I decided to have a blacklist

Hello there! I get your point out there. Some users are just starting threads but they do not pay attention with the responses received. Well i guess, the thread cannot be considered a discussion simply because there is no exchange of ideas between the thread starter and the responders. A healthy discussion should comments from the starter. I rarely start my own discussions but I take it as a responsibility to look back and reply to those who responded. No matter how slow I am, (just posting through cell phone) I still try.. But one of my discussions drained me it got almost 50 responses and that time, I was only using nokia 6260 so it took a long time to reply on them but after posting comments up to the third page, I got disconnected so I failed to reply to the rest of them. Have a nice day!

CAptalbert you right!! I had started 5 discussions & got the responses but felt it would be a difficult task for to respond to the responses i reveived to keep on discussion going.Therefore i decided not to create my topic rather join other's created discussion this way you need not give response to every one but to the response you like most or to the creator of the dicsussion. But its really said that creator himself don't keep his discussion going on.

I know what you mean. A tip a friend gave me to get a response is ask a question so they feel that they have to reply but then that is not the point, they should at least acknowledge you anyways. I have often left responses just to provoke a response from certain members that don't respond to their discussions. If you don't know me then some of my comments could be considered Troll like lol, but in some cases it has worked and I got a reply from the other person and had a good chat.

hello Cap, Uh uh,i guess i've done with those ones huh. Really i wonder how they can create topics,yes topic sometimes 5 topics or more than in a day and never care to give responses back. And one more thing is,someone who skip our response..yes,it's too obvious that the topic starter skipped my response -okay it's their right whether they response back or not. But goodness,this is forum site-as far as i know happy weekend captain

Hello Captain Albert! I'd say "YOU're THE MAN!! but hey, take it easy on me, I am doing the best I can. seriously, it's not a joke when you have so many response and there are times that i am really tired and can't have a straight thinking when it comes to commenting responses. I never really got the attitude of some people making topics and not responding at ALL. probably responding LATER would be nice since most of us are busy off line but come on, not respond at all. well, you're the guy who made a straight solution first hand, but remember it can also give a negative impact on others. but that's really nice. keep it up buddy.

You have a very great idea and you are a true mylotter here who only here to participate in discussions.haha.well, this treatment is good for these mylotters, i appreciate you for this.

Ouch! I thought your thread may sound harsh, but you know, I actually agree with you. I have some friends who starts endless discussions and I respond to them, but never once do i see a response, so sometimes I think it's like a game of "See who can start the most discussion in a day". I alwats respond to my discussions and take the time to not only rate them but read them as well and answer. i have learned so much from what others have to say. That said, i wish you were on my friends list we would get along just fine.

Instead of ignoring them, deleting them or black-listing them, why not turn them to your own advantage? Bookmark those users who do that and then after some time go back to their topics and comment on all of the responses as though it was you who started the discussion. Obviously if you responded it is because the topic was interesting to you and you had an opinion about it so go and make the best of it and get some more out of it too! Their loss and your gain

very very true. cant tell you how many times ive gotten annoyed with those kind of people here. have eventually taken them off my friends list. also ones that never come to one of your discussions, even when you have a variety of things you do discussions on and have seen them do some with same subject. i just go take them off friends as to not be annoyed with email overload from their discussions

My blacklist is very short, but there are a few members that I avoid because I know that they are going to ignore if me if I participate in their discussions. One of the those members comments on her friends responses and leave the rest without a comment and as I am not a friend my participation gets ignored. I participated in her discussions a couple of times where I experienced the same thing and I had decided to avoid her discussions in the future, but I didn't keep my promise I found a discussion about a topic that I found really interesting and I couldn't resist the temptation so I responded anyway...and got ignored again. Now I am not going to respond to her discussions again.

