Choosy Responder, are you?

I had not really considered myself a "choosy responder", but from your description I guess that I am. I do not care what ranking, star color, post count, etc. that a person has, so that is not how I choose discussions. I do tend to respond first to discussions that my friends start, and I might respond to one of those that I really can't offer any insight on, so I will just respond with a silly or joking comment as they are friends and will understand my humor. When it comes to users that I do not know all that well, though, then I will be more choosy about what I respond to. I do not want to offend anyone, and sometimes I might find something funny and want to put a funny slant to it but am not sure whether or not it will offend them, so I don't respond. There are other times that I read a discussion and do not really feel that I have anything to add that others have not already said, so I won't respond. On the other hand, I will go and respond to discussions that have not gotten any responses and respond to those even if I do not know the poster of the discussion.

Hiya zandi I tend to be a choosy responder. I only respond to discussions that I can relate to or if I have something to say. It doesn't matter who started the discussion, if it catches my eye I'll respond to it, granted I have the time and energy to do so. If I don't, well then I usually save it for a later date...just like I did in this case. Happy mylotting!

I go through my friends discussions first, answer what I am interested in. I then go to discussions of interest, and go through them. I will them just randomly try to find others to answer if I still have time.

The problem is that I can't keep up with everybody, so I go through my friends' discussions first and respond to those that I find interesting, I respond to the responders on my own discussions, then I go looking around for other interesting discussions. right now I still have 90 notifications to catch up on.

I agree wt u ,,zandi,, even my knowledge is Verry limited,, If I like the topic, I can talk about ,, I will respond

Hi,i am not part of any group,i am part of Mylot ;i just usually respond to threads that I like,where I say something, try to give answers as explicit, not running after 100 responses for the sake of to answer whether or not know anything about the subject, I do not care if it is new or old member here, if my list of friends or not, I care only subject. I respect few people here, and i really like theirs topics.

I think I am a choosy responder. I don't respond to all the posts. I read posts and read many posts and respond to a few.

I an "picky" and proud of it! If the post is a one-liner, I bypass it. If there is no follow-up' likewise. If its about getting pregnant at 14, I'll let somebody else do it. If the Poster is obviously anti Government, or slandering Pres. Obama I won't partake. (I'm Canadian but I think Highly of President Obama! I usually pass on Islamic topics. I enjoy Christian topics, But I am careful not to dump on someone's personal beliefs, so, obviously I do not respond to all of those. I do have some (friends,) but these are people whose beliefs jive with mine. I'm not on here to make money so I can be choosy! But I'm not about to respond to a post just because its been posted by a friend. I have no close friends here on myLot, and I am happy with that! Have a Nice day!

I don't consider myself as picky at all & look for things to respond to no matter who they are or long they have been on here but to be honest some of the discussions that are started are absolutely ridiculous. Example: someone ask about eating boogers in one a daay or two ago. That is sick & extrely ignorant to start something so gross.

I choose to respond to discussions that I truly have an interest in or that I can actually respond meaningfully to. I dont answer ones about being married, since I'm not, etc. However, if it is talking about something that a friend of mine is going through, I will talk of how he or she handled it. I will answer discussions from newbies and from the more experienced people, as long as I have something relevant to say!

I am a choosy responder but not in terms that I respond to discussion form my friend. I actually respond to the discussion in my interest then go for top discussion of the day if I find it interesting and then for the discussions started by friend. By doing this I am able to respond to more discussions.

I'm not choosy but I response to the post that I can relate. So its depends on the topic if I'm familiar with it or not. I think forcing my self to participate in a discussion that I can't relate is not only fooling other people but also myself. But if I want to interact or learn that topic then I will admit that I don't know the topic and I will just ask question as a contribution rather an answer.

Hi! Wow, I never noticed that trend. Just like the first responder I am picky but only according to interests. It doesn't matter to me anymore whoever the starter of that discussion is because many newbies start really good discussions. I don't think it is right to be exclusive at all. We all had been newbies here once.

Well, yes,,i dont like to be choosy responder.I have friends, but not choosy to select friends alone and share the discussions. This is a social network, so we cant be choosy, just have lots of fun.

Well said. Personally, I am a somewhat picky responder but I don't take any notice of rating of stars in a persons profile and on their discussions. Doesn't make any difference to me. Sometimes I choose from my friends list to see who is discussing what and choose from there. Other times I simply log in and go down the page to find topics of interest. Lastly, I will go into my interest groups and browse for topics that I can participate in because of previous experience or hands on knowledge. I contribute mostly, to help if I can. Bottom line, I go by that of which is of interests to me, that of which I have some knowledge on so that I may respond appropriately and hopefully with information that will help another MyLot member or otherwise.

yes I am with you there and I do take on a lt of new people asking ot be a friend. only a few here late ly on posts that I care not to respnd to and other ones I have no idea how to respnd to them

I tend to respond to my friends discussions first when I log in, before browsing through the other categories. If a discussion catches my interest then I usually respond but, for example, if it is a one liner like "What's your favourite colour" well I don't usually bother to respond. I do like to check the new user discussions though, and respond to them accordingly

I will respond to any discussion if I feel that I have something of value to contribute to the discussion. Obviously most of those disccusions have been started by the many friends I have made here on myLot, but sometimes, I will find a newbie on here who has started an interesting discussion and will help them to become more active on the site if I can. _Derek

I try to respond to all topics if I have the time. The ones that interesting are not always from the older members. I purposly went into the site and choose new members to get a new perspective on the old topics. I have not been disappointed. there are some amazing new members here on mylot. Try them and find out they are worth talking to.

This is the best topic to respond to. I usually check all the discussions posted by my friends and once I respond to all the discussions that I can after that I check on the discussions which do not have any responses and if I have can I respond to those discussions. I do have a feeling that people just respond to their own group of people and do not check for other people's discussions so ususally the new users feel left out and quit without having the patience.