Don't you hate responding to inactive discussions?

Yeah.. well said - it is the responsibility of the topic poster to discuss and interact with the responders and their views. But wat is your opinion about topic poster giving "Thnx for your response" to every response that he receives.. Is that really necessary?.. or it should be commented only if there is substance to make it up to a healthy interaction??

Yeah.. but its not about the merit of your response.. but its more about their veiws on your response. Hope you hav a great time ahead at myLot!

yep!.. many (even myself at times ) never think about the effort taken by each topic poster to find the topic, think and respond...!

Well the trick there is to not post a single question which requires a yes or no answer but to try and put something in the introduction to enlarge the topic, and even encourage others to digress. I once posted a question which my son asked me to and ended up with over 30 identical responses and rose to the challenge of giving an original response to each, but I never want to have to do that again, and learnt my lesson. I loathe the responses 'thank you' and 'thanks for sharing' and never respond to those posters again as presume they never read the answers. But to ignore some responders at the expense of others I find insulting. That's just me though as I say and lots of people don't mind if they are ignored. I've got a current one up about protests which is develping nicely as plenty of interaction rather than a question and answer session, and for me, that is where the fun is, and I couldn't mylot is answering was a duty rather than a bit of fun. Back to my protests, pop in and take a look if you like.

Yes.. its obviously sort of an insult, not responding to some responses.. There are many ( in fact most ) who respond to first five or ten responses or so and then stop following the topic.from the "protest" topic I can figure out that you are in no way one among them. I respect your attitude and effort taken in creating active discussions out of each and every response.. But I can't afford to do the same as I am not allowed to use internet for longer durations (as I am still a student @ college).. I cop up with that by giving "+" ratings to sensible responses. Here after, I'll try my level best to give a "thnx" at the least to every response so that I won't hurt anyones feelings for being ignored..

I forgot to add this thing on the topic "question".. I never comment all responses I receive.. TRUE..Firstly, I am so very surprised and excited that there are people who do research personally on my activities..(before accepting requests)..[I thought I'm the only one who does research before accepting friend requests] The reasons I do not comment on all responses are: 1. The question is sort of YES/NO type that there is no possibilities to bring up a healthy discussion/interaction based on every response - every response will be same in terms of content... 2. I've already commented on many responses which means similar ( in terms of content) (to be frank, I hate giving similar comments.. (even when the responses are similar) 3. I don't believe in giving "Thnx for your response" to every comment Just becoz its being too formal.. and does nothing to make a healthy interaction.. But from here on I'll try my level best to respond to most responses I receive considering the effort taken by the responder to find my topic and comment

yeah.. at the end of it it doesn't matter at all.. But as you mentioned its always a pleasure if we get a discussion going. Though this is unfair.. I don't say that not commenting to ALL is unfair.. becoz some discussions (like the YES/NO type ones) do not have enuf content to make a healthy discussion - where all responses are exactly the same in terms of content and there is no room for further comments and discussions. Thnx for ur views!

You are right. Since we only earn for our own activity and not on the others, it doesn't matter whether we got a comment from our response. But the point is about interaction. If we got comments and try to reply on them, we also earn and it is easier than posting a single response and move to another topic because the attention is only on a particular subject.

Yeah, finding topics that suits our style of answering and our scope of knowledge takes some searching. Thus it is definitely easier to spend more time to the discussions we participate in, and thereby create a good interactive discussion thread, rather than posting to topics with subjects with which we have relatively less expertise.

Yep.. you'll certainly hav something to share.. but its much more exciting when the discussion is active with interactive comments..!

Yeah.. resolved discussions means the topic poster has found the suitable solution/response... But I do respond at times.. when I believe that I do have a different view of the topic!.. thnx for your views!

yep! at the end of it, its just a lEarning process!.. Thnx for posting your viewa!