Orphan discussions..

hi LovingMyBabies I hate that too when I am bypassede and severalo others and just a few get comments like the re st of ours were just trash.thats re ally sort of mean I think.

dollar how come at my age I so manage to comment back to all responses that you younger people with more energy have to leave some uncommented on as thats like walking away when someone talks to you as they do not know if you cannot think of something to say they just feel you did not like their response. I just remark on their response as all of us have some worth whether you want t o believe that or not.

@LovingMyBabies: Yes, that's true, sometimes if I'm busy with my daily routine, I might get delayed but I certainly try my best to respond to all the comments in my discussions but sometimes, there could be comment where I've no idea what to reply, I rather prefer not to respond to that comment instead of hurting someone with my comment. @Hately: Personally, I never skip any good comments in my discussion and at the same time, it's not an easy thing for me to initiate a discussion, until it's very important topic that I feel should be discussed, I don't initiate the discussion.

Exactly, that's what I think, if I've an urge of initiating a discussion, I should be ready to share my opinion because it was my initiative to ask people to share their opinion on that topic but I don't know why there are discussions where you see people just adding their comments and nobody is there to reply back to those comments.

That's right, we come to myLot mainly for adding comments, let it be for discussing something or just earning money. In either case, it's always easy to add comments to your own discussion which you have initiated with interest rather than adding one or two comments here or there in some discussion. May be some people feel, if the number in front of the user name doesn't increase, they won't get paid. That's why they don't respond in one discussion more than once.

Yes,sometimes it happens.But if we start discussions,then we should add comments to our discussions.But it's our responsibility.We can't think about others what they do.If we are here in mylot,then we should do it.

Even I tend to ignore most of them and yes we can't read their mind on what they think and why they don't reply back but still I find it surprising and disappointing as well.

Hi Maria, Yes, even I think the same way, I always try to respond to all the comments and that also helps me in earning here. It's easier to reply to a discussion which I've initiated rather than searching for an appropriate discussion. I don't know what people think or achieve by not replying in their own discussions. Thanks for your response!

Ha ha ha..that's a good way of explaining it..it seems you've watched the last batman movie. To be frank, I don't like discussions initiated by Batmans here and that's why I've initiated this discussion to ask others what's their opinion on this.

It's the last part of the this Batman series..

LOL The Dark Knight is rising here in myLot.

Don't you earn while responding to your own discussions more than once?

You earn money by responding and having quality discussions...By not answering you earn nothing... You type you earn, I type I earn.

^^ only explanation.

Hi MsTickle, I don't see a reason for why this discussion should be deleted, have you ever heard of this name "Orphan discussions" before? Rather, I would be more than happy to see, myLot adding this name in their guidelines for such kind of discussions and make sure that people who initiate a discussion and don't even respond at least once should be warned. I'm here from last few years, though I don't come to myLot so often but I'm aware of the guideline rules, I've read them once again today and I don't see any reason for why this should be deleted. Often we feel something is right/wrong but we could also be wrong/right.

Hi yoyo, Yes, it's kind of rude from their side to ignore the comments in their discussion. I agree that even I ignore a few comments in my discussion where I've no idea what to respond but I do try my best to reply to all the comments in my discussions. If I add a comment to any discussion, I do check back if someone has replied to my comment, just don't add a few word to any discussion, I add my opinion and I do expect others to share their point of view on that. Thanks for your response!

Hi lampar, Everyone of us have a mindset of earning online that's why we are here, if I respond to 10 different discussions or I respond to one discussion 10 times, I think both are same (Correct me if I'm wrong). If that's right then I don't get the point of not responding that too to a discussion which you've initiated with your own interest. Even I ignore such discussions where I don't see the initiator responding. Thanks for your response!

Hi rosekiss, That's true, if they are not aware of the myLot rules, they might end up making such mistake. I often get annoyed of people who initiate more than 5 discussion in one day, there were instances when I had to delete a few friends from list for initiating several discussions in one day and obviously most of those discussions will be of no use. Hope this discussion will be of some use here on this website.

Good for you that you have never come across such discussion, however, if you ask others, everyone of us had come across some discussions and it actually helps no one. Thanks for your response, roshigo58!

Hi deazil, Before initiating any discussion I do search in the myLot search bar and if I don't fine related discussions then only I initiate a new discussion, however, as you said, no one has ever come up with a suitable name for such discussions, if that's the case, I think this discussion is unique among all the discussions here on myLot. As far as getting response in a discussion is concerned, as you can see, I try my best to reply to all the comments that I get in my discussions, this solves the purpose of initiating a discussion and at the same time I get paid. I've no clue, neither does anyone else among 18 people who have replied here in this discussion have any clue about why do people just initiate a discussion and then don't reply. I agree to the fact that the initiator of the discussion sometimes gets delayed in replying, even I get delayed if I'm busy in my daily life but I make sure that I reply to all the comments that I get in my discussions and it's actually easier that finding a new discussion, reading the comments and then responding. Hope we'll see less number of Orphan discussions here on myLot. Thanks for your response!

