Friends who are no longer active on mylot.
By dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58678)
Delhi, India
July 7, 2012 1:05am CST
Hi all!
For me it has been a long journey here on mylot. I am here for many years. During my journey here I came across many mylotters who in due course became my good friends as good as real friends.
I learnt a lot from them. I try to remain in touch with those friends who are inactive on mylot through communication channels other than mylot.
I miss their interesting discussions/responses. I know that many of them remain busy because of their personal commitments and just can not come for mylotting.
I too am not active now a days as I would like to be. However, I always wish that old friends could come occasionally and join me in my discussions and I could join them in their new discussions.
I keep the notifications 'on' for dear friends and my mail inbox tells me whether any of them have started a new post and I come to know that they are back on mylot.
Do you miss your older friends on mylot with whom you had a type of bonding in the initial years of joining mylot.
Have a great weekend to all.
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35 responses
@SViswan (12051)
• India
9 Jul 12
I know exactly what you mean, Deepak and I'm sure one of the 'friends' you mentioned is me :-) As you know, I got busy with other commitments. I'd like to be here more often but that just can't be the case:-(
To answer your question, I do miss my mylot friends sometimes but I can't blame anyone especially since I am not here myself.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi SV!
Nice to see you here and needless to mention that you are one of the oldest friend here and your witty responses/posts are missed, when you are busy elsewhere.
I also remain busy in my new assignment and do not find time for mylotting.
I posted a discussion after a long time and the purpose was to connect with 'friends' and to bring them back on the board through this discussion. I believe that I've succeeded in my goal.
I could see responses of 'dear friends' and it is always great fun to see their responses.
Thanks for joining us even after your busy schedule.
@viji_v2 (727)
• India
7 Jul 12
Hi deepak, I know you are very senior in this site long before. And yes I missed to see you around here for some weeks after I rejoined here.
Everyone of us are busy sometimes in our real world and can't go through the online world. I would try to come here if I find time to spend in online now a days than spending most times earlier.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi viji!
It is nice to hear that my absence was being felt, when you re-joined here.
Yes, each one of us has got busy in off line activities and many a times even if we wish we just don't manage to come to mylot.
Hope to meet you again here on mylot.
Thanks for joining us.
@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
7 Jul 12
hi viji, how you doing dear? i know your responsibilities have increased and you now have less of free time, but do interact with all your virtual friends as and when you can carve out sometime.
@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
9 Jul 12
Hello Deepak, Nice emotional discussion which surely will bring back many lost friends if they are still here on mylot. Indeed we all miss mylot and our friends on mylot and the wonderful time that we all had here together. Mylot for you and me is not just an ordinary site, but special place which became origin of our long lasting friendship,together with few more, you know all about them. But as they say life is like a flowing river....where we flow with some waves up to some point and then change our directions.......but let me add that though the directions may differ, the memories are stored deep inside our hearts and we all remember them and smile even if we are alone. Have a nice day.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
I wrote whatever I felt like and it is an honest statement.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi aps!
If my discussion is emotional, then your response is 'emotional' too.. I remember we all used to have wonderful time here in discussion with chain comments.
I miss your interesting and humorous responses to my posts. I know you remain busy in other activities and do not find time to come here.
Yes, it is true mylot helped us connect and we have some very good friends whom we found through mylot.
I posted a discussion after a long time and the purpose was to connect with 'friends' and to bring them back on the board through this discussion. I believe that I've succeeded in my goal.
One of the [b]best responses so far.
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Thanks for joining us.
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@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
7 Jul 12
hi dpk,
long time ha? its been really too long since you posted a discussion here. and i can see your friends peeping in and i am no exception. i just checked my mailbox and as soon as i landed on the email notification of your discussion i couldn't resist coming over. yes initial months after joining mylot comes over as addiction where one certainly cannot resist spending hours here.and even now whenever i get time i come in here to relax and chill out. but unfortunately my regular lot too is missing these days and i am really missing their company. i just hope those fun days could come back again.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi Khare!
It has been a long time when we connected/I connected with old friends. I too remain busy in my new assignment and I do not find as much time as I used to spend here some months ago.
I've posted a discussion after a long time and the purpose was to connect with 'friends' and I understand that I've succeeded in my goal. I could see responses of 'dear friends' and it is always great fun to see their responses. It also proves that at least for my new discussions they keep their notifications 'on', which is an honour for me.[em]thumbup[/em
Hopefully, your regular lot will also join you sooner or later, provided you are more visible here.
