a little harder to communicate with.

I always respond to my comments even if it is just recognition or their time.Sometimes I have had long exchanges with mylotters over a difference of opinion or just to find out more.I love the way everyone thinks differently but come together on certain subjects ,we all mean well and try to explore subjects and learn a bit more.Brilliant!!

Hi Zandi, well I do tend towards longish comments back and don't actually find it repetitive as the key to avoid that is to only post about a subject you actually have an interest in in the first place otherwise commenting would become tedious beyond belief. I often notice that topic openers do comment well on the first page and then drop off to a quick one liner and I'm afraid that their boredom is patently obvious and surely the third page of respondees deserve as much respect as those on the third page. It's always handy to leave a few open questions in the introduction so there is more likely to be variety in the responses. I did have a pizza in round boxes topic that I really struggled with as every response was the same as the last but a friend on here did challenge me to be original to each and apparently I passed. However I wouldn't fall into the trap again of opening a topic which only brings repetitive responses.

Long comments/responses that are informative /educative are always welcome,else one can cut the long story short,,and just come to the point ,,as many are occupied with other important activities,,

To me, it all depends on how relevant the response is and how much it bears on the discussion at hand. I won't lie but I'm really kind of in it for the participation credits. But there are certain times when I feel really gracious wanting to thank the respondent as best I could so as to keep the interest in future discussions that I would be posting. It also depends on the current mood and how much ideas I've still got in my head. it is true that at some point you get repetitive and lose some sense but i think it's something like a burnout of sorts. Writers also experience that in the form of a blockage of creative ideas and drying up of inspiration.

Most of the time I would try to engage people who respond to my discussion threads. And when I cannot, I will politely thank them for taking the effort to participate in my discussion. It is the only polite thing to do IMHO. If I can engage them in a discussion, then it may keep going on till either one side looses steam in the discussion. I find it fun to be able to engage someone who can debate on the discussions I started. Same goes for topics that I respond to. If the author or anyone else reading the discussion can engage me in a discussion, I'd be more than happy to reply till the discussion runs out of steam!

It really depends. Sometimes a responder gives a lot of fuel to the fire so I'll write a long response back, but then of course you have people that respond with only a few words so it's hard to reply back with a long response--but I do try to respond to all my repliers though it may take awhile...I'm still trying to catch up..LOL

I try to always add my imput into a discussion. I normally don't add lengthy responses unless it's about something i feel really strong about.

Hi zandi, What really matters is the meaning of the response rather than the length on the response . Some people can make more sense in two lines while others can not even make sense in ten lines. Though according to mylot riles you should always give more than 4 line responses to earn here and it is stupid i think. So as far as i am concerned i would usually try to make sense in couple of lines and then add few more lines just to make sure i adhear to mylot expectations.

Hello there! Well, it depends but I try to post long comments as possible. As the main objective is to earn so I try to put quality on my posts including comments. When I post comments on other responses, I also add up some details then go with the view of the responder. When someone comment back, I reply with them and it goes continuous. I also repeat some phrase just to emphasize the thought of my post as there are some that do not read the entire discussion. It is nice to see when a discussion has lots of responses with long comments in it, it makes the topic interesting and attracts more responses. Just enjoy what you are doing so you can avoid getting stressed out and you can post more and in return, you earn more. Have a nice day!

Hi zandi, it relates on subject matter, if you think that your response is enough to expose the meaning of the discussion that you have participated than it is okey. LOL.