Is it just me?
By Humbug25
@Humbug25 (12540)
July 12, 2011 4:20am CST
It seems to have gone very quiet here in mylot lately. I have 300 odd friends on here but none of them are starting discussions or commenting on mine. Where are you all? I know I go quiet from time to time but surely not all of you are having a rest from mylot at the same time? This time last year my inbox was full of emails via mylot from members starting discussions and making comments. Have you all run out of things to say? I don't believe that for one second
Are things quiet round here for you? Are you experiencing the same as me?
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19 responses
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
12 Jul 11
Yup I noticed that too humbug25 it seems like a lot of members are MIA, but who knows maybe some of the US members are still hungover from all those forth of July party's LOL or maybe most members are just busy with their offline lives, I don't know but I'm always here unless something else comes up offline that prevents me from posting, but that's not too often I'm a pretty loyal poster
Well all I can say is get it together people and get back to the lot we miss you, and besides it's easy to post now all you gotta do is post from your fancy IPhone or whatever other Internet phone you have, and bam! easy posting.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi apples
Yes you are always here, I know that and loyal you are. I am sorry that I don't respond to all your discussion but sometimes you talk about things I have no clue about, tekky things mostly hahahaa I am showing my age now haha
Thanks for your response as always apples
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
13 Jul 11
It's ok Humbug25 I understand that some topics of mine might not be so appealing sometimes, it's just the nature of mylot
Techie huh? sorry I never thought I'd become a tech girl that's actually a nice compliment since I love tech gadgets and stuff like that though occasionally I do post regular topics too, but yeah I guess your partly right lol well no worries friend.
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@kelly10 (678)
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12 Jul 11
Seems odd that all your friends have stopped commenting and starting discussions.
I know I go through phases on this site, I can be on it everyday for 3 months and then nothing for a month. It just depends what I'm doing at home, family life and how busy, or quiet, it is on the survey front.
I don't think people have run out of things to comment on, maybe some people are unsure that what they want to discuss other will join in with.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi kelly10
I am the same as you where I can spend lots of time on here and then not log on for months on end but I can't see how all my friends would be doing the same at the same time hahaha I think half of them have left but all it ever says on their profile page is that they have not been active for the last 60 days or more which I can work out for myself hahaha I am just not sure if they have left for good or not.
Thanks for your response
@kelly10 (678)
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12 Jul 11
Hi Humbug
You got me thinking about the 60 days in our profile page. It needs to show by date when we last logged on and then members can decide whether they should delete them as a friend or not. I can imagine half of who you delete would be members that are still active and just on a break.
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
13 Jul 11
As for me, my inbox always has 'friends started' notifications but I don't find time to take up all this topics. Besides these, there are so many under 'recent' for anyone to keep themselves busy. I have no complaints.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
12 Jul 11
Hello Humbug25,
May be they are busy in their offline and house hold works.May be they will return as soon as they finish them or they will come at the end of the month.
I have made 62 friends in 2 months but rarely they come to my discussion too.But never mind they are my friends does not matter if they don't come to discus.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi there sjvg1976
Well you know what? Sometimes people join mylot and just make discussions and never respond to others and some people join just to get people to join sites as their referral! You can make it 63 friends if you would like to send me a friend request hahaha and i will try and respond to your discussions haha
Thanks for your response
@Humanicon (328)
• India
12 Jul 11
Its been 3 week for having joined mylot.In these 3 weeks i have noticed there are only few active discussions.There are only about 1000 people who start discussion and respond to discussion.But if we see at the population of mylot it is more than 2 lakhs.
Even after this i enjoy mylot more and stay at mylot more because i find facebook less active than this.I find mylot a true discussion site and facebook a spammers site.
I hope all the new users and your 300 friends who felt mylot not worth their time return soon.
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@Humanicon (328)
• India
13 Jul 11
If they had come here to abuse others and make fun by using foul language then it is good that they are gone from here.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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12 Jul 11
Since I stopped posting discussions I have slowed right down. I tend to answer friends' discussions but beyond that it's a bit of a reponse wilderness for me. One thing abut having been here for so long is that there is a tendency to see the same discussions coming round. I really can't be bothered to say again what I may have said two or three times before so don't bother. I hate not making discussions, but it's not worth the risk of having them deleted. So it's responding I will go. But yes, things are quiet.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi there p1key me ole pal!
I know you are about, be it not as much as before but I totally understand why not. Sometimes it is a matter of revamping the old discussions maybe haha. Yes the same old discussion do come around especially by new members which still manage to generate a respectable amount of responses. I must admit that I myself am scraping the barrel these days hahaha but it does seem unusually quiet around here and I don't get half the notifications I used to, ahhh those were the days p1key hahaa
Thanks as always for being here!!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Jul 11
i know what you mean. but i think a lot of people are just very busy. or like me, only have bad sad things to post, so maybe they feel like i do sometimes/. not really wanting to bring others down and sad because im so depressed. then, also, ive seen so many say they dont have their notifiers on and i think thats odd as to me, why have a friend if you dont see their discussions? then theres alway, how many you are truely interested in? you know.
