Why do some people give Best Responses within 12 hours?

I take a while and sometimes a couple of months before I actually assign the BR, but then again I do not start many topics. Like you I too believe that it is best to allow members to respond at different times. I have seen some assign the best response as quickly as 20 minutes. I suppose if the member was looking for something specific then they probably felt that it was wise to assign it quickly. Doing so in my opinion says the discussion starter no longer wants to discuss the topic, so many will refrain from responding any further. Some members are also not aware that they can actually wait for a while and feel that they need to do so the same day they are logged in. I suppose it is a preference as some members never assign the BR. I have been told at times that more then one really deserves it and best not to assign.

That is an indication "No more responses please"We are supposed to give a week but most do not follow this. Since it is not a guideline violation I suppose this is done. Although even after selecting the BR one can respond there is very little chance that the responses that appear after the BR tag is given will be read at all.

jennybianca, I suppose it is individual here. Other than that, the member involved is probably new and inexperienced - forgetting that there's the existence of different time zones. I don't have any opinion or issue with them except that they will learn and know what to do in the future which will allow their discussion be well participated.

Hi Jenny Bianca! Sometimes it will take me a week or months before I will choose the best response. But there are cases that I give the best response within the day if I'm really satisfied with the answer. But most of the time, it will take weeks since I always forgot to choose the best response.

Hello jenny,i also have observed it that many people just don't wait to get enough response or in other ways they don't want others to give chance to get br in their discussion which is not good at least they should wait for a week time for others to put in their views.i also used to react like this in the starting but now with time i have known and understood to wait at least some time to get enough responses on disc before giving away br.

If anyone follow FAQs then he/she has to give best response after 7 days.But still it depends on persons whether he/she satisfied with the answers.Sometime it took 6 hours or 1 days.But for me I took at-least 3 days to give best responses.

I´ve always asked myself the same question. It´s been quite some time since I´ve started a discussion but I always waited for at least five days before giving best response. I think it´s better to wait so people from all over the world has a chance to be rewarded with b.a. And let´s be honest we all like to have this opportunity :-)

Actually my friend, I usually forget...lol. But when I don't, generally I wait a week or until I'm not getting daily responses. If it's been 3 days and there are no more responses coming, I will wait another couple of days then give one. I certainly do not do it within the first day.

I have chosen a best response in a short amount of time before. I honestly thought I did choose the best response that I was looking for.

i also wonder why other people give up so easily. i mean, even if i already got lots of good responses and comments, i do not easily give best response marks. i do not have exact time frame on choosing but i do not choose so fast. i just do not feel choosing, or maybe it's behind my thoughts that just like what you mentioned, we are living in different time zones that you might me off when i am on, and vice versa.

I try to wait at least a day so i can give time for more people to respond to my discussions, other times i just leave them for a while so i can give a best response.

I find it pretty annoying when people do that! It is totally up to the individual when they award these things, but in reality, just like you say, you have to give all your friends a chance to respond. There may even be people out there who will not respond to a discussion if they see that the BR has already been awarded! If so, then they will be doing their discussion a disservice by awarding the best response so soon. I usually wait at least a month. Once I have forgotten all about it and then one day realise that I need to do it!

I think its the prerogative of the one who posted when to give the best response. If the comment posted is what the one who posted the topic wanted to come out based on his own criteria, then maybe the time element is not a factor to be considered unless the topic is to solicit more views. But to make the topic more expansive and to broaden one's perception and views,then time is a good criteria to be considered. When the topic posted is a specific purpose that will serve him best , I don't think that he/she has wait for a week to decide to whom is the best response be given. For me, I don't wait long before I give the best response. As long as the comment suits my objective of posting the topic, i readily give my rating even before it reach 18 hours. Thank you also for giving me the idea that 'time ' can also be a good criterion in giving the best response. :-)

usually i got best response within 5 hours of time,i simply marked it when i got required respose for my dicussion. i dont know why the best response is marked,is there is advantage of getting it ,i dont know because i am very new to mylot.

Personally I have always wondered why there are some that give out Best Responses that quick. I could see if someone really responded back with something that you just really felt was worthy of Best Response, but most of the time you would think they would want to give a chance for others to respond first. I know if a person was to check out my Discussions I have started you would find that I am way behind in responding back to most of them, and giving out Best Responses, but even if I could keep up I would not be giving out BR that quick.

I wait way too long most of the time, but that's because I hate to do it... I talked to one newbie and she said that she was just so excited that she wanted to pick quick. I don't have any idea why an older member might do it - tho I did once because I needed a quick answer and the one I got from one person made up my mind and I BR really quickly... and looking back, I probably still would've given him the BR...

I've had a few people give me a best response minutes after I'd posted it and only a few hours after they had posted the discussion. What I do is go to my unresolved discussions that I've started and I go to page 5 and continue until I'm done with all the discussions. I dont do every one I only give best responses on the ones that have 5 or more comments. Its usually discussions that are a few months old because a lot of times my discussions get comments long after the first few days and weeks and I dont like to choose a best response to early.

Hi jenny, I too have seen that some members give out the BR the moment they get 6-7 responses...In my own case I wait for years lol...seriously speaking I am yet to give out BR for some of my earlier discussions started 3-4 years ago .I am planning to spend a few minutes each time I am on mylot to tackle this issue...all the best

Hello, My guess is that they had their question answered and no longer wish to receive advice. They don't want to discuss the topic any further. Hope that answers your question.

I have only started a few discussions but the ones I did start I waited at least a week. I have gotten some replys a year later, so waiting a week isn't that long! After all it just makes sense to wait until you think all of the replies are in before you pick the best. Even a week may be to soon when you consider the different time zones.