Why do people respond to discussions without even bothering to read it first??!!

Hehe. I know what you mean. I have read some responses which sound as if only the title was read and not the content. And you are right, sometimes the title is different or does not cover the whole of what is in the post. In answer to your question of: should we be writing a subject line that enables the reader to answer without reading the entire discussion. The answer is no, of course, just like you said. In fact, if you read the guidelines, it says to read all the responses before responding. (Now, I admit I am guilty of not doing this most of the time... =P I am a slow reader and if I do this, I will never be able to participate at all...). But that only shows that if you are expected to read all responses first, then it goes without saying you should, at the very least, read the whole original post/discussion. It would be nice if the post (and even the responses) are a little easier to read. What I mean is, sometimes posts are written in just one continuous paragraph which may be a bit overwhelming to the eyes, especially if it's quite long. Dividing it into shorter paragraphs and maybe using some double-spacing might help. Also, sometimes a discussion actually has more than one point or question. (And again, I'm sure I have made responses before in which I answer one point but forget the rest.) Using bold/italics/underline might also help, or enumeration.

I think some people do that because they are just trying to make more posts and earn more money...

Um, so that they can make money faster? I've noticed this as well. But there's another thing I've also noticed. There seems to be a lot more people that read the entire discussion than there is people that respond by only reading the subject line itself. I don't think a catchy subject line is to blame. It's definitely the responders that respond this way. If they don't bother to take the time to read what the discussion is about, it's their fault. However, it's kind of a wasted effort to get mad about it. Just bust 'em instead! LOL There are a couple of ways to go about it. Either report them immediately with the "!" or you can do what I do and make it a little more interesting... I do use catchy titles sometimes, but not in the way you might think. I do this from time to time in order to see who's cheating their way through here (and to have a little fun at the same time LOL). Check out this discussion I'd written last year: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2236210.aspx?p=1 It's one of my favorites. Unfortunately some of the responses had gotten deleted...for obvious reasons. But it's a good example of who is an honest responder on here. So as you can see, not everyone on here is out to cheat. Mylot is a wonderful community for the most part. If it wasn't I wouldn't have stuck around for so long. By the way, welcome to mylot! I hope you'll enjoy your stay here. And just remember, there are always members (like mysdianait, admin GoAskAlice, and a bunch of others) that are here to help. Happy mylotting!

hi dear friend first of all welcome to mylot.sorry for the bad experience you have. but in my case i have never experienced such problem.whenever i posted any problem or question i got my solution and i find all the mylot members very helpful.they all are ready to help every mylotter. the reason for your problem i guess is you have met with people who try to just do more posts on mylot and earn more so they just do not take time out to read discussion properly.you should not build opinion for all mylot community in such a short time period.just spend some more time here and you will surely meet with people who are ready to help. now to those who do not take time out to read post properly.remember mylot pays for quality and not for the quantity.if you post 50 discussion with poor quality and 15 discussion with good quality then the earning will be same.so what is the point to not even take time to read the question.if you do not read the question properly then how can you give quality answer?if you do not want what the user want then how can you give him that thing. stay here friend this is truly discussion site and you will enjoy here when you spend some more time.the one thing i would like to tell you is that why dont you add comment if you are not satisfied with the answer of a person.ask for more and add comment like i did not meant that my question is this and like that.you should discuss further to make it a true discussion otherwise it will become a question and answer site.you will earn more if you will further the discussion. happy mylotting.

Because they are in too hurry to make an extra cents and confident what the writer is about to say. There have been numerous times when the title is completely opposite with the subject but still you fill find loads of responses. The reason is that most of the title are subjective to its content and people just jump to the assumption about it which can be wrong at times. There were times that even in my many discussion where people have posted response without reading it and many times I have to remind them that and point them to re-read the subject which is quite annoying. I think one should must read the discussion as well as the comments so he does not repeat the same thing again.

Good question you asked! I shall talk about this discussion. I read four or more responses and your comment. I tried to comment on them. But the answers were not exactly talking about what i want to say now. May be later posts say it. I don't know. But think of a mylotter trying to read all the responses, some of the discussions are really long - [you have seen such], then he/she might not have time and opportunity to express his/her thoughts. I surf from my office. Now, mylotting for the whole office time will risk my job. But, I found for example this discussion, and I read your start, I had these things to say, and I am posting. May be I do not always need to read all the responses. I know, in the mylot DON'Ts they have said that you should not respond before reading every respond. Now, if that happens, may be even mylot will lose money. For there will be lesser no of posts. I don't know I am going to get a negative publicity for this post, but i think skipping some of the responses or going for a new response right away may prove to be better sometimes. In a discussion here, I won the best response. But, I do not remember reading the whole discussion. However, going through some of the responses I had a gist. Since the topic was about my expertise, theater, I could respond to it well and I won best response. So to my opinion, reading the whole discussion is not always necessary. However, one should at least read the discussion start. A few responses added will do better. But, responding blindly, with a sole motive of earning, is not good at all.