Hi Captain Gosh No Captain. Please dont have that kind of a list. Lotters are lotters and this quite happens many a times but that should not deter you or anyone. I have experienced the same thing a few days back and had a similar discussion but I dont think ignoring or blacklisting anyone would help. Maybe a PM should do the thing before adding anyone if you are seriously considering this. I try to respond to all those who respond to my discussions with the same flair - yes, at times, I miss out responding but that is not because of any other reason but my ill health and my unavailability at MyLot. And when I return back, I think, it is too late to respond and so miss out. But there are a few lotters whom I cannot even think to ignore as they are close to me and I would feel bad if I missed out. Did I leave you unresponded anywhere? I hope not and will not.

Albert, you are the best, even with rants. I don't like black lists but I think that all of us have a black list in our head, more or less voluntarily. I try to do my best to comment all my responders. I am very slow when I write, but I think that every person who has read a discussion and has made an effort to respond deserves a comment. I know that you are also like this, and I am a bit tired by some members who are starting a discussion and are commenting the first box and not the followings or even not commenting at all. Sometimes, I see a discussion that should be interesting, but I don't respond because I know that it will not be a true discussion. On the other side, I have many friends who are commenting, but I am unable to participate to their discussions, because I am not concerned or have no knowledge on the subject. I can do it by curiosity, to try to respond to a friend who is often responding to my topics, but I will not do it in a discussion from a mylotter who is not in my friend list : I don't want to look completely stupid, and I understand when the starter don't respond in these discussions where I want to learn but can't bring something. When I started a new twitter last month, I joined Twiends to get followers. The guidelines are saying that you should give a chance to the person you are following by following him/her at least a week. I noticed that many members were getting credits to follow me, and when I was following back, were unfollowing me... I was upset, blocked 17 in a hour, and twitted "try it, it is good for your karma." I was certainly not alone in this case, because it has been retweeted :) There is a minimum of good manners to follow in any community, at myLot like in real life, and I tend also to blacklist some members.

Nice! I think that is good so they would know how it feels to be ignored. hehehe

In no place it says everyone is forced to put a comment back to every single one responses in their own discussions, so why are you so offended? Yes, I know, it's a matter of good customs to comment back, but I don't find it that severe after all. The point in any discussion is to post an idea/suggestion/rant/experience/history/whatever and have others express their opinions, and while I would like to see what the starter thinks about my views, it's not the end of the world, or better said, it's nothing that will influence my life or my MyLot time. Having comments is nice, but not a must. But waiting for them desperately seems pointless to me. There is no victim at all, because there is not a crime, not even an offense, just someone that don't like to comment, but like any forum, some come back, some others don't. You made a good point about money. Many are here specifically for money. And I'm not a bit surprised about this. MyLot is a paid-to-post forum, and as such, money for sure encourages a lot of people to make more post than they would do normally, I doubt MyLot would have such popularity if it offers no pay at all. So, what's so bad, in a site intended to make money, in seeing someone seeking money? I find it perfectly normal and expectable. My personal view is against those blacklists. If you don't like to not be commented back, OK, it's your preference and you have full rights to avoid such members. But I don't think that such attitudes does something so bad to the site or to ourselves.

once more lost all my response copy paste Albert those jokers do not make a penny off our responses at all as we did the work and we get the pay so he or she has to comment back or he or she goes penniless. I think your idea is a good one as those jokers wont get paid one cent unless the post comments., they wo rk they get paid, we work we get paid. so they are shooting themselves in the foot by their disregard for our responses.

Well, we don't blame other people something like that. They maybe not responding to any of the comments on their discussion due to some reasons. But whatever reason with that. We just need to be understanding in that particular case...

I feel the same way. I have not started many discussions but I answered all the responses. I wouldn't start them unless I had the time to reply. People take the time and interest in your topic to respond, the least they deserve is an answer. It is not a discussion, if there is no answer, it's just question and answer. I think it is rude not to answer. There is one person on my "friends" list who never responds, I was thinking of deleting him because of it. I have not done so as yet and I was wondering if they are notified that they are deleted?

Hello, Forgot these small things you do your job seriously. What are doing others don't take it so seriously. Take it easy.

How do you know if you're being singled out intentionally? I understand your reason as we are here to discuss. But sometimes when the respond to the discussion is similar to others response, I just don't respond back. I do understand your sentiments though.

I strongly agree with you my friend.