"Thanks for your opinion. happy mylotting" That is a comment?

Reckon you got a hole in one with your well thought out response there Opal. I do believe there are only a handful of members who see things as we do.

hi mstickle and opal yes we seem to be a small minority that see that comments should be real comments, that a thank you is really a sort of insult as they did not think enough of our responses to tell us their view on what they said.

hi opal26 so far we seem to be the only ones who think thats just too short to be a decent comment. I have felt the same way.the few p eople who do make nice comments are older users here but again some of the newcomers are really quite nice in their comments too.. yes maybe someday.,

hi celticeagle well of course I may be but I would like to see a few comments that are a bit more than thanks. I am sorry if I seem too serious but I can only be my self.

celticeagle I found one of my older discussions today that has 140 responses and I know there is about ten or so that I have not commented on yet but I think if people see you have a ton of responses they know its going to take you a bit more time, I do see what you mean about seriousness and comedy as I sometimes mix them in some of my discussions and hope I have not broken any rules as I do not actually make any real jokes its more a play on a serious subject by poking fun at it. so I also know about being overwhelmed with a lot of responses and I just sort of try to work my way through them. lol lol.

So true! But I was just saying that it could have to do with how many responses they got. Didn't mean to upset you. Just stating the facts as I see them. Seriousness is fine but sometimes it is hard to figure whether the starter of the discussion is going for seriousness or comedy.

I think you hit on the very answer. We wanted to respond with a thoughtful response to their discussion as this is the way we do things. These people DON'T WANT to respond to ours with anything more than they do. To me though it is disrespectful to us, those of us that do take the time to respond with thoughtful responses...for them to do this. After all, we are helping their thread do better and the more we write, don't they get more? I don't really know about that. I guess we will just have to settle for these short quotes and quips.

moondancer the more they write in their comments thy actually getpaid more, I really think that rubber stamp thanks for the response have a good day are breaking the mylot rule do not give the same comment over and over on a discussion, even if you do it on different discussions, and thats what some do, the same thanks to each person, word for word the same. the more we write the more we get p aid, and the more they write the more they get paid so they are shooting themselves in the foot but these brief non comments.

moondancer yes Me too, we try to make a thoughtful response and if they really wanted a discussion they should comment on our responses not have a good day ,tell us what they think or feel, be honest and open .i really do not think they get paid anything for thanks for your response thats just four words. we after all do not have to respond to these thanks for nothing people,we did it because we wanted to so why cannot they do the same?

hi bunnybon7 nope not you at all. and I am wondering now if this was a good idea, this discussion as I seem to be a whole majority of one here now. I have also had some discussions with a lot of responses but somehow I did manage to give at least four lines]in my responses. well anyway thanks for t he comment. he he.

hi bunnybon no we did not laugh you out after all. it brought up a lot of interest and that makes a discussion when we get responses and we comment back with quality responses

dont worry. its a good one. i thought people were going to laugh me out of here when i complained on my one discussion about live flowers as a gift from daughter in law!!

hi hmkoct5 y es if they just say a sentence or two about the response then you would not feel that the thanks was just to get rid of you so to speak. thanks is so darned easy to say and most do not really'mean it at all.its okay if it comes with an honest response.

hi doormouse why not say what you think about the response,we all have thoughts when we read the responses or say I a m not up on this could you explain further? anything but just brush off a person with thanks when in the guideline it says we should not just say thanks we should try to make a comment for one thing I do not think mylot pays a penny for thanks at all so you wasted a comment that you could have got paid for had you even said I am not up on this subject but I would like to know more about it, that you would get paid for.you do not get paid for our responses,did you know that?

