Is this mylot discussions bashing day and mylots topics bashing day too? Sad .

@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
June 23, 2012 10:32pm CST
I have read some repetitive discussions fussing about repetition, now thats one for the books.also how our discussions are mainly lame and boring. So your take mylotters, is this mylot bashing day? I say if you do not like something here then you write some really 'sizzling interesting discussions that are never repetitive and show us poor mylotters how it is done?Also if our topics are all so repetitive you come up with some exciting new topics or else keep quiet about it.It is really easy to complain and oddly those who complain loudest seldom make many discussions at all. At least those of us who do make discussions are mostly doing our best, and if our best is not good enough, so be it. hatley here.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
24 Jun 12
To each their own. The myLot creal contains plenty of fish - some large, some small, some with great imagination, some simple - the list goes on. Choose who you wish to mix and mingle with. You have the freedom here. So what's the problem?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi yes indeed love the way you put that. The problem is for me and maybe others that some seem intent on bashing mylot yet they never really contribute much to make any changes. yes to each his' own, But just once I would love to see some positive discussions on what good things mylot has to offer.I guess I care too much about mylot but know what I am not alone in that, others here also care what happens in mylot.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
24 Jun 12
I think there are enough topics that praise myLot to the skies. So put on your skates and go searching. Good Luck!
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
24 Jun 12
There are users here who would be even willing to bail out myLot should the need arise!
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@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
24 Jun 12
I agree with you Hatley. I can see a lot of discussions that are the same. I'm not suggesting that are just copycats or just modified ones but who knows they are personal experiences. But the thought is just the same. I even answered a lot of them. Easy? yes, because it was my another answer from a previous discussion. Hope we can help each other make this a site of many discussions with no a little duplication. That's why it is always an awesome idea to put some of the TAGS before finally posting our response, to have a close to accurate result when we SEARCH on DISCUSSIONS. Thanks Peace to everyone
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
mikyung and kul this is one of the great reasons why its so lovely'to see new mylotters like you mikyung come in with fresh ideas and enthusiasm and add to our better discussions. If wed all do our best and check not to make a duplicate my lot will j ust get better an betteer. iiii
@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
24 Jun 12
I agree with you kul2010. Sometimes I found it so disappointing to see some unique discussions, so to speak, was being modified into a better one with twist. I hope they should find time to search. Thanks
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@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
24 Jun 12
Thanks Hatley for that. I will do my best to continue what I'm doing right now. Good luck to all of us
• Philippines
24 Jun 12
Hello hatley, who cares? if they're newbie then that's their problem and it proves that they don't belong here to begin with.instead of them complaining, they should come up on their or else shut it. i don't think this site is aiming or looking for the best bloggers in town. but those who can participate while following the rules of this site.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi letran who cares? you are right of course yet I guess since mylotg in a big way saved my life when I had been forced to retire I feel I owe her something. I was feeling like an old used up shoe unwanted and useless and mylot gave me a whole new slant on life and I felt like I was still useful if only to help; my friends here..I really had come close to just doing away with myself.old people in thnje US are not looked on with any great love but you and all my other many mylot friends accepted me as a fellow mylotter and did not mind my beinig retired and elderly.I love your last sentence,as usual you make great responses letran,.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
24 Jun 12
How are you mam? Ohhhh you read some repetitive discussions I think some people like me if not join mylot regularly then they forget previous discussions and start the same discussion with other title. But mam whenever some thoughts comes in our mind then we start the discussion on that point not know the same discussion is started from others.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi surekharathi oh I am lovely but my computer and monitor were ill so now have them repaired and am so glad to be back., I have not seen you dear for a while. ravi hi you both are so right and I have said that a lot of so called repetitions are not as while they use the same topoic their slant is com pletly different all together so that is not a rep;etition,. to me a repetition is one in which all is exactly worded the same and with the same exact slant.I trust the admins and if my discussions are apparoved by them then the dissenters are free to use some time to show me how to make new unusual discussions,. usually those gripers are the ones who never make discussions.I say again put up gripers or keep quiet.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
