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I agree. I usually take the time to respond to all responders on my discussions. I think- that's what mylot is paying us for, right? and it isn't a DISCUSSION is there isn't a response to the response.. then it is just a question and answer session.. That is pretty much -unfulfilling. I know exactly what you are talking about.. I get a little annoyed too.

I am a chatterbox and if I talk to someone then I hope they will answer me just like they would do offline. When I start a discussion I get to comment on every single one of the responses that it receives and I then comment back if I get a response to my comments too. Isn't that what a discussion is about? Some of the best fun I have had on here is when I stay in one response box chatting backwards and forth with the user that gets back to comment. If I respond and that doesn't happen then I usually end up not responding to that particular user in future. Of course everyone may do as they wish but they should not then complain when theydo get the results thatthey hope for either

Sounds like your suffering from answering discussions from people that post only for the credit. Those people usually don't even bother continuing the discussion, they just start a few dozen more. Find yourself a few good friend & interests & you should be able to find more meaningful discussions to get into. They annoy just about all the real posters on here.

I think it's nice if they reply with something, ya know? Just like you said, did they feel it wasn't important or even interesting, or am I that boring?, haha. I try to respond to everyone, even if it's just a little thank you for your response. I know how you feel though and it's much more fun when you get a response and yes, I wish everyone would. It just makes for more interesting conversation.

Well, I like when people respond to my responses but if they don't I don't mind it much, I mean, I prefer if they do but still...The fact is that some people, specially new ones, and I consider new ones all those who never got paid, don't understand the way all this functions here, not only the part about money, but about friendship and relations, efforts and time people invest here. I must say that I mind if a person replies to some responses and to some they skip. That kind a affects me more than if a person doesn't respond to anyone. I always try to respond to everyone who was nice enough to respond to something I wrote, first of all because it means much to me that someone chose my discussion among a bunch of discussions here, and second of all because at the end of the day it counts how much you wrote. I am grateful to all the people who ever responded to any of my discussions.

I think it's not only bad manners not to comment on at least some responses, it's also bad discussion management. It's the discussion starter's responsibility to develop and extend the discussion, and the only way to do this is to go back in and comment. After all, without a comment, you're talking to yourself, arent you, and who wants to do that when there are so many good discussions on here where you can interact with such interesting people? If I go into a discussion started by someone I'm unfamiliar with, I look through the responses before I respond. I do that anyway, but in this case, I'm looking for clues. If the discussion has been up for, say a week, and their are no comments from the discussion leader, I go to the next discussion. I'm not saying you should respond to every single comment, but certainly if someone has taken the trouble to respond with a quality post, you should do them the courtesy of reading and replying to it.

I had been talking about this for a long time. Some members, after starting a discussion, never even bother to visit their own discussion.The point is they are the ones who are loosing money, and if they do not come and respond, they will not be making any money. In the beginning it used to annoy me a lot when somebody does not even bother to respond to your responses. As days passed by, I became used to it, and I never even bother to go to the discussions which are started by these people.

I also have faced this type of experience so many time .people started a discussion and when we reply then they did not respond it. I think some people are here just to earn some money so they did not understand the concept of this site they think that they just have to answer other or they have to start discussion for which they will get paid but I have got some good response about my problem and solution so I thankful to this site

Hi sulsisels, if I remember who it was who wasn't polite enough to respond then I simply don't respond to them again as it shows a lack of manners on their part. All my friends comment back on their discussions as I do on mine, otherwise we wouldn't have any discussions, just a sorry line of ignored responses with zero interaction.

For me I don't always response to my responses if I don't have anything else to say. I'm not the type of person to waste my time saying Good Luck! or Thanks For Responding! because mylot doesn't like those type of responses and they aren't going to count towards my earnings. I still read all my responses especially since I have email notifications on, but I'm not going to respond to all. Plus after awhile you start getting the same response over and over again and repetitiveness annoys me.

Hi, Sulsisels! At first, it did annoy me , but not anymore. I get used to it already as some members will take a long time to comment back and others would never comment back on our responses. So, as long as I have participated by responding to some discussions or commenting back on the responses I receive, I am fine with it as I earn from what I do and if the discussion's starter does not want to respond to my comments, I have nothing to lose. Of course, there is no point in starting a discussion if there is no interaction, but like I said, I have done my part and if there is no comment on my response, I just don't bother anymore.