Many thanks for joining and sharing.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
12 Jul 12
It is nice to hear that you keep the notification 'on' for all your friends and keeping checking the notifications for discussions in between.
I should consider myself lucky that you got to see my notification and could respond to my post. Thanks again.
@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
10 Jul 12
its my pleasure to be here. And i have my notifications on for all my friends. Its just that sometimes i couldn't even check my notifications and miss out some good discusions. But anyways luckily i got to check your notification and registered my presence here.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
8 Jan 13
That's real nice deepak.
The good thing about being in mylot is we get to know people because of their discussions. The discussions are their inner thoughts and this reflects what kind of person the writer of the discussion is.
I wonder how many years you have been here?
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jan 13
Hi Aja!
Yes, through mylot we get to know many unknown persons and in the long run and through regular interaction they become good friends. It is very correct that their discussions tell a lot about them and their personality.
I am here for approximately six years and I continue to be here as long as I could be.
Thanks for joining.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jan 13
You see am a dedicated and sincere mylotter that is why so many number of posts against my name.
I wish that mylotters like you could last on this site for years to come.
All the best.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
I see, so that's why you already reached over 12 thousand posts! Amazing!
I hope I can last here that long too and continue to learn from other people here and befriend them too.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
17 Dec 15
Mylot is more active again. If you were to return you would see many old faces as well as a lot of new ones.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
21 Dec 15
Are you rendering this advice to me?
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
21 Dec 15
@Morleyhunt - You would find very few old mylotters who are active even now. I did not leave mylot since I joined this site in 2007.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
@dpk262006 if I was, you clearly are aware that the site is active. When I am led to older posts I comment. Sometimes the person is active, other times they may have long forgotten their Mylot account.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
8 Jul 12
Yes I do miss some of my old friends, especially a dear friend who helped me. We touch base every once in a while. I'm glad you are still here. Keep in touch.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
It is nice to hear from you. Friends like you are always present in my discussions which makes me feel happy. Thanks for joining.
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@youless (112562)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Jul 12
I will be glad to see the old Mylotters to be active here again. Lately I know that PageTurner is back. I forgot his last username in Mylot. But I remember in the past his avatar is a bear covering the eyes. Perhaps you also remember him.
I love China
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
I am not sure about PageTurner because s/he probably is not in my friends' list.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
8 Jul 12
Hi dpk, I agree that many old members are not active these days, but this happens on all sites.Members get busy with something else and may be come back after a couple of years and so on..I too find many of my regular friends missing and I do wish they would come back and start posting ..all the best and have a relaxing day Deepak
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi Kiran!
It is nice to see you here. I can understand that members keep coming and going on various sites but we always long to see our old friends on the board to join us.
This post of mine brought back old timers here and am happy to see them all.
Thanks for joining us.
@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Jul 12
It seems my original post did not post - argh!!!! Rewrite:
Hi dpk!
How have you been? You're one of the ones I've missed in a long time! Where have you been - or have we just not crossed paths lately? I'm trying to be here whenever I can - when there are pockets of time which could be at any moment. We moved to our house . . . construction is now all done, so we are unpacking and cleaning . . . but it's taking sooooo long to do it all as there is so little time. During the day both kids have their own schedules for the summer - so we are out a lot - and obviously things cannot be done at home if we are gone! ANYWAY - good to see you now and I can jump in on your discussion - it's been a while! You always have something interesting to say, so always glad to comment to your discussions. Yah, there are a few myLotters I haven't seen in a long time . . . I hope they are doing well and will come back at some point again. You know my "privacy" situation - and I still remain 100% anonymous here - so I can only connect to people here on myLot (though it would have been nice to communicate with everyone when the site was down . . . and boy was it DOWN earlier in the week!). Hope you are doing well!! Take care, dpk!!
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi much2say!
Many thanks for your wishes..
Yes, you are right one always wishes to move up to the ladder and when start shouldering higher responsibilities, some of the leisure activities get reduced.
Hope you would reveal yourself one day to your friends.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi much2say!
It feels good that I rewrote what you intended to write. You know 'great friends think alike'.
I am doing fine. However, lately I've been keeping busy due to my office commitments. I have been promoted to a higher level and my Department has also changed. Higher responsibilities keep me too busy to come to mylot regularly.
