Running out of interesting discussions to read?
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27167)
Australia
October 24, 2015 10:46am CST
Personally, I usually run out of time first before I ever run out of discussions to read.
But I know others may be fast readers, or have a short list of interests, then perhaps having a hard time to find interesting discussions to keep them occupied.
Let me try to list where to look for discussions: 
1. Me. Perhaps the most obvious place - it's where notifications and suggested discussions are.
2. People. The default on this page are activities of people you are following. Clicking Discussions on the left panel will take you to discussions started by them.
3. Explore. Look through all the 6 options for discussions - Interesting, Top Rated, Most Recent, Hot, New User, and No Responses.
4. Search. Put a key word of your interest inside the search box. The results will be all discussions tagged with the key word in chronological order.
5. Using Tags. When I'm on a discussion post, I sometimes see it's tagged with an interesting key word and click on it to see what other discussions might be there tagged with it. Or you can always glance to the right of the page where You Might Also Like list is.
Still bored because you can't find any interesting discussions? Well, unless anyone else can point out where else to look then I guess it's time to sign out... 
1. Me. Perhaps the most obvious place - it's where notifications and suggested discussions are.
2. People. The default on this page are activities of people you are following. Clicking Discussions on the left panel will take you to discussions started by them.
3. Explore. Look through all the 6 options for discussions - Interesting, Top Rated, Most Recent, Hot, New User, and No Responses.
4. Search. Put a key word of your interest inside the search box. The results will be all discussions tagged with the key word in chronological order.
5. Using Tags. When I'm on a discussion post, I sometimes see it's tagged with an interesting key word and click on it to see what other discussions might be there tagged with it. Or you can always glance to the right of the page where You Might Also Like list is.
Still bored because you can't find any interesting discussions? Well, unless anyone else can point out where else to look then I guess it's time to sign out... 33 people like this
30 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Oct 15
There are many day I run out of discussion on here that interest me. I don't have kids, so I don't need to read about potty training....I usually avoid religion and politics too.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Oct 15
@sishy7 Those topics are too dangerous, at this time of the year especially.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 Oct 15
Well that should keep us busy for a while!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Oct 15
@sishy7 Sadly I am spending too much time on the internet and my legs are bothering me. I need to do more exercise.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
25 Oct 15
@1hopefulman Same here - not just for my legs, but regular exercise would do my whole body good.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Oct 15
I run out of things from those I follow, but I never run out of things.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Oct 15
@sishy7 Oh I use the dicussions part of the people tab, because I want to read everything the few people I follow write, solid content there. but then I wander around
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@much2say (55512)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Oct 15
Oh gosh, I never run out of discussions to read - if anything I feel bad I can't get to more of them! I really should look through more of these tabs, but time isn't usually on my side. I feel like I should get to my notifications first - and that's already hard to keep up as it is - I read some "new" posts, but hardly enough. It's all overwhelming, but I tell ya it sure feels good knowing that it never feels like a ghost town here!! 
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
25 Oct 15
Sometimes You have to go looking always something will come up.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
25 Oct 15
Thanks for the great information it will help.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
28 Oct 15
@softbabe44 You're right. Reading through other people discussions/responses/comments often prompt ideas for our own posts. 
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
27 Oct 15
@sishy7 Just looking through the discussions is a great way to learn other things that might help with topics.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
28 Oct 15
@sishy7 I am for sure. I just don't have enough time as I am trying to do other things in the house and outside. I will catch on ways to make it easier. I am tying to catch up on all my messages and I want to get a clean notification start. Haha.
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@DeborahDiane (40288)
• Laguna Woods, California
25 Oct 15
I haven't ran out of interesting discussions, yet. But, I guess it could happen sooner or later.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
27 Oct 15
@DeborahDiane I suppose it could - some may find discussions available are not of their interests...
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
25 Oct 15
I'm really new to MyLot so I appreciate the tips!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
25 Oct 15
Thanks for the ideas! I usually go to 'Explore' and go through each tab 'Interesting', Most Recent', 'No Responses' etc. I then move to my connections and lastly to my notifications.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Oct 15
I do all of these and then go to my favorite folk's profiles and see if I missed in recent or old ones.
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@allknowing (135943)
• India
25 Oct 15
The most effective way for me is to go to profiles of those whose posts I like. apart from ofcourse what you have lined up in your post.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
25 Oct 15
Thanks for sharing how to search here. I am new so post like this I find helpful. I will check out all the options you mentioned to finding new discussions.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
25 Oct 15
I never get bored here, I just always seem to be catching up , when I can't get on for several days
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Oct 15
For me every post is interesting except good morning-good night-posts . . which I find boring. 
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