@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Ahh bunnybon7 another of my dear friends
Yes people are busy that is true but I also think that some friends on peoples lists just want to start discussions and never want to respond to othere so choose to switch them off, maybe they think that is the way to make money. Even I start a discussion that isn't a particularly happy one I try to make it light hearted but I, myself, have been a bit clueless as of late haha. I also think that some friends are not always the friends they want them to be and end up being spammers, trying to find referrals!
Many thanks for your response, see you around!
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
12 Jul 11
Maybe some friends of yours are still enjoying the summer while here in our side we are enjoying our stay at home because of flooded streets due to heavy rains which is favorable for me for I have more time here in mylot. I guess they'll be back soon when summer is gone on their side.
Yes, considering the number of mylot members I too wonders why few are really active now a days.It happens to me too when I can not think of a good topic to start a discussion so mostly I just post comments on discussions started by other members.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
12 Jul 11
Yes I have well over 800+ friends who have not always been active at the same time, but I do see a change going on. Usually I see a lot more discussions in the new started discussion tabs and there are fewer. I do know that here in the US, it is summer so that may be a contributing factor, where perhaps many are outdoors enjoying their families.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi ya hardworkinggurl my dear friend haha
Yes I think you are right and as this is a US site I would say that the mass majority of members on here are American and are taking vacations. We are not on our holidays here yet in the UK and yet I miss my fellow UK mylotters! I always see you about though my friend and appreciate your continued support!
Thanks as always for your response
@Rick1950 (1576)
• Lima, Peru
13 Jul 11
I just saw my inbox and there was nine email from my friends starting discussions. But I'm really new here compared to you, and my friends too. Perhaps this situation is temporary for you, and I hope your inbox is full again with new debates.
@Humbug25 (12540)
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13 Jul 11
Hi Rick1950
That usually happens when you first join mylot as you make friends with others that are active, another year or so down the line and you will have 200 odd people on your friends list but only 20 - 30 of them will be active.
Happy mylotting and thanks for your response
@pinkpiglet (330)
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
We're here! :) Haha! I actually just joined myLot, so I haven't been making enough "noise" yet. But, I promise I will! Haha! So far, the ones on my friends list have been starting discussions and making comments, so so far so good. :)
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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13 Jul 11
Hey there pinkpiglet and welcome to mylot
Well when you first join you only add people to your friends list that are active but as time goes by some of them become inactive for whatever reason and before you know it you have a large list of friend of which only some of them are active. Does that all make sense? hahaha
Thanks for your response and happy mylotting
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
24 Jul 11
Like you mentioned maybe people are bored with the site and are not posting as much. Afterall it does take some time and dedication to make the payout. And of course I do run out of topics to start myself that seem of interest. Plus there are people who only comment and don't start conversations and then there are those who start conversations and don't respond to their replies.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
12 Jul 11
Really? All 300 of your friends stop posting, or responding to your discussions? That is some thing weird about that. It shouldn't be all of them be gone the same time. I constantly received updated on my email from mylot, and many of them still posting, and responding though. Maybe mylot delete your email notification.
@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi there kingparker
I think that over the last year or so many of the people on my friends list have just gradually become inactive but it sometimes hard to tell who is and who isn't. Maybe I need to update my friends list and do some editing hahaha
Thanks for responding
@Rallon (441)
• United States
13 Jul 11
Yes, I need to post more too. Sadly, time is always a factor. I have many things I wish to discuss, so I will try harder to do better at the posting. Glad you pointed that out though! There is SO much going on in the news today that it really isn't all that difficult to come up with ideas for new discussions. Especially so, in the arena of politics. There are big changes going on in literally every single country on planet Earth! I wonder how it all will turn out...I'm optimistic! :)
@Humbug25 (12540)
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13 Jul 11
Hi Rallon
I rarely post discussion about events happening in the world as I like to keep my discussions light hearted and with a sense of humour. I am happy to get involved with others discussion which choose to discuss such subjects though so I can be serious when I want to be hahahaa
Thanks for your response and I will look out for your discussions!
@edsss17 (4394)
• Philippines
12 Jul 11
You're right. Its been really quiet here in myLot compared from the past few months! When I joined here in myLot I always see new discussion every minute when I refresh my homepage! Now? It rarely happens!
Maybe they are getting busy in the real world!
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@Humbug25 (12540)
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12 Jul 11
Hi there edsss17
Yeah I clearly have too much time on my hands haha. I am making the most of it though before the kids break up for the summer holidays and that might be why not so many members are not on mylot at the moment as kids break for summer at different times all over the world. Even though the kids are not at school I still find some time to log into mylot hahahaha
Thanks for your response