It is nice to hear that you have finally moved to your new house. I can understand that you remain busy in errands, looking after your new house, family and kids and this leaves little time for mylotting.
It feels great to hear that you consider my discussions interesting and you love to join me in my discussions.
Yes, you are right there are occasions when the site is down, in that case, other channels of communications help and we could interact with others.
Would you consider resorting to other channels of communication with friends like me?
Thanks for sharing all about you.
@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Jul 12
Hi dpk!
Ah, well congratulations on your promotion!! That's indeed good news - you are moving up in the world!! But I know what you mean, higher up means more responsibilities - lots of changing and adjusting period!!
Yah, I look out for that baby face profile pic - hee hee - and I wonder where has the dpk been - hee hee!!! So it was nice to "see" you this week and that you have returned to myLot!
I know, I know . . . I need to get out of my hole and reveal myself to "friends"! One day, my friend, one day I'll be brave enough to do it!! Thank you for your kind offer!
Ok, now I'm going to go back to sleep. I hope I can - I see the sun beginning to peek through!! See you again soon!!!
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@allknowing (137552)
• India
7 Jul 12
That is the reason why I do not pick and choose whose topics I respond to or on whose responses I comment on. This way even if those who are frequent visitors to my page are not seen around I do not miss them.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
7 Jul 12
Hi Ak!
Nice to see you here.
Do you mean to say that you respond randomly and do not follow your friends' discussions as such or in particular. I can understand your point and this is the one way of 'not missing' any special friend.
Thanks for kick starting the post.
@allknowing (137552)
• India
7 Jul 12
I am in another forum though I hardly go there these days. I had several 'friends' there but I followed the same pattern that I follow here and there also I noticed that friends just left. This is a virtual world and those friends that you have converted to real ones they will be there whether they post here or not.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
7 Jul 12
Yes, you are right friends would always be there whether they join us on mylot or not.
For me they are real friends, I never considered them virtual.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Jul 12
Of course, I do miss my friends. The list is longer today with many oldies now remaining aloof... maybe they are busy or the dicussions mean not much to them. As personally I have observed the kind of discussions that we used to have here when I joined, today's majority of discussions lack quality... and over time, I too am losing interest here - the missing friends, the not much interesting discussions... the reasons are piling up
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi sid!
You are also a veteran here and I understand that you have a long list of friends who are no longer active here. Most probably, they would be busy in their off line activities and that would be more important for them.
Quality of discussions is not same as one would like it to be. Many fail to understand the meaning of 'discussion' here and they simply post their response/discussion and vanish.
Thanks for joining.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
8 Jul 12
I hope i am not the one who bring all of you loose interest in responding discussion..lol
we used to have a long chain discussion from more than two users in one box..but it is hard to find that again
a long chain and funny pllus silly comments..how i missed that much
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi Ifa!
Yes, you are right that we rarely see chain comments in discussions, which we used to see earlier.
Thanks for joining.
@shwetat195 (628)
• India
7 Jul 12
yes deepak, i do miss my friends. however life is not as easy as we think it is. i always wanted to participate in mylot however when things are not in our hands i leave it for future and dont think much about it. lest it would affect me.
Being a mother and a house care taker is not easy and really takes a toll to the extent that one wants to be left alone to sort things out.
thanks for this discussion. hope you would understand. i just could not make it to mylot for a while now.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hi Shweta195!
Yes, you are right that for many of us life is not as easy as one wishes. Sometimes unforeseen and compelling circumstances prevent us from coming here on mylot. I think most of us would love to log in here, provided we do not have other pressing commitments.
I can understand that you need to look after your home and your baby and while attending to errands and baby the day passes so soon that you do not realize.
Hope you will be able to spare some time to come to mylot whenever possible.
Thanks for joining and sharing after a long time.
@shwetat195 (628)
• India
17 Jul 12
thanks for this response. i do love to come on mylot however, i have few other priorities to be taken care for.
i really appreciate your efforts to get in touch with me and for this discussion.
thanks
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
9 Jan 13
Hi friend, sad to hear that you are missing your older friends, as you mentioned we have lot of offline commitments so it is hard to be active here forever. We can keep in touch with our good friends using other sites, by getting their emails and contact numbers. Hope your good friends will be active here again and my wishes for it
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
11 Jan 13
It is good that your friends (ex-mylotters) are now on FB and you remain in touch with them by either way.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
10 Jan 13
Hi VP -
How do you keep in touch with others (read mylotters) using other sites, if they are not members of those sites?
