Why Respond? (Little Rant, Sorry)

There are many times I will pass on a discussion if there is nothing I feel that I can contribute to it, even if they are a friend of mine. Personally with all the wonderful friends that I have made in here, and all the discussions that are being started each day there is always something usually I am interested in responding back too. For me it makes no sense responding back to something you are not interested in or have knowledge of just because you want to earn something in here. Move on to something else.

I have come across this on more than one occassion. I personally just shrug it off. It is obvious that these people are just trying to get a rise out of you. If they didn't want to respond, I am sure that they wouldn't, however since they did I would have to say that they are just trying to get to you and the best thing to do would be to ignore them. I hate it when people give rude responses to something that I have writen, but I guess it just goes to show that some people have no class. Don't let it get you down, keep up the good work.

I have said , if you don't like the way I respond, don't ever read anything I write. It is sad when a person adds a comment Only to insult you.

My first discussion that I post here before was the conflict in Palestine between Israel where the peace talk is always collapse and not attain conclusions...there is only comments in that particular discussion but it's not the reason for me to stop doing things here...

I only reply to the discussions that I feel I can help with or that I might have some knowledge in.

I hope I've never done this to you. I have seen some responses which had no business in my discussions. Sometimes they get snarky comments from me, but most of the time I just ignore them. You should too!

I have had a few "friends" that expect everyone to respond to their discussions regardless of the topic, and would complain about others not responding to them. Since the guidelines tell us to only respond when we have something to contribute or that we can further the topic, I can't for the life of me figure out why people respond with "I wish I could help but I have no idea", and other such nonsense, especially when we are told specifically not to do that. No one should feel they have to respond to another, if you don't know about the topic and you don't want to know more then move on to another discussion. We aren't forced to respond here, it's a choice. Yes I have had a few mylotters here that their discussions annoy me, and I skip them. Sometimes I'm in the mood to read them, and at other times I don't even do that. If I'm responding in the discussion it's because I felt that I could give another perspective on the subject or I just liked the discussion. Different view points are great, and I don't think that's what your talking about, but the responses that just have that attitude of ugh, I'm responding to you yet again, just to post my response somewhere. Those are people that are here just for the money IMO. Since I have never been here for the money I only post where and when I want.

I usually do not even consider responding if it is not a discussion that interests me in some way. I do make a joke now and then, but I usually try to come up with quality responses. If I don’t think I can contribute something to the topic, I usually don’t bother typing anything. It doesn’t really bother me if someone just seems to think they are doing me a favor by responding to my post, though, because in past jobs I have had, I have gotten pretty good at overlooking or ignoring people LOL

I don´t really mind that, but of course I don´t comment on those answers. If there is nothing to comment, then why bother? There are many answers that are meaningful. I stick to those. Those are the ones that make me come again to mylot every day.

You should expect users like that here. This is a paid-to-post website. This means there will always be users who'll want to game myLot's system just to reach the minimum payout. If you really think the user responded with nonsense, you can always report the post, or rate it negatively. That's kind of the trick when you're dealing with online forums: when someone pisses you off, of course you'd want to get back at them. You can't let them get to you. Instead, you can use the forum's rules and guidelines to your advantage.

There are many personalities here! I've been told off, given illogical answers and got answers from people who only read the title. Shrug it off, move on.

I only answer discussions that I think interesting to me. I don't see reason to answer a discussion that I didn't liked, because I probably would not give a good response. Sometimes, I see some rude responses and I don't know why persons do this too, maybe they had a bad day or, unfortunately, some persons are just like that.

agree!! it's quite annoying when it is obvious that someone respond just for the sake of making another post, on the other hand I really like those response that are engaging and written in a way that makes you feel the person who respond really thinks about his/her response. When I don't feel responding to someone's discussion (for some reason) I won't respond even if the discussion creator is a friend or someone who I have some good conversation in the past. But for sure I will read the discussion and sometimes when I see some responses within the discussion that caught my interest I will definitely comment on that box.

Yeah I know what you mean. Some people just want to answer every discussion so that they can earn alot on mylot. It doesnt seems to matter wither they have anything to contribute. thats why mylot is careful on how they pay you. They make sure the members are not just writing nonsense.

Oh, I know! It's very annoying. I guess they feel the need to be condescending sometimes.

Don't feel like that! At least you got a response. I have a ton of friend here and very few actually answer my discussions but boy do they want you to answer theirs....I am always happy to answer my friends discussions...but also do others. If I don't know anything about what the discussion is about I do skip it...like things about computers.....I don't know enough about them to help someone out!

Hello lovingmybabies, I don't feel like I am doing someone a favor by responding to their discussions but rather I feel that the person starting the discussion did me the favor by posting a discussion I can respond to. I look at my glass as being half full, not half empty so when someone responds with nonsense then I try to think of it as I helped them to earn by starting the discusssion in the first place. You are going to find all kinds of people here in mylot and you aren't going to like every one of them. I just ignore these people and don't say much to them. If I find a discussion that one of my friends started and I have nothing to add to it I don't bother responding, but only because I don't know what to say and I don't want to be one of those people you are talking about. Good luck and cheers my friend, Chris

That is too funny because I only found this discussion after posting a discussion regarding the same thing. Someone responded to one of my discussions and you could clearly tell they didn't even read he discussion. I don't really see the purpose of that. Why even bother to type something if it doesn't even pertain to the conversation. But I guess there will always be those who don't want to take time to actually read something, only to try to earn a few cents.

Hi, Loving, don't get upset. MyLot is a model of the real life. Do you notice that more and more people don't listen when you talk to them? Some of them give the same inadequate answers because they just want to say what they think. Some people here make the same thing hoping to earn a few cents more. But many myLotters are nice people and that's why we are here. Happy myLotting.

I believe that whenever you respond to a discussion it only means it catches your attention and so as you go to discuss with it there is that interest to exchange views and so to further the discussion. Just select and do not bother to comment in a way that will only give the one who started the discussion a disgust. Give respect to others.Even their views and beliefs can be straighten up or likened in an educated, loving manner. Nothing to lose if you will just leave topics that do not suit your taste and why waste time just to offend. It is better to collect friends that to pile up negativities. I have encountered myloters like what you have pointed out but I just do not mind their comment and still I respond politely.