What is better -- Starting a disscussion or posting response to a discussion?

Hi their The most important thing is you take part in discussion whether it started by you or other. I mean mylot pay for our own activity .. So even if we start discussion and don't reply back to responses we get we will surely not earn more. So enjoy discussing with other is important. Now you have to decide where you want to discuss. I mean starting your own interest discussion will give you more chance to discuss on it. Or you can find your interested discussion started by other and discuss with all users in it.

MyLot exists to promote good quality discussions. A discussion (as opposed to a 'question and answer' session or anything else) consists of: 1) a good topic which encourages good quality, descriptive and original responses 2) at least one response (and preferably many) which is descriptive, original and relevant to the topic 3) good quality replies to and comments on the responses (and, perhaps, more of the same - a collective and meaningful conversation, in other words) If a topic does not fulfil those criteria, it is not likely to be a 'discussion of quality' and, unless (3) is met, it is not really a discussion at all. With that in mind, therefore, it is good to start a discussion, provided that it abides by the Guidelines and is likely to be a topic which fulfils all the points above; however, a discussion involves everyone who responds and the more colloquy there is (see: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colloquy - in the first sense but also the second), the better the discussion. ONE person may start a discussion but it takes MANY to make it a good one, therefore responding to and commenting in discussions is vital and everyone should be responding and commenting more often than they are starting discussions. *** Everyone who starts a discussion, too, should be prepared to maintain it by making good quality, descriptive comments on the responses. *** This is the ideal and it is what MyLot is all about and it is also what MyLot reward us for ... our participation, not just starting discussions or responding or commenting. Once you have understood that, you are less likely to make mistakes and be involved in discussions which get deleted and more likely to earn well.

This is a very good and productive discussion, Narendra. There is a great deal here that many newcomers could benefit from and you certainly should have no misgivings about whether what you are doing is right! (Take no notice of what 'most' others are doing!) My only concern is that (with one exception), you are the 'youngest' - in terms of User Rating - to have posted. I wonder how many new users will have even seen this discussion, let alone will have read through it. I suspect that most new users come here with one purpose - to earn money. They can't be bothered to read or try to understand. They think that posting (and posting their own ideas and 'discussions' mostly) is how to do it. People DON'T tend to listen these days. It's all about shout, shout, shout! MyLot is a place where these 'new' rules don't work as expected! .... (thank goodness!)

I think it all depends on if you are a chatter or a helper or both equal if you have many things to say or that you want answers to or to discuss and would like advice then you may start many discussions on the other hand you may be better at giving advice and opinions so you respond to discussions more

I love both but must admit I do not start very many. I am not going to start discussions just about anything as my discussions at times are endless. Since I am one who gets back to each and every response I want to make sure that I am fair with that. For me I can take weeks before I start one but in the interim I am forever responding to members. I truly enjoy both but if I had to pick I would say responding only because when I do I respond mostly due so many life experiences I have encounter and it allows me to speak from the heart. So my suggestion is that if you do start a discussion just make sure it is of an interest as this way you have plenty to come back to the members with comments. This is how it works for me. Best of luck to you and do look forward to further interaction with you!

In one of a discussions, we were reminded that our earning will be based on whatever we have written on mylot. For instance, after we have started a new discussion, we can earn the credits on our comment after someone response to our discussion. For me, starting a new discussion will be better and easier for us to comment and earn. But not all the while I have something to start and to be proactive in mylot. I shall respond to discussions too whenever I have something to say.