24 Jun 12
surekha: I agree with you . A few of us do not come every day but once in a few days and at that time whatever strikes our mind that is posted as a discussion. Obviously for the person who initiates that is an interesting and important matter. For others who may be watching regularly possibly it is repetition. However the way it is communicated might be different. good day.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
24 Jun 12
Hatley aunty: nice you have corssed 51K. I remember when I joined actively in mylot in May 2011 you were in 40Ks+. yes. repetition should be avoided. if there are repetition topics of course other members will bring it to the notice. Hope you are keeping fine health. good day.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi ravisivan wow I did didn't I? Yes we need to avoid repetition but again we shou ld remember that a lot of topics can have mu ch different slants. while one may talk about thinking teachers' have it tgo easy with long summer vacations, I cou ld come along and make a d iscussion on a teacher whom I had in school who actually changed my life for the better. the other one is a rant while mine is really completely different. I am staying really healthy . did not sleep well last nioght so am going ]to lie down for a couple of hours and get some needed sleep.from hatley
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
This is actually good idea. Maybe, if I think about it I might start a topic on bashing mylot topics. I think I would put a completely different swing on it and approach. True, someone could say this "topic has been covered" but I don't see a problem with giving a different viewpoint on a discussion I might start. Thanks for the idea. I do agree that if someone finds something lame and boring to go on to the next.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi Bluedoo wow you are past the thousand mark now. thats what I have alkways said, one topic may have two completely different view nd be completely a whole new discussion. If we find something boring then go on to other discussions and try to help the situation and not be part of the problem. Make discussions you feel are interesting and someone will come by and responv as the subject touched them in some way and wass totally interesting to them.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi bluedoll yes its true that a lot of our discussions rise because something has bothered us and we want t o share, and even ask why, and learn from each o ther.Mylot is people from all over, and they bring new interest and new ideas and if we listen and learn, we can find a lot of joy from being here and participating.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
In every person is a new fresh story, a life worth telling and experiences unique for sharing. In discussions though, there will be comments some of which might even be honest that might say they are bored. It is sad though for a person to say they are bored. Isn't it? It is like saying they are unhappy that they are living. I always felt that it was a sin to be bored as long as I had a mind I should find something to be interested in. To be honest though I've had low times when I felt like giving up and everything like a bad taste in my mouth from an upset tummy made me think boring. Still, I felt at the time that it was yet another sickness. We all can become chronic complainers when everything is sadly wrong for us. We feel this way and it rubs off as we interact. The trouble is, if you read bashing remarks, you don’t always know what is going on with people and can only hope they can get over whatever it is that brings them down. Thanks for making this topic. Anyone should see just how important mylot topics can become and how they are far from boring because in the topic there is a very interesting and unique person.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
24 Jun 12
Honestly it seems like mylot's just going through one of their viscious cycles. We've all complained about something here before, but the most common thing to gripe about is the repetivitness of the discussions, which in itself is a repeat! I say if someone new can come up with a discussion that hasn't been trampled to the ground here already, then bring it on and more power to them! Most of us are here for friendship and checking up and catching up with out friends, learning from the, getting advice from them, etc. We don't have time to worry if what they are asking hasbeen trampled to the ground before or not.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi SomeCowGirl you do so remind me of HWG who used tobe here and her wonderful common sense out look on things. Its funny that in complaining about repetition the mylotter makes yet another repeated discussion bemoaning all the repetition and the lame discussions. I am like you ,I make most of my discussions based on my own life and problems . I am here to help my manyfriends here when I can and to enjoy their friendship and share and care with them. I too learn from my friends and sometimes I teach them too.Your last sentence is exactly what I feel and wish others could see that.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
24 Jun 12
What else is new? This will always be a problem form time to time. It is part of life and part of our lives revolve around Mylot! This is how I look at it! If I see bashing on Mylot I just leave it alone and ignore it. There are more important things to worry about in life then Mylot bashers!
