to participate or not to participate ;lol

Grumpy? Let me get up and tap dance. tippy tap tippy tap Better?

Yes, I have seen the same as you. I have a ref. here that spends more time reading than writing. Maybe his fingers hurt him. Have a super tuesday my dear...

We have to remember that everyone that is new here is still learning how myLot works. Unfortunately, not everyone is patient with our newest members, especially if they're also learning English. Perhaps each of us that has been here for some time could demonstrate by example, and really try to start at least one new discussion a month?

I'm great at responding...and NOT a great iniator of posts! Maybe I lose all my drive and intuit in real life...and take this as my down time. There are issues in my day to day life...that sometime's gets my pistons "rev'd up" but when it comes to start a discussion about them...I rethink them tooooooo looooong, and then they seem like idiocy! So they only make it to the drawing board...LOL! Thank goodness, there is a lot of OP'er's here that give us great things to discuss!

I am grumpy that it took me forever to get here. First of all, it wouldn't open through my inbox, so I thought I'd go to my friend's list and find you and then this discussion only for each page to not open correctly. Found out you were on page 8, so I left mylot, put mylot.com in the address bar, then my friend's list and immediately went to page 8 to find you and then this discussion..Don't know if it is Mylot of my computer, but that was totally annoying. Anyways, back to your topic, I try to participate as much as possible and I am here more this week because I am on spring break, but I am also spring cleaning as well as reading my sociology so I can be ahead next week..

Yeah sometimes I just read but not always. Most of the time I have something to say. And I definitely start discussions here too. =) I hope you cheer up dear! I hate when anyone is down. It is raining and crappy here today too but I am trying to uplift myself. Lol.

I also wish that there are lots of good active members Hatley. The more then it is merrier. I think if lots of people participate then there will be lots of responds to the discussions. I think one should try to enjoy spending time here. I have been impression by the way you help others with various discussions and suggestions in various discussions Hatley. In fact you are the one who told me to reply to the discussion I get responses and instead of starting too many discussions Hatley. May God bless you dear friend.

Oh, I am generally fond of "gloomy" days. It's the too many sunny days in a row that get to me. I need some sunshine, but I've found that too much actually can be sort of depressing. I think that people need to use some sense about whether to start a discussion. There are some who keep posting "discussions" that are basically the same as their previous discussions. After a certain point, one just grows weary of watching people doing the same stuff over-and-over and complaining when they do not get different results. Either take the best of the advice offered and tell us about the results, or stop complaining. Okay... So, maybe I'm feeling a tad grumpy here as well. However, I'm going to blame my inner ear (or whatever) issue. It's got me a tad off-kilter... both emotionally and physically. I've already about fallen twice today, and I'm feeling a bit "spaced."

There are only Hatley and some other veterans left. Yesterday I get very bored, but not for mylooting, but because my homework's. :D I think many people have left mylot at the moment to participate in other sites where they can earn more. I am here, because I just love to talk, but I am really disappointed about that none is interested to participate in my discussions so I don't have energy to make in future more of them. And I also see that many people who create discussions are not even interested to discuss with us.

I think there are some good new discussions here. Also remember, I doubt any member here is friends with all the members on MyLot. There must be some good discussions out there that maybe we do not see all the time mainly because we are not friends with them. I have to do some purging of friends because most of them are no longer active.

Hi Hatley! I know this happens. I wondered why some say they don't comment but just read the comments to their discussions. Here they don't earn if they don't comment back. Then too if they don't participate in others' discussions they aren't earning and they are hurting mylot by not giving their input. If everyone just read and didn't add any content we wouldn't be earning and mylot might not survive.

Maybe those readers are only searching for ideas and knowledge first before they participate?

Hi Ms Hatley- you are right there many like me who come to read and go back but not before reading every word. Perhaps they too are as lazy as me. There are just a few ones which I find enough interesting to respond, BTW you are one of them. Whenever I come to Mylot and see a discussion of yours, I make t a point to post my comment. Cheers.

its aready sort of boring a lot of discussions are started for the wrong reasons ie no interest in the replies they just want a few pennies, some are so badly written its impossible to know what they want anyway.a few are genuinely of interest or asking for help i think my lot should weed out the ones that have obviously had no thought put into them such as - i fell down yesterday do you think i will get a bruise or should i paint my nails red today

I'm glad they earn something and they have something to read. People have their own intentions in being here. Let's continue to provide them with quality discussions so there will be more members who will partcipitate. To participate or not to be participate is their decision. Weather here is good, so my mood is good too. Hope you'll have yours.

I think Mylot has changed considerably over the last six years. Like I said to another member today I used to get between 100-250 notifications in my email daily. This is down to 30-40 daily now. Lots of people have left the site completely or aren't here very often. I hope that alot of the reason is person and life but some are because of confrontations either with other members or with Admin. The ones that had problems with Admin. I am glad to have gone. The others I am sad to lose except for the ones who had personality clashes with others here. Those can go and quit coming back. I guess these ones you speak of can come here for whatever reason but I hope that at some points they will have something to say. I wish I could think of interesting discussion topics daily but I can't. I lost one I had started here recently too. I would like to see a change but I really don't know what to do to change anything. Just try to write quality and interesting discussions and hope new people will respond that have something interesting and appealing to say.

I think I'll go with the participate. Why not? There is no place here to dance so might as well try communication. Not sure everyone is here for the money but those that are solely for the money, it must be gloomy.

Wow Hatley, I guess I am not very in tune because I don't even know how many people are here just to read and learn and not post or response.. Of course I have not been her as long as you and probably don't even pay attention to these things..But I just post and response as I feel it.. I don't have any length of time that I devote to mylottings like others...I am just here for the time that I want to be here... I guess I just don't even really care why others are here even tho I think mostly everyone here is very knowledgeable/opinionated and interesting in one way or another..

I have to agree, some don't contribute, and their opinion and answer could bring something new to all of us.

participation is the good way to earn here so i do a lot of things like that and also you can learn while you earn here