Hi deazil, If you go by the myLot guidelines, you are not supposed to add a URL of another discussion to any of the discussions. However, as you said, it's the way we discussion that also matters, blindly they won't delete any discussion if there is a little bit of similarity of the content and I feel myLot admin should use this new term in the guidelines and they should come up with new rules for such orphan discussions. Thanks for your response!

You know, now that you mention it, I realized none of the other discussions about this got deleted. So it must be a certain time limit or how the topic is presented that makes the difference. Or, it's just another one of the mysteries of mylot. And like you said, there's no mention of "orphan discussions". I think you've coined a new phrase. One reason for not commenting back is a lot of new users. They think by creating lots of discussions they'll earn a ton of money. I have done a mylot search and can only find one discussion regarding this issue. I know I responded to 2 and have seen others, but longer ago than this one. It's here if you're interested: www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2714825.aspx And I had trouble finding this one. There are old ones from 4-5 years ago.

Yes, that's a good point Shavkat. Even in this discussion, it took time for me to reply back but within one day you see my response on this page, I was talking about those discussions where the user is active and is responding to other discussions but due to some reasons not finding time to reply back in his/her own discussions. I remember once I had initiated a discussion where I could reply back only after a week but I did reply to the comments, though not to all of them.

Even I'm not always active here on myLot and it's not that easy for me to initiate a discussion. Until I find something really necessary, I don't initiate a discussion. Like you, even I prefer responding to other discussions but I get disappointed when I get no response of my comment.

Hi Hatley, That's true, though we are here to earn money but that doesn't mean we just type something or respond like bots. Those response are still fine to some extent, when I see that the discussion initiator has completely abandoned the discussion after initiating I really wonder why was it initiate at the first place if s/he was not willing to share his/her opinion on this topic. I think it's the lack of understanding of myLot rules, it seems most of the users here think that they get paid only if the number in front of our user name increases, that's why they respond to a discussion only once which I'm sure is not true. Let's hope a few of them go through this discussion and understand the actual rule and start behaving as more responsible myLot user. Thanks for your response, Hatley!

Hi Hatley, Nice to see your response in this discussion, to be frank, it's one of the annoying thing here on myLot and yes, I agree there are times when I don't respond to comments in my own discussion and that's because of time. For me myLot is a place to meet my friends and to enjoy my time, it's much better than Facebook. Still I know it's my responsibility to get back to those who have shared their opinion in my discussions. Good to know that you liked the name of such discussions. Thanks for your response!

I'm sorry for any confusion, I meant, orphan discussions are the annoying thing here on myLot. Note: English is not my first language.

Hi Professor ji! Even I agree that I can't respond to each and every comment in my discussions or in any other discussion where I add my comment, however, I always try my best to respond to comments. I can assure you that if I initiate any discussion, it'll never be an orphan discussion.

Hi inertia4, I'm sorry for the delayed response. Yes, I know, you always respond to your comments in all your discussion, whether your initiate it or your add a comment to some discussion and we've discussed on different topics. It's really nice see people like you who take it as responsibility to get back to all those who take their time in responding to your comments. Laziness, I would say is the main factor in these discussions, even sometimes, I get so lazy that I don't feel like responding to discussions but sooner or later, I do respond to the comments in my discussions. As far as earning updation timings are concerned, I've really never checked at what time it gets updated but there doesn't seem to be any issue with the earning updation in my account. Let's hope once in my life, I get a payout from myLot. Thanks for your response, intertia4

That could be possible because maintaining a website like myLot is not that easy. If you ask me, I don't even remember which e-mail id I used to logging into this website. I'm dependent on the tabs which are listed at the top of this page under the search bar. (today's top, my interests, new, recent, started, responded, friends started etc..) I refer to those tabs and see if anyone has replied to my discussions or to my comments in other discussions.

Thank you. I also see you respond to many discussions as well. But I will say this, for the last 3 to 4 days now I have not been getting any of my email notifications from MyLot. They must be having another problem. I did send them an email, but never got a response. This has happened to me a few times in the past. I don't know why this happens, but it happens. So some of the discussions I might not see the response from. But I would have to take more time and go into each and everyone of them on the site itself.

Hi roshigo58, I'm glad to know that the word fits perfectly for such kind of discussions. It's good for everyone when someone responds to the comments in their discussions. That's the proper/right way of being here on myLot. Keep it up !!! Thanks for your response, roshigo58!