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi blue65packer well you should know, about bashing I must say. If nobody cares then nothing ever changes and if someone cares why mo ck them or make fun of them, here in mylot we are all asked to respect each others ideas even if ours does not agree, so I just ask respect mine as I will respect yours. we are perhaps polar opposites and there s not a thing wrong with that.We are no longer friends, but we need not be enemies. okay?
@nonersays (3335)
• United States
24 Jun 12
I agree. If they find the current discussions so boring and repetitive, they can come up with some fresh new discussions to throw out there. Surely they must be overflowing with brilliant ideas! If all they can think of to make a discussion about is how bad other discussions are then they are not really adding to the non-lame, non-boring discussions out there, and they just managed to bore themselves with their own lame discussion.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi nonersay yes indeed they want new scintillating wonderful discussions let them put their money where their mouth is and produce these brilliant and exciting discussions.I am sure'that lots of wonderful mind blowing ideas. instead they make a discussion bellyaching about other discussions and frankly that one is boring to me lol.
@much2say (55318)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jun 12
Hiya Hatley! This is interesting because that's what I was thinking yesterday . . . I think we must have read some of the same discussions regarding these "repetitive, lame and boring" discussions!! Seriously, why disrespect the people they are trying to get respect from, right? No need to bash the network of folks who try to help each other. The bulk of us truly are doing our best. If they don't like it, they don't have to be here.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hio much2 say thats it exactly why disresp edt the people who are trying to get respect from.most of us like to help each other and enjoyh the friendships we have made here. some of my friends have weathered cancer and come through to defeat it. If I ha d not respnded to their discussions I wou ld still be wondering how they came out. Its a great place to learn from each other and help each other too.if these disclaimers do not like the way my lot is then they are free to go else where.
@narnia007 (1050)
• India
24 Jun 12
Hey,I am writing here to participate in your discussion here.But I could not resist to see the the 10 star rating and the number of responses you have made here.I was really surprised to see and even more surprised to see that a man at you age could participate so much in mylot and help out the people here.I could see that you are now more into enjoying mylot rather than seeing it as a source of earning money.Hats off to you mate and if everyone enjoys mylot as much as do,surely this place will be a lot more entertaining.Happy mylotting and you inspire me.
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@narnia007 (1050)
• India
25 Jun 12
I am sorry hatley.I did look into your profile the first time.But your big numbers hid me from seeing that it mentioned female there.I am really happy to see that you still do things in the name of your beloved husband.And also being active and the willingness to share your knowledge and experience. My actual name is naren.In that I took the first three letters and the last one.Then instead of writing the letter e,I used the vowels before and after it-(a,i).Now it read Narnia.Just my own innovative way of writing my own name.I have not heard about the novel you mentioned.I would check that out soon.
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
24 Jun 12
Mommy At times i wonder what topics are not covered in my lot discussions? I have always tried to share my feelings, my cultures.. Happy posting, cheers. Kalyani
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
hi Kalyni so good to see you again I too usually make discussions from my own life and feelings, and even this one is from how I reacted to some discussions putting my lot down so much.I think a lot of us do make discussions from our own lives, and our feelings.I love how we all share cultures and customs as it helps us to know one other so much better. I think too discussions c oming from our own lives 'really cannot be boring as we are all the same but different too. viva la difference.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
24 Jun 12
Sorry if you feel that way, I haven't noticed. I'm probably one of the guilty ones though. I often have a hard time thinking of something to discuss in the first place as my life right now is pretty much a bore with surgery only coming up and living in this dump, etc. I will try to think of some other discussions that will please people. If not then I guess I'll just go to another site and not bother anyone here.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
nailtech forget me, I am sorry you are having a bad time healthwise, as I know looking forward to surgery is no fun. I doubt if you are one of the guilty ones. I have always enjoyed your posts since you came here. You are not having the best of times and forgived me but when I have been there myself, I leaned a bit on mylot friends not having many here in this retirement center as all mine are working people offline but my many mylot friends were there for me when I was having health problems like you are. You like a lot of people have written from your heart and I was drawn to your discussions too.Don't leave here as you are a wonderful contributor . look I did not mean to step on toes, and you did nothing to make me feel like I have in this discussion., I just had to tell what I felt as a long time mylotter, just sticking up for my fellow mylotters and our my lot is all.I think that all in all we all do the best we can and if we are doing that, who is to say nay?
