how you manages the replies who joined in your discussion?
By missjahn
@missjahn (4574)
Philippines
July 30, 2012 12:01am CST
before going anywhere and the last write - up for the moment because i will be heading to school now, let me share some thoughts; i am grateful to my newly found friends in mylot for joining my discussion. but i have some issue to ask - how do you manages the the replies of the members here in you discussion? for me, whatever type or style of sentences you construct, whether you like it or not, i have this pledge to answer it. i will not leave/ skip to another one i like, leaving it unattended. because i feel like it is kinda courtesy showing gratefulness for they somehow interact with your conversation. that is a sign of being gratitude. what about you, if you do not like the one conveyed to express a meaning, what you gonna do, leave it or attend to it? answer guys ---- thanks - bye for now , see you later.
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11 responses
@adforme (2114)
•
31 Jul 12
Whenever I mylot, the focus is on an exchange of communication. If someone responds to my discussion, I will make every effort to comment back. Whenever I respond to a discussion, I look for a comment after my response. I give the discussion starter time to make the comment. Sometimes I do not get a comment after a response, it really doesn't bother me. There are a variety of reasons for how one interacts or lacks interaction on mylot. I welcome an exchange of views, ideas, opinions, but I can appreciate someone having that choice to communicate or choice not to communicate.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
@adforme: nice scheme you have for not leaving any participated discussion unattended. as long as the conversation is still contextual, have an attitude like that, for if not, it made others think that they might said something bad or offensive words which not nice to hear or see. you are right that we are here to have an exchange and share ideas and so on. thanks for replying here :)
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
@sunshine - right at that. i am a newbie here also. it is exciting here. if someone will answer your topic, be happy with it because it means to say that they are attracted to your ideas. i really love it when they try to be engaged into the conversation you started. and that is the game we so like to play in ere at mylot. we are given chances to express our thoughts so be careful not to overuse it. thanks for posting in here ;)
@sunshine007 (100)
• United States
31 Jul 12
I'm new to mylot; however, I did open a discussion and I did get some comments and it was fun to answer and possible start a new discussion you just never know where your answer will lead you. So in response to your question I enjoy answering back to my discussion -- it's acknowledgement as well as an opportunity for me to expand on my topic and to show appreciation for the people who took the time to throw out a thought on the subject it means they're engaged in the conversation so to speak.
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
31 Jul 12
I don't think it really matters to me. Mylot is just a place for many people to come together and express their opinions whether I agree with them or not. I know there are some discussion writers that just write a discussion to make money and then not reply to it. So it really doesn't matter to me if the discussion writer doesn't reply to my response. I just like to reply to give the writer some advice and hope that I am helpful.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
it is okay to be like that. you are right at that. but interactions is nice even if it is not recommended. it is nice to know the thought of the author. for me, i really do not like to skip the response of others, whether i like the thought or not. it is the thought that counts and not just want to earn. if your topic is like a thread of conversation you can feel joy because somehow from the rest, your thought made sense because they open it and read it because you cannot say a thing if you do not read. thanks to you, for the opinion and such. ")
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
31 Jul 12
Well I have been here a long time and so my starting a new discussion in here most of the time unless there is something I feel I need to share or once I have had time to respond back and give out best responses to some of the ones I have already started. I just spend a lot of time when I can to respond back as well.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
oh yeah, users here can understand that not all of the people here are not all full-timers and that most of them were working or maybe busy in life. it is understandable that hanging in here may gives us lots of benefits. we can learn, informed to new trends and news in life, social aspect, traditions etc. and at the same time we can earn as well. at least you are trying your best to interact even through times you are busy and lacking time to answer it all. thanks for posting in here :)
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
31 Jul 12
I never leave a answer unanswered or chose to skip . Whenever I start a discussion I try to answer as much question as I can , because I feel all answer is important . I like when people respond to my discussion because it show that I have something interesting to share .
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
you know what, i encountered unpleasant answers already but still it is countable because it just few for i am just a newbie here. i still managed to answer it even already annoyed and almost out of patience. grrr - we cannot easily explode ourself to be temperament here because if so, we can form or express angrily and we can utter bad words already. so as long as we can hold it, stay nice and approachable. this is not the proper place to explode yourself to anger. thanks for posting here. ;)
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
Absolutely,..I don't skip any comment that I receive.
I tried my best to keep on track with comments from my own discussion.
Even with other topics that I've participated with, as long as I can manage to check back sub-comments, I try my best to go back and respond.