Of course you would, you are an intelligent and experienced lady who knows her mind and can speak it. We cannot really know why they would answer that way, but luckily, it is not everyone. This is a good discussion as it puts the information out there that more can be said in a comment than "Thank you for your opinion". For some people it probably would not be culturally acceptable to disagree with you.

hi gardengerty as usual you make such good sense and you are right of course.its just that at times it seems a bit like saying your response is not worth my bothering about. but I guess that is my problem if they do not want to get paid for leaving three words thats no skin off my nose. I would rather have someone say I believe differently than to just be snubbed.

Hi gardengerty you are right not everyone does that thank for the response bit, and too I am forgetting in some cultures it is considered rude or bad manners to disagree. you know in a way thats sad as so many times good things come when I and another mylotter agree to disagree as I have actually made friends with people who had a different take on something than I did. We both learned a lot about each others cultures and we also found some commonalities too.

but they do not have to get into a disagreement, they have a right to their own opinions,I do not ask people to share my opinion, i just want to hear their opinion. otherwise where is the discussion?

hi thezone maybe so , maybe so, then again maybe younger people are a bit lazier than older people. ever think of that? as for debate I do not get upset if someone disagrees with me as long as they are not insulting as I do not want everyone to agree with me, that wou ld not be a discussion then.

Not sure if it is laziness but it could be that some of the newer users do not really know how to get the most out of myLot. After all they will lose out in the long run with regards to their earnings and the interesting discussions they could get into, if they so allow it. Some people do not like debate and just stay away from it which is fine. I have no problem if someone disagrees with me either. If we all agreed on everything then myLot would become very dull indeed and you are right, then there would be no discussion.

Alice That is a very good idea and I will definitely give it a go. At least no one can say I was not interested or did not try

I have the same feeling, they are just here to make money. The problem is they don't make money for such short responses and saying what the guide lines say not to do. If they really thought about it they would say more then they would get more money and "earn" more friends as well as get to know more people. I feel let down when that's all they do after I pored my heart felt thoughts out to their discussion. Really let down some times.

hi rosekiss I really doubt if they get paid for thanks for response as its only three words so they are hurrying for nothing but if they want to waste time and not make anything,okay as we just might decide next time to bypass those people. to me its an insult like the discussion maker could care less and is just g oing through the motions.

hi that was me I did feel let down as I had made a fairly good response and felt it deserved a little more than a thanks, that is too easy and does not really earn them anything.

hi Rawbill1 yes as its like a slap in the face saying your response is not worth my taking three minutes to give my opinion. and they deceive themselves thinking if they do this two or three word salute to all they will get paid,.as I do no think they will. I do not understand either as typing a few sentences does not take that long.

hi Bill yes indeed in one or two more minutes you could type out a real response showing me that you did indeed read my response and what you felt about it.

Yes, you are right Hatley, it does not take long to type out what you are thinking in a brief enough form to give the reader the general idea. Saying "Thanks for your response" over and over again is meaningless. You can call me Bill instead of Rawbill1 if you like.

hi lovinglife139 y es I think I feel the same way as that person in a way is saying I do not want to be bothered by your response,so will just thank you and move on to the next, as I need to get some real pay. they do not realize they will not get paid for a non comment and for all the other non comment thank you have a great days. so all the hurry and non comments do not get them extra money, they will not even make a penny on those thanks comments.

hi lovinglife I finally learned not to respond to things that just ask whats your favorite this or that as there is no real discussion there. and I have found when I make a comment to the responses I get on my own discussions my earnings for those day go way up so honestly making some sort of comment on all the responses really pays, and if you have a ton of them just do what you can come back another time and finish commenting.I like the discussions I have commented on that have engendered more and more commenting as that makes a real discussion. I too do not care about being thanked but about how the discussion poster feels about my response, maybe he or she has something to add or a question to ask me about my response , those I think are really neat.