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
10 Jan 13
Most of mylot friends are in facebook and they are in my friends list, i will keep in touch with them using fb, also i have email contacts with some of my good mylot friends and i will contact them using their mails
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
9 Jul 12
Hi my dear "old friend" dpk! I've missed you!I haven't
been active much lately either and I too miss my "good old friends",
like you, for one~Been going through alot of personal stuff
and unfortunately have been depressed and letting "life" get in
the way. I don't know why I don't come around here because it
always make me feel better to connect with my "old buddies"
and find out what's been going on with them! My Mom's been
diagnosed with Dementia and alot of things have happened since
then and are horrifically unbelievable. People have been taking
advantage of her,robbing her, etc. I went to Florida in May
and will be going back the beginning of August. I will try
to spend more time here. I could use the $....
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi Opal!
It is heartening to know that you 'missed' me or my discussions.
I can understand that even if you wish, your off line commitments keep you very busy. You could try, whenever possible, you could come and join us.
I am sorry to hear that your mother is suffering from Dementia. I do hope she recovers soon and things get back to normal. My best wishes for her.
Thanks for taking time to join us here.
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
9 Jul 12
Are you talking about me?
I think most of my friends now are idle here. They must have activities elsewhere. Some are still active launching discussions after discussions, I noticed though that sometimes they just wrote 2 sentences discussions that looks like a poll than a discussion. I read them all, but I don't respond on all...
Missing them? I don't really know them. I don't even have their pictures...:(
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi Jen!
Need I tell you that am talking about you or not..
Yes, you are right that there are some who keep posting discussions in bulk and do not bother to read/comment on the responses.
It is not necessary to have someone's picture to miss him or her.
Thanks for enriching the post.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
9 Jan 13
I miss my all old friends but specially HWG because here discussion was good, always response on my discussions, funny responses write. I miss here too much but I think she will not join again because she was suffering from migrane and her problem was more. I miss my old mylotters their responses and my funny discussion I those days never came back.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
10 Jan 13
I can understand you missing your old friends. Some of the old mylotters were really fantastic and they used to post wonderful discussions/comments.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
7 Jul 12
It is nice when you have such nice time in here, mylot for long time. I joined mylot 1 year ago but i haven't been being active for 3 months so that i have friends on mylot list but i haven't met any one in person yet...
If i were in your shoes, i would miss them if they are no longer active on mylot more...
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
I feel as you grow older here on mylot and develop some bonding with fellow lotters, you would then realize their importance. When you won't find them here you might start missing them. Thanks for sharing.
@sjvg1976 (41289)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 12
Hello Deepak,
Even i am also not that much active these days but whenever i come here i miss my friends and always hope they come back and join me to make this place more funny.HWG is one member whom i miss very much due to her meaningful comments and guidance she used to give me on the discussions.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
You are right that when you develop a bond with some lotters and when you do not see them around, you miss them. Some of the lotters are busy in their off line activities and they have little time to come here.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
8 Jul 12
We have a lot of friends in this site, as it is the best place to make a lot of good friends around world. Some of our good friends are in active here due to various reasons like busy schedule, offline work, vacation and so on. We are missing our friends while they are not active here and expecting their reentry to this site.
Here we have the ability to send personal messages to our friends, and we can send pm to our friend to ask reason for their inactivity and found why they are not active here. Really we are missing our good friends if they are not active here and worry a lot about inactive friends. The pm option is really a great tool to keep in touch with our friends and we know about their present situation using it.
Always i send pm to my friend who is not active here, surely i will miss their comments and interactions while they are missing here and send pm to them to ask the reason. By this way, i make some of my friends to be active here again and have more fun and enjoyment with them. Do you send pm to your friend who is not active here? What will you do to make an in active friend to be active here again?
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi VP!
I am surprised to see you in your new avatar?
What happened to your old avatar?
You are right that we need to connect with our friends through PM, if they are absenting themselves from mylot. I PM them to communicate if the need arises.
Thanks for sharing.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
9 Jul 12
Deepak, this is my new account, i lost my old account and created a new one. I used this image for my new account