With so many duplicate interests,which one do you choose?

Yeah it is like two-sided sword for mylot. user is spoiled since they can add any interest that they want to. But the downside is there will be a duplicate interest or commonly called redundant data. Well it is true that mylot developer should write a hell lot of new code just to erase this code or transfer discussions in duplicated interests. And yeah the worst downside is, you will get a little response for writing or comment in less reputable duplicated interest But i do have an idea, maybe the developer team could sort the interest by it number of member rather than the alphabetic sort so everyone would know which one is the most reputable interest, hence the least reputable interest will be showed in the last page rather than in the first page:) So anyone agree with me? Raise your hand :D

There are at least 2 reasons for the existence of duplicate Interests on myLot. 1) The person who created it could not be bothered to look at the list of existing Interests. It can be quite daunting or overwhelming to some. After several pages of not finding what he/she is looking for, the easiest way is to create another group. 2) The person who created it wanted to be at the top in the least possible time. In choosing one from several similar groups, consider the following points. a) If you want greater exposure, choose the one with the most members. The downside is there will be others trying to be noticed. The number of new discussions posted may bury our discussion. b) Choosing one with a low number can help in ensuring the discussion that we posted remain visible for some time. If the number of active members in the group is small, there is a possibility that our discussion will not get any response. c) Being active in a lower number group can propel you to the top in Interest ranking.

I noticed that too when I was looking for a specific interest, that there were several that were only different by one or two words. For instance: Having Grandchildren and Have Grandchildren and then there is I'm a grandmother and Grandma as two separate interests.

I realise there are some duplication in this interest aspect of this site but its more that interests are sometimes similar than a direct duplication. I don't really pay attention to this. Whatever interest is applied is good enough as far as I am concerned.

Well if it's a good interest I choose them even if they are duplicates. Sometimes people will start good discussions in either section and I don't want to miss out on a good discussion. However if it's just something I'm mildly interested in I only choose one ( if I can help it LOL ) sometimes I forget that I already chose that one and accidentally choose the duplicate.

i think it's a good idea coz there are some discussions which can be covered by 2 or more interests. :)

I get your point. I think you should relate the discussion to the interest which you think that is the closest to the discussion. As you said, it might relate to various, so in that case you link to the interest in which you think you'll be getting the most replies from. Sounds logic, right?

totally agtee!

oh!!! there sure are many interest duplicates. but when i want to make a mylot discussion... i choose this one. and the most number of members who are posting in that said interest. that way i know many of my fellow mylotters and friends would surely be able to read and response to my post or discussion. jhelai

Hi babyangie, I hardly started a new discussion so I didn't have much problem with the interest selection. But if I had to stared one and there are a few similar interest options, I will go for the top interest (more members). We can't choose the interest while responding to the discussion because even we say no to that interest, we will have our rank there if someone rate our posts. So just accept the interest to stop the annoying question about the interest in future. I think mylot hardly can do anything because there are a lot of things they need to do for that. And it is not worth to stop it. Some of us create new interest to have fun with friends here.

i think most of what is provided as interests are too many and some mylotters do not know how to use them. just take your time and you will learn my dear!

yes it really happens like other member will just going to copy someones topic just for them to have their own topic. and i normally comments to both of them though differently and i guess that mylot just allowed members to do that as long as the explanation or their content is different.