That eternal wait for the first response on a myLot discussion.
By Shine Mathew
@Shine10Mathew (153)
India
September 10, 2015 3:43pm CST
I don't know about you guys but for me the time between the posting of a discussion and the first response (if it comes at all) is an infinitely long one. By the time someone posts a comment, I feel like I have grown much more older in those few minutes. There is always a sense of excitement while composing the discussion, always a hope that maybe this will hit the mark. But then soon this optimism wanes out and I am left hoping to just get a couple of responses. The more advanced users may not find this common, but the new users know exactly what I am talking about!
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@shaggin (72118)
• United States
11 Sep 15
When I first joined the site 8 years ago as a newbie there was not nearly as many mylotters as there was when the site stopped paying a few years back. Many of my earlier posts went without any comments at all. It didn't deter me from posting though. I just came back to the site yesterday and I see that it is much slower. I have received a few comments on my posts but nothing like it used to be. Oh well I am glad to be back and am having fun.
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@Shine10Mathew (153)
• India
11 Sep 15
Things have still improved a lot. A huge number of people who had left myLot are now returning back. Within the next month, the site will surely become much more lively. We can only hope for the best.
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
11 Sep 15
But the wait is surely worth its while!
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@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
11 Sep 15
@Shine10Mathew My pleasure all the more, Shine!
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
12 Sep 15
Hahaha I feel you. But as soon as you get the first comment all is well. Personally I notice more people can interact with discussions if it's not like a blog post. 
@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Sep 15
I am not really preoccupied by this. Sometimes you can receive responses several hours later. I went to bed one night after I responded to 2 or 3 responders to a discussion, and I found 30 more the day after
. Some members are also checking the list of discussions in the profile, and are responding to discussions started years ago, so I have always a hope when a discussion does not get any responder
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. Some members are also checking the list of discussions in the profile, and are responding to discussions started years ago, so I have always a hope when a discussion does not get any responder.1 person likes this
@Shine10Mathew (153)
• India
11 Sep 15
I guess sometimes some discussions just become instantly popular with the users while others take their own sweet time.
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@Shine10Mathew (153)
• India
11 Sep 15
Yeah I too noticed the lack of activity. Maybe the traffic will increase later.
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@Shine10Mathew (153)
• India
11 Sep 15
When I first started using myLot, the first couple of articles went without a single response. But then gradually the people started leaving comments on my discussions. Anyway the users on myLot are far more polite and helpful than other social net working sites.
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