The number of responses we get for our discussions vary

Bala! You giving the best response before all of your firends could reply proves that you are impulsive.. I saw your discussion this morning and precisely the same question was travlling in my mind, however, I could not convert it into a discussion. I think you have asked a very good question. I would say that it is quality which matter, rather than quantity. However, I love to receive at least 25-30 responses to my discussion and more are also welcome. I feel disappointed to see if my discussion, which is an interesting one, as per my standards, fetches only 10-15 responses. I feel I am lucky. Whenever, I start a new discussion now a days, I tend to get more than 20 responses, which are suffice for me. Merry Christmas and a very happy new year!!! Deepak

You are very right in saying that The very best discussion of our imagination falls flat on its face ... Sometimes it even gets zero responses. Yesterday I just thought of something and raised it as a discussion. Five minutes later I raised another which was similar to the first. I was surprised that both got a fair amount of responses. Anything over 20 for me is good.

That was a perfect analogy Bala. The reference to the box office and the Friday hit or miss thing is most apt. You never know, when and how you would manage good number of posts. My guess work never worked. The passion behind every discussion I start makes me excited about the number of posts I would receive. It never worked though. What would be a decent number? I think two pages full and substantial. That comes to around 20. I would rather love 10 substantial responses than 50 loose talks.

Mylot is full of surprises. Sometimes my discussions hit the jackpot with overwhelming responses beyond my expectations and other times it is so pathetic that I find it surprising why they can't draw in the crowd. Well, anything above 3 pages of responses would send me smiling with pride. I am proud the average responses I get is no less than 2 pages.

Hi Bala, This is an interesting discussion for one so I would think that you should receive quite a few responses from people..guess it is the discussions people are more interested in than anything..loads of people like movies and actors so will reply to them, mind they aren't my thing. everyday life,news and facts interest me. I have made quite a few discussions on the paranormal, especially when I joined as I am that way and am a medium but got so few responses it used to make me wonder why, so instead now I mainly respond to my friends, mainly cos I feel my discusions do not attract that much interest. the most I have ever got for a discussion is nearly 20 so guess that is the norm yet many will get up to 30+...LoLo

Very good point ,the responses we get varies and doesnt go according to our plans.I have written discussions that I thought were the bomb and barely got any responses at all and then I have written some that I didnt think would make it and they did well.With that said however I would like to think that at least fifteen or twenty would be good

Hi bala, I think 20-30 responses are enough (lol) because I am lazy with the comment works. If the number of responses is less, then I can finish the work of the discussion very easily. In fact, earlier the numbers of responses were like that and I was very particular with comment works. Now the number increased and I felt difficult to manage the comments work and still some are pending. I am happy when I get huge number of responses but the same time our responsibility also increased. It is also true that here the quality does not matter for getting more responses but attraction is really a matter.

Any number bigger than zero makes me happy. :-)

I dont take notice of the number of responses that my discussion get anymore. Im just glad that even at least one took time to respond to it. My most recent discussions dont get rseponses up to the second page. Those are also well thought out and are actually the kind of musings that Im really wondering about. But, my older spontaneous discussions have gotten lots of responses. Two of my first ones actually have reached over 40 responses. I cant do that anymore. I only just post what's on my mind. If there are people who has responded to it then Im grateful for sharing their insight with me. You got it on the mark with your parallelisms with our discussions and movies at the box office or straight to dvd.

I find it difficult to predict how popular a topic will be. I had a couple that I started months ago which I thought to be quite interesting and they stayed unresolved with zero responses for ages until a couple of kind MyLotters ‘saved’ them! The discussions that have been received the most responses have been the ones that were quite trivial, I started one asking what everyone’s favourite drink was and I received over one hundred replies very quickly and yet it definitely was not my best work! Sometimes the ones created on impulse and quickly put together become ‘best sellers’ too. I don’t guess, I post and I wait and see...

Hi balasri! There have been a lot of times that I have started discussions I thought would get a lot of feedback but they turned out to be flops..lol..And then there were some I thought wouldn't do well and done great. I think it depends more on the substance of the responses and the actual discussion for me as to if it is decent. I have had discussions with very few responses that were actually very good enlightening.

Oh my God! You get butterflies in the stomach while posting a discussion? Well in a way you are right. This mostly happens because we are not very active in our friend circle. If we have a large circle of trusted friends we can expect a good number of responses. In a way it is like a give and take policy. Mood swings of the responders is another reason for this. But look at the positive side. Less number of responses means less energy wasted in commenting.

i agree with what you said,i have experienced every day.but i treat it normal thing,because nobody can express himself very perfect.but this need process to express myself,maybe sometimes what he do could not make me satified,but i think that overcoming the process of growing up,what he express can win the applause finally.

Yes, its really tough for me to get really decent and thought out responses for my discussions too. It really makes it hard for me to choose a Best Response because of that. I usually am happy if I can get more than one reply for my discussion. lol.

balasri I feel that if I get less than twenty five,it is not a very good discussion, and if I get more than one hundred then I am rushing trying to get comments done and also respond to others discussions. so am interested in what you guessed on this?

as long as I get 2 responses to a discussion then it is successful the number of responses doesnt matter as long as I get credit for starting it

I don't know, some mundane discussions are more welcome than some discussions I considered is good topic. Probably those mundane ones are the easy one to read, and people are more interested in. I have no idea of why, but I simply come here to ear money, and I don't really care about that.

I think everyone dream to be successful but not everyone can achieve that.So we always prefer that pay less and gain more.It's the normal views.But I don't care this.I think no matter what the ending is,I won't regret it because all caused by my choices.What we need is to brave to accept anythings life goes.Just private idea.

Hello balasri and am comfortable with the number of response i do rec for mine discussions.I always wish that atleast could get 20 responses to mine discussion with an 4-5 quality responses to it.Yeah the number of response is also much varying here at mylot.It happened to me also that some times more expected responses discussion rec low while the other discussion rec more than it must have.Its just an part of our online life, it depends upon our skills as well as others likes and dislikes, as well as knowledge about it.Max responses i have rec is 64 to one of mine discussion and the lowest is 2 responses to mine discussion.Anyways enjoy the discussions and responses, keep on participating, Happy Mylotting.

Well, I'm new here. Call me "new" but, I think any response is great!