@keoni108 (42)
• United States
24 Jun 12
I think people dont like writing discussions because you dont get any money for doing so. I think you should get money for writing discussions that get lots of responses to them. Anyways, it is also hard to write good discussions, further discouraging people to put any effort into writing them. I agree though, that people who whine about repetitive discussions should try to come up with their own discussions and see how hard it is.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
keoni let me tell you you are way wrong,no you do not get paid for our responses to your discussion, but if you will type comments to all the responses you get you will be paid and paid well. I think someone has fed you the wrong information. always check in the guidelines to see the true information. now go make some discussions get those responses then type your comments to each response and you will see your earnings really grow.I made a dollar the other day mostly from the comments I made to the responses I got on my discussion.yes discussions do pay when you do the work of typing comments remember you only get paid for what you yourself type and so go type up responses and comments galore as it will pay you.
@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
24 Jun 12
G'Day..Ms.Hatley, I guess the old expression is appropriate here; "you can please some of the people, some of the time, but NOT all of the people, ALL of the time!" And the old philosophy, is the "glass half-full or half-empty?" YES..on my daily speed trip thru the discussions of myLot, there has been an increase in dissention...but I am wondering if there is an underlying current of unrest due to the consistent operation problems? I started my "bail-out" discussion due to frustration! I love myLot...but I can only dedicate so many hours to participation..as I am still part of the workforce! When I can't post..can't respond, or posting is slower than summer to arrive here...I GET very antsy, perplexed and frustrated! Yes, my discussion was a bit of a bashing..but truly wondered if there is something WE can do...to keep this special place up and running at full tilt...or if we could NOT be ALERTED when there is dysfunction? And CONGRATS...on passing the 51,000 mark...WOW!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Jun 12
ho pergammano yes its so true, you cannot please all of the people all of the time. so we all need to do our best and also be upbeat and enthusiastic about mylol. I agree that all the glitches have really been irritating and not conducive to mylotting at our best. I loved your bailout discussion and if I had more funds I would of course join in.But I do not see anything broke in mylot so I do not think we need to do a lot of changes just participate more and be more upbeat. we should be alerted to maintenance problems and then we would not get so antsy aS we would know what is going on here.It was not your discussion that triggered mine but those who claim all our discussions are lame and boring,. thats just not true, not true at all. Some are so I say don't like it move on to some other topics and quit b.i.t.ch.ing about it.Also if we are totally dissatisfied then start making some excellent new exciting discussions yourselves and not just complain on and on and on, u
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
25 Jun 12
if topics are not at all interesting to them, they should just move on and find another interesting discussion.. there are so many. plus i could not see the point in bashing, nothing is gained there. If they really do not like most of the what is here then they should leave i guess.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Jun 12
I think that there are some people that are just generally negative people and those people are individuals that are going to try to find fault with everything that other people are doing. I also think that there are people of all kinds here on mylot and for every discussion that someone has started, there are going to be people that are naysayers to their discussions. For me, I just try to avoid the drama when it does exist.
@Suebee (2013)
• Canada
26 Jun 12
You are so right Hatley. As in one of my discussions I say that mylot is only as good as it's users. While I can understand some "hot topics" being repetitive discussions, the sky is the limit when it comes to topics. Surely people can find something of interest on here and if not, create a discussion that does interest you. If you're bored, maybe all you need is a break from mylotting. Some days are busier than others, producing more discussions, therefore more that may interest you. Some days are slower on here, some may even say boring but in that case, feel free to liven things up a bit!