I noticed that you said something about earning from getting a lot of responses. I think probably you have noticed by now, we do not earn for what other people do, but only for our own activity. So having a lot of responses to a discussion will only earn for you if you comment on each of those responses. Many of these users who bombard us with countless discussions end up getting tired and leaving because they end up not earning the way the believe they should be. You are doing a nice job of asking questions and participating in this discussion and if you do that in all discussions you will do really well here. One thing I would point out to any new person is that if you post a discussion and no one responds, you do not earn, but if you post a response you earn for that every time.

hi narendra2n, For me it doesn't matter as long as I am interested in a certain topic I will share my views and contribute in that discussion. I think what is best thing to do is to make quality discussions rather than create random topic that the starter will not able to handle or respond but, it doesn't say that we must answer all the responses we get in our started topic. It is just that, it will make the topic more interesting if we can handle all the topic we have created. It is your choice, whether to create a huge number of discussion or respond as many as you can as long as it is of good quality, why not. Happy Lotting!

I personally think its better to making a discussion than responding others because its will made our reputation higher. We had bigger chance in making new friend and ear more because we will had to response all the response we got. But I believe we are had our own style here like I did. I enjoy more responding to others discussion than making one. In term of earning as long we give quality answer we will earn good also. So its a matters how we did it. In term reputation I got blue star few month ago but because I really enjoying response to others discussion than making one I stuck in red star.

I don't really know which one is better- I have more discussions answer than the discussions I have posted though. It is quite hard for me to think of a good discussion to post- so I just answer other people's discussions. But I think it's better to post discussions so If you don't have any discussions that you want to respond to, then you can just respond to the people who posted in your discussions.

I don't find any difference personally i just like posting on discussion and have started only 3 discussion till now but i like it that why i would start few discussion soon its been a while since i did that anyways it all depends on individual i guess some of us like posting and on discussion and some like to start one and some who do both as far as what is better i think all of them are same it does not matter what you do here you just have to enjoy what you do

myLot gets paid by the number of people who visit it. In that vein, it doesn't matter whether you invite people to a discussion you started or a discussion you added-to, as long as you ARE inviting people to myLot.

I think mylotters should do both, starting good discussions and responding in a good way. For me, I prefer the last one. I'm not into 'making a discussion sounds interesting', maybe because I'm not so confidence with my english. I experience that posting a response is more easy than making a discussion.

I agree with you.What say about start discussions is very important.Also,be rsponse and give response is very important.If everyone do it discussion only,who will response to our discussion.

Personally I respond back to way more discussions than I ever start. Most of the time it is because there is nothing I can really think about talking about and would rather just post back to everyone else's discussions instead. Personally there is good and bad to both, as you can risk the discussions being deleted either way. You do earn $$ here from doing both. It is usually all just based on how active you have been in here as well.

I do not think one is better than the other. They are different in that if I want to get an answer or an opinion to something then I will post a discussion. If I feel I can contribute to a discussion with my response then I will respond. But IMO one is not better that the other. The only course of action is your personal choice. MyLot does not seem to care one way or the other.

Hi,i think both are good if only you discuss or respond seriously. I most time search for the topics i like to give responses. Of course, there are some occasion i come up with a topic, then i will raise a discussion and hope mylotters will follow me, and i will be very glad to receive lots of responses. There are some times my discussions can't get many responses, i feel a little disappointed. And i do thank for those who give responses to my discussions and those who have helped me in the past. So i think there is no good or bad in these two choice. I only raise discussions when i need to raise questions or i got some topic to discuss with mylotters.

I think the two are better depending on the writers appetite. But for me I prefer to comment and reply than making a discussion daily. I have a limited of sources to post that I why I much prefer to be a commentator for every post

I am one of the people that respond a lot. I have only started 2 discussions. I can't think of new topics to start a discussion. I answer some of my friends and from my list of interests and by then I am too tired to start one anyway. I don't think Mylot cares if you start a discussion or respond. As long as it is a quality discussion.

Each has its importance and I don't think one is more important or better than the other. See it this way: it's pointless to start many discussions if no one actually respond to them (they should be called monologues in that case), as it's equally pointless to have a lot of people willing to respond and nothing to respond to. There must be a balance between both. Both are important and I think each one should both start own topics and respond to existing ones. Of course, each one has his own preference too, but I don't see too good to be commited to only start discussions or to only respond to others.