Although it gives me hard time sometimes due to my notification problem (I don't receive mylot notification for almost 2 yrs now due to glitch)-
but, whenever I got the chance to stumble again previous topics that I've responded, i check for any sub-comment.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
good for you jaiho, that is why you have lots of friends in here for having an attitude like that. you are just showing responsibleness. you can break a heart if you ignored others because you do not like the statement or the thought he may shared. i am pretty sure no one likes to be ignored. keep up the good work jaiho.
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
I agree with you. I also keep track all the comments to my discussions. Since this is a discussion, it should be interactive and I also want to thank all who respond that's why I try my best to comment back. If I found not so good comment well, that's their opinion and I can't argue with them. It's their right anyway. I still comment back and thank their thoughts. I really learn a lot from it that's why I love commenting back.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
i can say that for me commenting back or replying your post in a discussion shows gratefulness. right at that you must be thankful to any shared thoughts; bad or good, coz one of these or all of it may give you good advices that might enlightenment to any circumstances in life that abound in you. when you reply, they will think that you give importance to their sharing of thoughts and value their ideas. just do not skip to another one because that emphasize that you are ignoring them and that. thanks for the ideas! ;)
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
I make every effort to reply to the comments to what I've posted, although there are times where it takes me quite a while to comment back mostly because of my busy work schedule nowadays. But I plan not to leave any comment 'un-replied' to. Which reminds me, I still have a number of comments I've yet to read. I've been away from myLot for a couple of weeks, and just managed to sneak in a few minutes from time to time. 
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
that is so good of you. we must bear in our minds that our duty here does not stop from writing only a discussion but we have to take care our responsibility to be polite and considerate to reply to it whether we like or not on what a certain person said to a topic or write - ups. the involve person might understand even if it takes so long for you to reply because maybe he will think that you are busy of something. it cannot be denied to a person if you already replying because he can read it for even the article scrolled down in the list if being replied it will move up to the top and he will be able to to see who is the last who comment the write - ups... keep up the good work. :)
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
30 Jul 12
I check back regularly, and reply to everyone who has made a valid point in the discussion. Sometimes, there's nothing you really can say in response - say if someone has just left a oneliner reply that doesn't really add to the discussion - and in that instance, I don't reply, as I can add nothing new.
I still answer the responses if I don't agree with them - in fact, in some cases, it makes for a better discussion if you can debate points politely. The only replies I ignore are those that are either rude or meaningless. If someone is being confrontational, it's best to ignore it, and report the post if it's really bad. Responding to troll posts only makes things worse.
I agree that when you have started a discussion, you have a duty to manage it and reply to comments. I get really annoyed at serial discussion starters who post a discussion and never go back to it.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
oh yeah, well said. there are really times that there are no words to add. but i tried hard just to make a response, elaborating what he meant in his reply even if it is out of my topic already. we maybe out in track but at least i somehow trying to understand the meat of the sentences he tried to emphasize. that is my art and my way in answering out of the topic discussion been replied to your articles haha
thanks for replying here...
@simonelee (2715)
• China
30 Jul 12
Not all discussions i created has response, it depends in the mood. There are times that i even skip someone reply, not because i don't like the persons reply it's just that i have nothing in mind and don't know what to say. So, what i usually do is to participate in other discussions and get back to it if the words are ready.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
well you are engage to you own opinion and your right to reply or not. as far as i am concerned, i need not to find long elaboration to reply a discussion. i will find some short sentence that somehow enlightened or encouraged someone because somehow he/she received a reply even it is just short only. well, that is according to me. i am entitled to my own beliefs and so as you. thanks for posting in here.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
good catch... it cannot be avoided when sometimes our brain is already drained from pointing better ideas to express or say in a discussion. but what is good there in you is that, you did not answer hurriedly and that you are thinking what is next to be included in your texts as you interact in a conversation. well, it is tough like that because, you are having one topic only and the ideas from joiners who replied in your topic were similar or have relatedness. so that is why you will choose another way on how to express it to another idea relatively but somehow deriving to the same point. but still your ways is good. thanks for posting in here :)
@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
30 Jul 12
to be honest :) I only reply 1 or 2 cos I dont have much time to keep an eye on my discussion. When I see some1 leave respond and I have free time, I will replay. Also I see if they really need to be replied or not.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
its okay because you are busy with life. but if you are having time to reply, you give time to it. i will never skip a reply with no comment written over because it is just like a courtesy call of gratitude. i do not like the participant of the discussion be ignored coz it is not good to the feeling like what i had experienced that she replied with other post and not with mine :'(
that really hurts... well thanks for posting in here..