Personally I think this happens because A) The person is new and only responding back to the Title instead of Reading and many times B) just interested in responding back maybe because it is your Friend on here but have nothing in common with the information they are wanting. Either way it happens and is to be expected from time to time for sure.

hi icantthinkofaname like that u ser name he he. I have had this happen to me a lot as my discussions often are a bit long but I do not use more words than I need. I think a lot of newer ones are in too much of a hurry to make a fortune they do not even read anything but the title.My titles sometimes are made to draw in attention and may or may not be all that relevant to my discussion. I have got so I will say to a response that is totally in left field,"go back and really read my discussion as your response shows you have not a clue as to what my discussion is about".also so many keep this idea going that this is a question and answer site so you get one or two word responses that usually make little or no sense. then these people will complain about their earnings.too ,many here want to make fast money without doing a damned thing to really earn it. and no its not question and answer site,it is a discussion site.

Apologies in advance for the long winded answer: money... Ok sometimes it's impatience, but mostly it's about money.

Seeing as how it takes no time at all to read your entire post (I can see why it would annoy people on longer posts, but most discussions seem to start with a post about your length) I think it's really lazy and kinda rude to response to a discussion without reading the whole thing. There are even some instances where the subject line gives you very little information or information totally opposite to what the discussion is about. I always read the whole original post, and I even read some of the responses that have already been posted (if there are any). So I would just keep writing discussion lines as you see fit... don't let the lazy people dictate what you post in your subject line.

I think this is hinged on the MyLot system itself. Since posts equate to monetary value, it makes sense for some people to post as many comments as they can. I don't really know how the system works but generally the more you post, the better your pay-out will be. Of course, these should be *quality* posts but that really doesn't deter people from padding the comments. As it is, it is more a function of incentives than anything else. Language might also be another reason why there's a disconnect between posts and threads because not all of us here has English as first language. In this case, there will be times where the sentence structures of comments might not make sense. It shouldn't matter though because as long as we are aware of the language barriers present then we can all get along fine. Now, knowing this, should we write subjects lines as clearly as possible? IMHO, that should be the standard anyway. The subject lines are just like headlines; they should be interesting enough to draw the attention of as many people as possible.

I have noticed this, too. Sometimes it is just people wanting to post something--anything--and move on. But sometimes it is more along the lines of hijacking the discussion. I remember one post I put up that I asked the same guy four times to read the title. Never mind reading the whole post--just read the title and comment on that. I finally gave up because his responses were always about something else. If your title is about bananas, some people will insist on telling you about Schwinn bicycles.

Who say peoples are not reading,many of them read it and some are not because they want more money in their account.

I like the point of your discussion.That's true. It's like a guilty pleasure to response the discussion without read the detail first.It's a mistake but everyone have each view in this problem, such as some people want to earn fast by answer a lot of discussion so read detail will waste their time -at least they can response or may be they've been here for long time so they're just lazy to read long detail discussion, yah who knows??If someone response without attention detail, the response may be far from the expectation of problem solving or have low quality, it's not important for who case high earning here, but I will try to read detail of discussion to know can I response or give the solution.If I think I can, I will give the response, but If I don't think so or dont put my interest there, I will close the discussion and search another discussion.It's fair I think

Well it is not the fault of the poster if he writes catchy subject line. Sometimes people find it more challenging actually. But there are people who get caught this way. These are the people who do not have patience to read the post completely. Well dear,this maybe become some people do have very limited time perhaps. They participate in many online sites or still have some other things to do so they could not give enough time for reading. They will not exert effort reading through and through. Some people are after quantity and not quality, so they just participate on the basis of the heading without them knowing that most of the time, there are more to know from the body. They don't really mind if reading more will make their responses meaningful and not out of context so they don't really take time to read. At any rate, I think it is their choice if they really want to sound stup!d sometimes.

I got chewed out by another myloter because, although I always carefully read each discussion in its entirity, I frequently do not read the comments others have made. I simply do not have that much time, but I would not consider answering after reading only the heading.

Welcome! The subject line should get peoples attention and sometimes it doesn't really pertain to the discussion. At least not what you would expect it to be. Sometimes I don't read the subject lines and just read the discussion. I mostly do this if it is a discussion from one of my friends that I might answer anyway. I usually read the discussion but sometimes I skim over it and don't read it as I should. I am aware that I tend to do this, and have been trying to change but sometimes if I am in a hurry, I still do it.

The reason is to earn more. Here you find some person who are interested only to post a new discussion. They never reply on responds on their previous discussions.I think they can earn more by posting new topics. To respond on a topic mere reading is not enough we also have some knowledge of subject matter. You can also post a question here. In discussion we also want answer of our question. In this post your question is, why people respond with reading?

I am guilty... sometimes I do that. I didn't bother the whole discussions. just butt in based on the few lines that I have read without understanding the whole thought...

I have noticed that myself and i think its rather rediculous, but most people are on here to make every little penny they can and if thats writing nonscence on peoples dicussions then thats what they will do. I myself love to read most of these discussions becuase if someone is really having a hard time and need some advice i like to be that person that can help them out and most of all, alot of these are very interesting. I dont read most of the comments though that other people post, i just read the discussion and reply with my own thoughts. I hope you enjoy this site, becuase i sure do.