so detrimental to my earnings, I spend more time reading than posting...

Bluemoonpavilion,you took the words right out of my mouth. The same thing has happened to me several times. There have been several discussions that I have read without posting either because I felt that everything had been said that needed to be said, or sometimes I come across discussions that I would have nothing to contribute but that would assist me in my problems. I have read discussions on technical problems with computers. I would be totally unqualified to comment on these, but I have read them to gain advice to make my computer more secure. I have started to force myself to post to avoid becoming some unknown silent lurking presence, but I think that though financially it is not good to be reading without posting, you never know that you might not learn something that could be of tremendous use or value to you.

I read a heck of a lot on here but while I am reading, if I see an interesting response then I drop a comment on to it too. There is a lot to learn when reading and a lot of fun to be had when adding comments, especially to boxes where the users are not expecting them

if I see an interesting discussion - even tho they tell us to read all the responses, they also give us the option to go directly to responding when you get notifications - so I do that, so I respond more, and read less... lazy ain't I?

THis is indeed a quandry! I know I spend much more time than I can afford on the Lot, posting OR reading! It is quite a balancing act, but to be a good commenter, you need to be a good reader (listener) *SIGH* so many interests, so little time

Most definatly, it's what I have been doing most of my time today!! Sometimes it just seems that what you would have to add to the conversation would be completely inadequate - I bet we've been reading the same discussions

Hello Bluemoonpavilion. You're not alone, I do the same. It's been hard to find stuff to write about on here the last day or so and I've been reading some people's old discussions for ages ago. When I read them I think I want to write something but someone has always said what I wanted to say so now I'll try to stick to kust the new discussions :)

I find myself spending lots of time reading but I still post a response even if a lot of other people said exactly what I have to say. That is what a discussion is, something you want to say and let others comment if they want to say something about your response. It doesn't matter if what you have to say is the same as others, you are here to earn some money just like the rest of us, so post whatever you want. As this discussion is 8 months old and you have less than 1000 by your name, I don;t think your here anymore or like you said, you read lots and don't participate too much, not fair to you if your not earning. Have a good day my friend, Chris

Honestly that is the reason why I try not to read people's responses anymore because whenever I do, it's frustrating to know that somebody else had answered exactly the way I imagined it. What I do though is to express that I second the answer of the others and key in my own unique point of view.

Hi bluemoon! Absolutely. The beauty of life is not always expressed in dollars and cents. I know I can say this about you. The knowledge from reading all these is far more priceless. Knowledge allows us to feel the essence of life and sets us apart from all the other things around. As we enrich ourselves we enrich others as well. I think that's why we are all here.

You took the words right out of my mouth. As I read some posts and find myself interested in the topic, I find myself reading the comments of others and find that there's really nothing more to say without sounding repetitive. And sometimes, I get amused by the discussions that I tend to just read them and not join in. Then I'd look at all the time that's passed and be horrified to find out that I spent hours being unproductive. lol

I wouldn't say it's completely detrimental, because you are learning as you read. So, you are gaining something out of it, just not exactly what you want. A lot of thins are detrimental to our earnings--pretty much life in general. We all have lives outside the computer and no matter how much we want to be on myLot 24/7, we just can't make the time. And you can even say that someone's typing speed is detrimental to their earnings. Or their internet connection.

Hi BMP, I do that my self too beforev and sometimes, now I am more active responding haha that's why I have less discussion started by me coz I just read and read more topics in different fields of my interest and there are really some nice topic and mostly are repeated topichaha fun but true, I made one topic before that has similar

during the time I became a member of Mylot,I've never experienced anything like you. I responded, of which notification is sent to my email. If I could respond, I would respond, but if I can not respond, I will not respond.

I post more than i read, but i do occasionally find interesting discussions that catch my attention just like this one.

Oh I love to read specially if the topic is interesting. But one thing I'll tell you, if the post is too long? even if it is interesting I will not spend time reading. For the most part, I write more than reading. Once I read the topic, I will respond to it. I will not read a topic that I am not interested to respond. Which simply means I read only the topic that I am interested.

there are days when i would just read discussions the whole time i'm logged on here. there are days too when i would just read the main topic and forget about other people's responses, and just reply right away. to be honest, the first time i joined here i was really expecting "discussion" in all its real essence. but when i had posted my first response and realized that no one's actually gonna discuss it with me (and worse, i don't remember if the one who posted said discussion actually replied to my post), i thought this isn't like other discussion boards i had been part of. most are not really looking for discussions, just a topic where they can share their own thoughts and end of story. so as time goes by, i got used to it. i don't even bother anymore to comment on other people's comments. although, sometimes i still couldn't resist it, i really want to have a "discussion".

I do that all the time!!! I'll get involved in a discussion and before I know it, a lot of time has passed, and I've not made a comment. Now, depending on the topic, I may or may not read every post. Sometimes I just skim through. Sometimes I may find a point I want to enlarge upon, and I will makae a note and include it in my comment.

I have also been in such situation and sometimes I just have to take a break to tell myself that I should post something. I have been here for more than a month but I was not able to post much here. But I think it is hard to choose first topic for me to respond to. After that I just start to respond to every discussion I see. I try to at least respond to ten or more discussions every day.

Well I MY behaviour is a little different than urs in mylot! What I do is open a topic which i like and then read the discussion posted after reading the discussion i dont look down for any responses to see wether if he has got te right answer which he wanted i just respond to the discussion that i know and want to write! Thats my STYLE!

"Lurking" is a bad habit I picked up reading fandom forums. But here I find myself more talkative. I think the biggest reason is that since fandom isn't a big part here the threads associated with my favorite topics are either small or haven't even started. Also politically and socially my viewpoint is rare (though sometimes inflammatory) and my perspective is unique enough that I never seem to encounter a problem not being able to add to the conversation.