Finding it more difficult to find....

Honestly most of the friends I have here when they start discussions I really don't have to worry about their discussion being deleted most of the time. I have only had one of mine get deleted and that was a long time ago, I re-worded my discussion and put it back up and had no problem with it. The number one reason I feel like a discussion gets deleted is poll type of discussion. So I don't ususally answer those if I don't want my response to be deleted...You should respond to discussions from the people that you know they know the rules here so you won't keep getting your responses deleted!

You don't mention where yougo to find discussions? Do youonly go to those started by users on yuor friend list or in yur interests? If that is the case then I suggest that you flit about a bit and search under other tabs, like the 'recent' tab for example. Everything that has had recent activity passes there and you should refresh the page every minute or so to see exactlywhat is happening in real time here on myLot. Another idea would be to go to a profile of one of your friends and go back through their started topics and join in there. Maybe you missed some of their topics either because you were too busy or weren't even here. I notice a lot more topics with nothing much to dicuss in the past few days and I put it down to the fact that we are almost at Christmas. many Lotters might be busy offline with preparations and not starting new topics therefore we see more of those started by newer users who are not yet (sadly) familiar with the Guidelines.

I have been at Mylot for close to 4.5 years now. Even though I do have some periods of inactivity, I do scroll and browse through different discussion interest groups. I have also recently seen much more discussions deleted. I know it is good to have rules that say that using poll type questions and similar violate the guidelines of Mylot, but at times they seem to be a way too harsh. May be, give some bit of leeway somewhere. I know its tough, but required also.

Yeah I have that problem too so usually I just go through the different discussion categories until I can't find anything that interests me. Once I get to that point I just get off mylot for a while because I know it won't be for at least an hour or two until some new good discussions are formed here on mylot.

I agree with you. A lot of them are very superficial. "What's your favorite brand of jeans?" is the last one I think I responded to. Ah, well. What can you do? Some are good, but others not so much. It seems like a lot of people are just trying to get posts, though. And in my boredom, I am encouraging these poor-quality discussions by responding to them. Darn. I always have a hard time coming up with discussions to start, though, too, so sometimes mine are pretty generic. You should start some good ones! And then I can respond to them! Yay! Happy MyLotting!

Generally I work through my email and respond to the discussions my friends have started. Usually most discussions are of value and remain where they are. I stay away from questions that have a "yes" or "no" answer or those of a "poll" type. Once in awhile a discussion I have responded to gets deleted, but it's okay, because the majority of questions have some substance to them. I also like to find topics I am interested in and respond to those. When I begin a topic of discussion I concentrate on what is going on in my life right now. It sure does make posting and responding to posts a lot easier. I hope you are able to get to some quality posts and respond to them. It makes being a member of mylot much more fun. Have a great day ctryhnny.

hi ctryhnny Do you ever stop and think what that sounds like to those of us who feel we made good discussions? I feel mint have substance but maybe you are looking for works of art and most of us are just ordinary people writing about things in our lives so if thats not substance sorry and just go on by.I have a lot friends who feel my discussions are good enough for them to respond to. Also I myself have found some great discussions but maybe i am not as picky.You know when people start with this n"o good discussions" I w ant to yell "well then write some and show us unsubstantial people just how perfect discussions are made?"

I have a hard time finding good discussions go respond to. Lately, it seems that discussions just don't have much substance, nor are they all that interesting. I will read a discussion that seems interesting, but they aren't. I have to look for a long time, to find discussions that are interesting enough to respond to. I will stay and post anyway. Mylot is way to much fun not to come inn here and post. That is what it is scanning anyway. Take care, and have fun mylottinv.

I tend to respond to everything as best I can, but I too find that sometimes the discussion has been deleted after commenting.

hello ctryhnny, it's really sad to know that our responses are being deleted sadder if it's our discussion. I think we must be very careful in choosing for the discussions to be responded. I've tried once or twice that my response were deleted because the topic was deleted. It sounds sad, but it's quite okay than the first time I've experienced in mylot. One of my discussions were being deleted, I was surprise why? it's because of the double posting thing., I posted it twice for my net at that time hanged so I reload again without knowing that I've posted it twice and it hurts me a lot.

I get those messages, but since I try to respond to many dicussions each day here, some are bound to get deleted. I just go on to the one. Have a great day there.. merry xmas.

It's happen to me too. I can't make a long sentence in English because my vocabulary is limited so I just comment discussion that I really know for sure.

I had experienced that too. Mostly from the new user discussion. It is not nice that the discussion you participated got deleted but I learned then. I am very careful now to choose a discussion to respond to. Well, luckily I am that from my own started discussion since I join here, all of my discussion are still intact and not been deleted.