The responders on the 1st page of a discussion get all the attention.

Hi sagnik, as a responder if I see that a discussion opener has commented well on the first page of responses and then reverts to a brief thank you after that then I don't tend to respond to them again. I give equal attention to all my responses but usually find a few stragglers towards the end who come in with half a line or irrelevance which isn't worth a comment. More interaction takes place on the page which has a few friends on who comment back and forth more, it doesn't mean it happens to be on page one. If the responder is the chatty type it can happen anywhere.

The first pages are often filled with many comments coz we have started them few minutes back and then we would be able place spontaneous comments with our responders and more often we come accross friends who have a funny chat which is in no way related to the discussion and its obvious that some barge inbetween and try to add some humour.If you had started a hot topic then you would get huge responses in no time else you dont get all those within the less time you spend in here right.when we fall asleep then the day begins for some others and the same happens when you add a comment at their boxes they would be sleeping so you get to see that difference.but i never faced any diffieculty while interacting with some in here who make an comment ten hours after i have added one comment and that discussion is almost one week old but we still continue to add though.great day.

Hi sagnik! I think that you need to speak for yourself! I go through all the pages in the discussions that I start and try to respond to as many as I can! I don't stop at the first page ever and I've had some really long discussions! I have seen alot of people who start out strong on the first page and stop! But, that really isn't fair! I have had discussions that went on for many pages and I still try to comment until the end, even if it takes awhile! It isn't fair to the others that respond! Sometimes I post a discussion and someone will respond a month later or even months later and I still will respond to them!

Hi sagink, what you say is true, especially so when the discussion has many responses. It becomes difficult for the one who started the discussion to go through all the responses and respond to them...It has happened to me when I have had more than 100 responses and all I did was respond to them with notime left for taking part in others discussions. But at the same time I dont mind it because I like to read all the responses and also respond to them. But while it is a discussion I am answering I look a t a few responses especially the last ones and then give my own opinion...All the best and have a great evening..

hi sagnik, I am back after some gap hehe .. well you are right, it is true that the first page responders do get a little more attention than others, how ever there are some catchy and better ones on the other pages but i guess sometimes we do get a little lazy to check out mhm .. have a nice day sagnik.

So does that mean that this post of mine won't get any attention.

I don't know about others, but for my own discussions, I take heart for every comment made. I will check if I've left out any, even if it's in between many different pages.

hi sagnik42 I do not think its particularly unfair as we all do things our own way, and theres not really any right or wrong way to respond as long as we stick to the rules and are kind and civil even it we do not agree with others ideas. But to be really fair I myself will got to the last page to make my response then come back to interesting comments and responses and add my own comment if I desire to do so. Maybe sagnik by reading this discussion you might spur others to go to the last pages to respond. if you think it unfair do what I do I always go to the last response to make my first response then go from there.

Yeah, that kind of thing does happen. I guess the discussion creator might have a limited number of time when they started the discussion that's why the first batch of responders get the greatest attention. It does also help that the first responders are on the first page itself. Those are the first ones to be exposed to the readers. Though reading every response before responding is the ideal way, it would be impractical. Most especially when there were already more than 3 pages of responses. With those that have 2 pages at the most, then that would be manageable but more than that, well, the person who was planning on responding to a lot of discussion on that day might not get to post any because he/she was reading every response on all the pages on a discussion that had more than 50 responses. It might seem unfair but I think that even the most late response will still get a lot of comments if it was well thought.^_^

Im on the third page

This is why the moment I see that one of my discussions has gotten a response, I automatically go to reply to it. It's much, much easier to keep track of all of the replies from readers as well as my own. You don't end up getting bogged down in ten pages of replies that way.

Hello there! Well, it depends but that thing usually happens. There are also users who take time to read the entire discussion and interact with some of the responses as long as they can. Replying to the responses received was a responsibilty of the discussion starter but there are others who just post their own discussions but did not managed to reply to the responses. I noticed some discussions where only the first page was long and lots of comments but on the next pages, only responses are posted. I posted my discussion several months ago and got around 50 responses, I find it hard to manage it by replying on all of the responses using a cell phone. That was the time before I got lost in here for almost a month due to some problems on connection. I finished replying around 3 pages and I was only focused on that topic for around 2 days before I become inactive. But it was hard sometimes especially when several responses have the same thought so I just replied by simply directing them to read my comments on a certain page so it will be easy unlike rephrasing my previous comments. I found out that some of my comments there got deleted, maybe because of being redundant so I just told them to read my previous posts when I notice that the response has similar thought with another. Anyway, based from my experience, maybe the reason why there are some discussions where only the first page has more comments while the other pages have less is because it takes a hard time for a discussion starter to manage the topic. Have a nice day!

Hello, Sagnik. Personally, I read all my responses and comment on all but the one liners. I don't necessarily think it's unfair to late responders - it's just the way it pans out. Some discussions are very old, but a response from a new member or a new friend will bring it back to the top of the pile and engender more responses. Good quality discussions will always get plenty of interaction. I do agree in a lot of cases, most of this happens on the first page. One thing I do to breathe new life into discussions is PM some of my friends when I find something really good, and they do the same with me. On a site this size with so many discussions, I feel there's little more anyone can do to even out the balance.

I respond back and forth to people on my discussions no matter what page their response falls on. Also, there are quite a few members on here that I am friends with, and we usually have a nice back and forth dialog no matter where our comments fall in a discussion. I am one of those people that "butts in" on other people's comments, usually (although admittedly not always) with a comment pertinent to the discussion topic. I have had a lot of fun interactions this way, even if the original poster on the discussion does not choose to respond to a single person in the discussion. Of course, it is generally more fun when the original poster of the discussion does join in. Since my response falls on page two of your discussion, I guess we will test out your theory.

Quite true!.. but I'm sure that two out of ten try their best to read others response, regardless if its on the first or last page. It's also depends on the topic, if I really like the discussion, I personally scan all the comments before posting mine. And sometimes, when I'm not in the mood to put any comments I just read discussions and comment threads.:)

I would never get done if I read all the responses before I did mine.

I think that is partly true- I have been guilty of it myself.. If there are Many pages I don't always read responses on every page.. if it is my discussion however- I make sure to respond to everyone -so no one feels left out. :-)

I don't think so, if there is anything I can say then I will respond to all who are here. I always sliding the mouse and see if the discussions is over then the first page through open new pages until the last page if I get time to read all. Many people not always stay in their own discussion, possible they'll back.

I do think that it is unfair as well. However, I will also say that I am one of the people that is guilty of doing that as well. Now, on the discussions that I start I will chatter back and forth with people as long as they want to keep it going. That doesn't matter to me if they are on the first page or if they are on the eleventh page. I think that is an important part of what a conversation is all about. Also, though, I will also say that I am not one of the people that is constantly giving additional comments to members above me that have commented on a discussion unless they have said something that is incredibly profound or incredibly funny.

What if I ran out of ideas to say? There are times that our mind can be creative and spontaneous but there are also time that even if you wanted to response to all of them you go blankly. And if you read carefully there are reponses to discussion that are similar but written differently, so how can you comment about that if you encountered the same idea but written in a different manner? Of course you'll just leave it.