Exactly. I can understand that some discussions cannot honestly spark a whole lot of talking...perhaps people will leave their opinions and move on, and I'm glad for that. If the poster responded to my comment in every discussion I'd ever answered...I'd never move on to new ones! In discussions that are about beliefs, or experiences, or about something important that two people can have in common, I like to keep going back and talking with those people about things. In certain discussions, though...just leave my comment as it is or elaborate on it...it's not as if I'll remember that poster and never comment on his posts again out of spite if he doesn't thank me. I comment on posts I can have a real opinion about, whether or not I'm thanked.

hi jotomy but we all want to think our responses were not done for thanks but to engender some comments back on what we said, it just takes a few minutes to state how you felt about what I said in my response otherwise If I just get a thanks for your response I will feel like you did not read it or you would have made some real comment on it, even if it was to disagree with what I said. for example you made a discussion on how you think teachers do not get paid enough, and I responded that I thought it depended on how well they taught, now when you comment back I expect you to say how you feel about what I said, do you agree, or disagree or have yet a different idea on teachers and pay, I do not expect just to be thanked, I did not respond on your discussion to be thanked but to keep the discussion alive. we do not want respects to our responses we want your honest answers. If I asked you to tell me if you felt my dress was the wrong color or not I would not expect you to snswer me with a thanks for the question have a great day and just walk off,I expect you to say no that color is not becoming on you or yes it does look good on you, in other words a real answer.

hi rameshchow I know you indians particularly are veryy polite bu t yes mylot admins says in the guidlelines do not thank people as a comment as they will not pay for it they want you to say something aboutg our responsesreally we do not want to be thanked we want yuou to comment about our response really it keeps the discussion going

no rameshchow we are told inthe guidlines not to say thanks as a comment as we are suppoosed to read it and give our opinion. if you are sad or lazy do not comment till you can make a decent comment not thanks check the guidelines as its in there.

saying "thanks" is a guidelines violation?

hi rainydawn wow one year later sorry I missed your response before yues I like to get real comments too.

hi whiteheather you just said what I was thinking,its like your response is nothing so will not bother commenting. wonder if they realize they do not get paid for our responses but for their comments and I bet mylot does not pay for three word comments that have no bearing on the responses.

hi dawnald I have never got a just thanks from you,you always had some comment, short but meaningful as you have a way of 'making good sense in just a few words really. I know sometimes if I have a lot of responses I run out of steam and my mind stops really functioning so I just come back the next day and finish commenting when I am feeling refreshed again. I do try to use several sentences and try to make sense in my comments too.

yes I am serious as its a slap in the f ace toone who sent to the trouble of responding and thinking out an intelligent quality response to get a brush off glibe oh have a nice day, like saying to hell with your rotten response but have a nice day anyhow, its like I ask you whats your opinion on the state of the US economy and you reply, oh thanks for your question, have a great day,would you not be sort of shocked? this person doesnt think enough of you to give you his or her opinion on that?

paula itis so mechanical like she has a stamp and the responses she does feel like making any comment to she rubber stamps that with thank you for your response, I get the feeling she did not even read it and she thinks if she does this to everyone who responds she will make a ton of money, she is breaking a mylot rule, do not make the same response to everyone even in different respoonses on different discussions. in other words even mylot says make a real two or three sentence comment.

It is good to be grateful and say "thank You" but there needs to be more than that. A comment like the above does not make anything to discuss, and sort of ends that part of the conversations. The commenter could have said "thank you for responding and giving your opinion. I do not agree that blue is better than green (or whatever) but I know that we can agree that they are both better than orange (or whatever).That invites further discussion and opinions.

locaki you must not have read the guidelines or you would have read do not say thanks in a comment as it will not be paid, make a real comment. what if I and others were talking about say the cost of groceries and you commented thanks for your response you did not add a thing to the discussion you opted out on giving your opinion on the response. its not rude to obey the mylot rules of discussion. make a real comment like I sort of agree with you about blah blah but I have this idea too blah blah blah. that is a real comment then if you just have to you could say thanks. but thanks alone is just saying I cannot be bothered reading and commenting back at all and I feel thats what is really rude.thanks Garden Gerty for making it clearer than I could.