How do I know that you have read my comments?

Hello Deepak, I understand your concern but before telling my reply to you, I wish to ask, what will/can you do when the poster won’t reply to your response you posted it spending your valuable time? Your answer may be ‘nothing’ so it is all upto the person who started the topic, we can’t compel anybody here. Now I will tell you how I read my comments. I will read those comments in my inbox first before signing in mylot. If anybody asked anything special then I will sign in mylot and write the reply there, most probably I am busy in that time so I will open those comment in mylot later and rate it positively. Here I assure you that I always read all the comments in my inbox and later in mylot for rating the same. If I felt to add something further then only I can write there. I too add emoticons to acknowledge the comments but mostly I do it with my own topics only.

Hi, dear. That is exactly the thing that sometimes makes me wonder. How will I be able to know if my comment has been read and if the owner of the discussion actually commented back. We have no way of finding that out but through checking our notifications which we can only do via our email we use to sign up in Mylot. I'm one guilty person about this because sometimes I do not comment back after the owner of a particular discussion has responded. I do not open my mail more often.Again, my bad. And sometimes there are just too many discussions that I have responded that I can no longer remember them all and have the time to go through them one by one again. Heck, I do not know if my comment was read or responded back by. Sorry...

Hullo Deepak! I have never thought twice about this. Whenever we post a response, we eagerly look forward to a comment from the person who started the original post. Similarly , when we ourselves have posted a discussion we look forward to the response of friends and other members. I have naturally assumed that the person who writes a response to my discussion topic would be eager enough to check if there was a comment from the person .

An emoticon showing that one has seen the comment/response but has no counter comments to offer is a good idea. I have gone past this stage of wondering why I do not receive comments. A long chain of interaction is no doubt the essence of this site but if not a chain atleast one comment to our responses would be a great thing really here as not many think it necessary to do so.

I actually tend to agree with you sweetie. Most don't read the comments what to say respond again. I think they think that responding once is enough. Where is the fun in that?

Hello dpk Although I have no hard feelings if someone does not comment back to me, as there are times that maybe the discussion starter really can't add any words to what I have stated. I do have a tendency to elaborate a great deal with my responses that really the discussion starter could probably only say I agree, and as we know that is not allowed. However, there are many instances that I can see due to my high activity here where many do not comment only but once and or twice, leaving loads of responses without any comments. I can understand a member not having much to say, but then I wonder why discussion after discussion is created. I am not sure they understand the site function well. What I tell many members here is that if they neglect to comment there is no way for the responders to know that their well thought out and at times researched responses are even read. Sadly when this happens way too many times the responders completely stop responding to this type of discussion starter. I enter all discussions with my offline mindset where if asked a questions and or told a statement I do not stare off into space. Generally offline I would have a comment back, so same here my friend. So I say that even an emoticon, a brisk of wind, lol anything and something as I have seen it happen many times before where a member use to get loads and loads of responses and no matter how interesting the topic is members outright refuse to respond where no acknowledgement is ever made.

Here, I will speak about the time when I was pretty much active here. I used to go to the 'responded' tab and found out the comments and used to comment back. That was easier since I did not ever get notification. I wish I could get more time to come here regularly and take up the old threads and work on them. Nothing like being a part of an interesting conversation, like yours.

You can't know. I read every comment that is written under my post but sometimes I have nothing to add . So I just give them a + and move on.

hi dpk okay with the same logic how do you know I or any other mnyotter did not read your comment? we might not always put a second comment but I read back on various discussions all the same. you have to remember that most of us have jobs and families wo we do 'mylotting whenever we can. but assume some of us at least will comment on comments and meet others there and make your discussion really take off splendidly. trust some of us will be back again and again.Yes I do that too with emoticons as they can say things better sometimes than I can. hugs from hatley

i always try to go back to the comments as long as i have something to add up. sometimes, time is only lacking with me which prevents me from commenting back.

I always read the responses given. If I can respond back, I will definitely respond. But if I do not have ideas, to respond, I do not respond back. I tried my best, to do a good interaction, by continuously responding to the discussion, and respond again, the responses given.

That is why it is imperative to counter comment on every responses... Like you when I am lazy I just put on an emoticon, or if I am just downright angry... I only have one thought whenever my responses are not commented: it was not read...

I try to have 'last word' on all the discussions I start (not necessarily 'in every thread' of those discussions, but at least 'as indicated by the "last response"-link on the discussion's listing), and not so much on discussions started by others. In responding to a comment, you're generally either agreeing with them (more-often-than-not, hopefully) or disagreeing. And usually when you agree, that's the 'last word' in that thread. I usually only re-respond to comments on my comments on others' discussions if 1) they ask for clarification or 2) they NEED more clarification than they got

Usually the responder would get a notification in their inbox if a comment has been posted in their box. But the discussion starter would not get notification of further comments being posted on their discussion but that doesn't mean that they don't have to check their discussions often, right? I agree that putting emoticons is a good way to show that one has already read the comments.

Hi Dpk.... Do u know i have read your discussion over than three times and try to respond it too for over than three times?...lol..this happen because my internet connection which error now. Now...for your question.. Theare is no way unless we re comments back or i send you email that i had.read your comments. ..Lol

hello dpk, I admit I am guilty when it comes to sub-comment and commenting back to all responses that comes to my box when responding to friends topic. I am sure you know that I do not receive notification from mylot for almost a year now. So, the only way for me to know that my comment or response was responded back by the topic starter is to scan back all topic that i responded. It takes time for me to do that, so most of the time I cannot make a comment back..sorry about this.

Hello dpk262006, I don't know about other people because most of them are too busy to respond to different topics. but let me tell you about my experience or how I do it, most of the time, i come back to the responded discussions to see who has already commented on me, and i realized that some are commenting back and others continue to start discussion. sometimes i comment back and sometimes it's not necessary

I guess you just have to trust that your comments are being read. Sometimes there isn't anything more to say after the first post. I don't like to make posts just to make a post so I won't answer unless there is something else to say. To tell you the truth I never thought about how you would know if your posts are read or not. I get notifications when there is a response, I'm not sure if everyone does or not. Putting an emoticon is a good idea!

I always try to comment back . This shows I have read the response and also my views regarding the response . Since it is my discussion I feel it is a prerogative to express my standpoint as regards the response . I may not always assert it but it is also a civility on my part .

I don't think you are supposed to just post a emotion without saying something useful with it. We are not supposed to say thanks for the comment or response as that is against the guidelines. I want to post the link to show you where it says that but because I am new here it won't let me copy and paste yet. I read all the comments on my responses from my email box and if there is something more to say about the subject I will log in and comment back but if there is no more to say about the subject, and not just a thank you, I won't say anymore. I do read all my comments but there is no way for you to know that if I don't comment back and I guess that's all the discussion you and I had about the subject and it is ove between us. It doesn't mean that the discussion is over for you though because you will probably get more replies to comment to. Happy mylotting my new friend, little missy signing off for now