Possible if you are responder only

Some people are naturally inclined to start discussions and others are more inclined to respond to discussions others have started. This is due to a difference in personality such that some people feel themselves to be 'assertive' and 'leaders' whereas others prefer to give their opinions and knowledge on topics. I notice, too, that many people apparently come here with the idea that to start a discussion is what MyLot is about and that that is the way that one earns more here. Of course, that is very far from the truth! Certainly those who think that the more responses you get, the more you earn here have got it COMPLETELY wrong! There are (as MysDianaIT has rightly pointed out) very many discussions here already which are worthy of our participation and good and useful discussions can go on for a very long time. There is no particular value in asking a question, especially if, as many people do not, you are not prepared to add good quality comments to the responses you get. A question asked and answered is merely that: it is NOT a discussion until there are replies and comments on the answers and 'quality' only happens when something useful, descriptive and original is said on both sides. Of course we are here mostly 'just for fun' but it is (or should be) USEFUL fun rather than just idle 'pass time'.

Hi visavis, I am an aimless wanderer and stop by at whatever catches my fancy... I do not go by any rules or targets... In fact I cannot go by anything like targets... neither here nor in the real world.... And I saw now that you mentioned specially those oldest here... I am so young right now... So I dont come under this context which means I am free to post anything I like... and I do just that... dont I

This is discussion number 2,482,425 as you can see from the number in your browser too. If half of the discussions posted were deleted (which is probably an exageration) that still leaves over one million (1,000,000) other topics where we can go and participate. Maybe those who do not post a new discussion are not 'stingy' at all but prefer to contribute on those without cluttering the pages with even more? Maybe they have difficulty, because of other things which occupy them too, keeping up with commenting on their discussions when they start one. I think that there will never be an imbalance now that mylot is online for many years and we have so many topics already. I bet that you have not even seen half of them - am I right?

You have a point. I don't think we'll run out of users who constantly post their discussions, though. There are a lot of them, even those that post nonsense and has a high possibility of getting deleted. If everyone stopped posting discussions, though, it would be frustrating on finding an interesting one fro the ones that are currently existing. I'm not used to digging up discussions.

Hello, For me it works to become a responder. I guess I'm better off to giving sensible comments and suggestions rather than to post lousy and senseless discussions just for the sake of posting one. I cannot come up with new ideas since I thought the things I have in mind was already thought about by others before I finally thought about it. I loved sharing ideas and reading other people's ideas.

Target is not important.participation is the important thing.It may depends on either starts their own discussion or responds a discussion. Someone having the capacity of starting discussions and some having responding. Some one having both the capacity.. Anyway thanks for your good discussion...

Personally the majority of us definately post back to others discussions more than starting New discussions of our own. I know for me trying to think of a New topic all of the time unless something is going on in my life, or another discussion makes me want to start a New discussion here, for me the Fun is going in and responding back to others discussions for sure. In reality I think the good thing about the New people who come in here and choose to continue to want to be active here, is it gives a chance to get to know them, and learn from them, and them from us as well. If we only focus on ourselves, we can loose the boat for sure.

I do not start discussion, just for the sake of starting one.I start a discussion, if I find some thing interesting to discuss about. I do not have a target of starting 3 or 4 discussions a day.It is not stinginess,Sometimes, I feel a little irritated when I see some useless discussions which have been started to just make money.Since mylot is a international site, the discussions should be of interest to everyone. I have been in mylot for the last 4 years, and till today, my total posts are only about 2600, whereas I see some members who have become members just about a week back having nearly 300 posts.

