this is an offshoot of my earlier mylot discussion...

hi hardworkinggurl! good point about commenting on the responses. that is one of the disadvantages of getting too many responses in a thread. you either have no time to respond to all the replies or you tend to repeat yourself because everyone else wrote almost the same thing. nice point as well about discussions being useful and helpful. if the discussion isn't any of the two, then it kinda defeats the purpose of having discussions up in the first place. cheers!!!

hi marguicha! that is a good point that you raised. quality is indeed more important than quantity. i especially like the comparison you made about mylot discussions being similar to talks you have with friends over a cup of coffee or during parties. such a good analogy! another thing that i like was what you wrote about writing from the heart. too many times, we just go about starting as many discussions as possible or replying in as many threads in a time to reach payout. for some, and i must admit, i'm part of this, the goal here in mylot is to earn. nothing is wrong with that but for others, such as yourself, your goal is to interact and exchange ideas among other mylotters. truly noble indeed marguicha!

hi jen. i would agree with what you mentioned jen. quality is equally or even more important than quantity. discussions with more responses aren't exactly the better ones compared to those with less replies. thanks for replying. cheers!!!

hi jaiho! that is a great point that you raised. interacting with other mylotters is indeed a great plus here. the exchange of ideas and opinions is very enlightening to say the least. thanks for participating!

hi toni! comparing mylot to a journal is a good analogy indeed. mylot being compared to a friend is spot on. i feel that way myself sometimes. i really don't share personal stuff here in mylot. just not my cup of tea.

hi devinim! yeah, i felt that way too when i was starting my first few discussions. i was happy with a few responses but then i started thinking of putting out more interesting discussions so that i get more responses. it works both ways, better discussions get more responses. the thread starter becomes happy with the number of responses and the other mylotters are more than happy to interact since they are getting involved in a note-worthy discussion. thanks for participating and welcome to mylot! cheers!

hey letran knight! i guess that's the normal progression of a mylotter. when you're just a newbie at mylot and you started a thread, you want multiple responses to your thread as it means that you created a very interesting one. not getting the number of responses you had initially wanted would be disappointing. however, as you've grown more accustomed here in mylot, you tend to see that not all the discussions you started are as interesting as you wanted it to be so a couple of these discussions will bomb out and not receive any responses or receive less than what you wanted. anyway, i'm in between those two stages right now so getting a good number of responses is still important to me but i would definitely understand if the thread i started didn't generate as much interest as i wanted. '... i doesn't matter how many as long as i would attend and comment on all that response...' i remember you starting a thread about this matter. i think as thread starters, it is important that we at least acknowledge the other mylotters who posted in our thread and i think it is a good practice. it is something that i strive to do but when the posts becomes repetitive, i tend to struggle replying back as i don't want to repeat myself. anyway, i still try to post something significant. thanks for participating lk! cheers!!!