I seldom respond to the comments of other people on the discussions which I started. Some responses are almost of the same thoughts and ideas and if there are a lot of respondents, then it means I also have to make comments of the same thoughts. It will only appear redundant. I understand what you were trying to say but on my own opinion, I think it's not really necessary to respond back to others' comments especially if I have nothing to say about it. I hope you understand our side too. Thanks

Yes and no. It depends on the discussion, but usually I don't think it's that big a deal. I try to respond to the people who respond to my discussions, but I only check ones I have responded to for responses back if I think it warranted further discussion. Sometimes, the discussion starter is just looking to gather opinions on a certain subject, and unless asked a question or something, it doesn't warrant a response to your response. Still, it is nice when they do it and I try to do it as much as I can. However, for them to respond to you and just say thanks or whatever is against myLot rules, so they should only respond to you if your comment has provoked them to saying something. There are some people who start a discussion and then never look at it again, but those kind are few and far between.

It doesn't really bother me. Sometimes I'm just glad that I was able to give my opinion on something. I myself dont really respond to comments on my discussion. Just keep on responding, eventually someone will respond back.

I try to comment back to everyone, but I don't always get back to everyone in a timely fashion. To be honest I need to clean out my inbox by commenting and responding, then go to my "unresolved" and go through the discussions, reading everything, commenting when need be and giving best responses. That would take a bit but would definitely be worth it I'm sure. Sorry your getting annoyed. I think a lot of people are like me and think of so many discussions or respond to so much we get ahead of ourselves so to speak sometimes.

hello sulsisels! well come to think of it, its really quite annoying specially if the poster is one of your 'friends' here...but anyway, for me, there's no problem at all, we are not obliged to comment back in every response we get, but as a sign of appreciation i think, commenting back is the right thing to do, and yes like what you have said, a real discussion is about exchanging of our thoughts & idea in a certain matter... i think, you should not let yourself feel irritated on this matter coz it will just spoil the fun here...just go on with your ork and if they don't comment back, just let them be...maybe they are just busy or maybe they have nothing more to say... good day & happy new year in advance...

I won't say that it does't annoy me at all, but it's understood that it is not possible to comment to all the responses. Sometimes, the responses are the same, said in a different way.For that, there's no use of commenting the same thing to all the responses.

Sometimes I don't respond to my responses.. but that's just because I run out of time or can't find the time to comment on certain things. So you don't necessarily know that they aren't reading the responses..Maybe they just don't have time or motivation to comment back on your responses?

I guess the number of responses also depend on the timing of your post as that is when everybody were at their computers mylotting waiting to share their ideas and opinion. Sometimes some posts got extremely many responses for topic you didn't really expect would attract people. Good luck to you. Now you were getting a lot and lots of responses isn't it? Happy new year to you!

As I read throught the thread of what has already been said the main thought keeps popping into my mind about the discussion guidelines that mylot has stated. Mylot states that the entire thread should be read prior to you posting a response. Also, they specifically state not to post a ton of times under the same discussion. I think that for the majority of people if you review the entire discussion you can post a general response that adds to the discussion. If someone in the discussion made a good point that you want to add something about than you might add a comment under that response. From my understanding mylot does not want people posting like a one line comment to another user. The way I have interpreted this is if you have something substantial to add to the coversation than do so otherwise move on to a different discussion. My understanding is that mylot guidelines also states not to start those type of meaningless threads that just clutter up the forums that some people were talking about here in this thread. The last thing I want to point out is that the guidelines also states that we do not post our earnings. Perhaps we should all take the time to review the guidelines that mylot has set and it will help us to clear up this matter quite a bit. I understand it is nice to get a response back to something you wrote. Think of it this way if some likes what you said than they will vote that post up or down using the +/- signs. If they have something to add to your response, then they will post a comment. I know everyone here on mylot appreciates each other's participation, and while it would be nice to post that thank you note mylot guidelines does list this on the list of what not to do here on mylot. I do think that if it is your discussion that you started you might reply back to most or all people in an effort to try to keep the conversation going. In my opinion, if it is your own discussion that you started, you are the moderate of that discussion and you most likely will strive to keep members actively participating in the discussion that you started.