I don´t post more than 2 or 3 discussions a day. But I take my time to comment the answers I get. I usually don´t respond to those people who start lots of posts and never answer nor comment. Those are not discussions. It seems that they only want to listen to their own inner voices. A discussion is between at least 2 people. So it doesn´t matter whether I am starting one or following a thread. I am sharing my views now, even if I didn´t start any post. And I am capable of understanding that my answer has a good quality

hello friend, Every mylotter has their own choice. I want to take myself as an example,i usually start a topic that is related to myself,my situation,what i feel or people around me (mostly depends on my real experiences). That is why i seldom started a topic. You might have point (if veterans won't start topics). In some point dear,everyday there is a newbie and every newbie starts at least one topic. Was it reasonable enough to give them a chance. Besides,if each of us keep starting a single topic each day,most probably the duplication is at higher risks.(which usually occurs) Don't you worry quality discussion never runs out. You can always check old topics ,if you feels so. have a good day always

Hello Visavis, My number has reached to this volume of numbers, can't you tell? two years ago when i started this new account i began responding to discussions. but it wasn't just walk in the park, i responded to at least fifty to seventy topics a DAY. then i realized too late that i can earn also by just merely commenting on comments or response of others as well.. but i don't regret it since i was too active that cost my PC to crash. you can be a responder only but don't sacrifice your PC's health.

Hi dear, I preferably go for take part in discussion as compared to start with new discussions. I am also not concerned with numbers. If it feel relevant or appropriate, I will come with the topic. As everyone says, having some topic with ‘worth and quality’ make more sense than come up with any junk. Still I feel comfortable on taking part in discussions only. If there is nice topics, it is a pleasure to comment on it. But as usual, we keep commenting but the querist never respond to our discussions, it seems so sad and people never realize the importance. Thank-s

Not posting a discussion doesn't mean stingy, besides if we all start and post a topic to discuss only few will respond to a topic and also I don't have much time in mylot and I share computer with my sons. See you around. Keep on happy posting my friend.

If every myLot user will become a respondent, there will no discussions that will be made which the respondents can take advantage. Honestly, these last days, I am just responding to discussions either it is new or old. I am just posting some discussions I want to share something to others. I am usually targeting 5-10 responses but for me, it is quite difficult because I am a busy person. I am just taking advantage during the weekends. Making myLot an imbalanced community will surely not be good. We all still need to start a discussion sometimes although we do not earn from it much. By the way, the other reason why I became mostly a responder was that I do not know how we earn from discussions. I think we will not earn from it if there will be no responses in that discussion. Can someone explain it to me? Thanks.

I will not start discussions unless I have the time to properly tend them. I started three this week. I am still going back and commenting on responses to those discussions, as well as looking at discussions by other people. I know that there are a lot of discussions available to participate in. I will start a discussion if I have something useful to contribute to the site. I am balanced out by many people who post 3, or 5 or even 20 discussions daily, I tend to think if we were going to have unbalance it would be the other direction. I do not set a target for how much I post discussions or responses.

hi visavis I know a lot of newer users make as many as ten a day every day but do they actually ever comment back if we respond? sn many still think they get paid for all the responses they get which is NOT TRUE. WE POSTED THE RESPONSES SO WE GET THE PAY. YOU COMMENT BACK THEN YOU GET PAID. I make discussions but not every day as I like to have time to comment back on all the responses as its only fair as my friends took their time to respond to me. and too its not a discussion until we actually discuss something.I have fun doing all the things we all do , respond, comment and write discussions too. I cannot keep up with the responses if I do two or three every day. at my age my typing has slowed down a bit and too I enjoy reading the responses and commenting back to them. I will make more discussions once I get my leg to healing again.

I have no target. I post what's on my mind. Some days that's 3 - 4 discussions, other days nothing.

...Hi there visavis, Interesting discussion topic. I tend to post discussions when I think I have a worthwhile subject that I think might be interesting to others. Which haven't been many of late. "o) But there are those who I notice have entire pages of discussion topics. I wonder if they are answering all their responders and check in to see, and there you find sometimes all the comments without return responses. That to me is very strange as we only get credit for our comments not other people's statements. But I do think we have a good mix of discussion starters and responders. Now if everyone only responded and there were no or there were few discussion starters we would definitely have a problem as the subjects to comment on would dry up. So let's hope the starters keep starting. Take care.

hi visavis i tend to post more if i'm in a good mood

I'm new here but I don't make many discussions because I have problems thinking of things to talk about. I reply more then I do a discussion but I do them as I can think of them . What is bad is I think of lots of them when I'm too busy to do them and then when I have a chance to them I can't think of the good ideas I had. Have a good day.