Do you respond to all your comments on MyLot?
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
November 6, 2015 2:34pm CST
Recently I have been going to the different sections on MyLot and leaving a lot of comments on different posts. Some of the posts that end up in the No Response sections I have been commenting on them. But right now I am finding it’s not such a great idea. Some people don’t bother to read their comments or don’t think it’s necessary to respond back.
When a person leaves a comment on my discussion I feel it’s necessary to acknowledge their comment with a comment of my own. However, a few people don’t think they need to do this lately.
Do you read your comments and answer the person back?
How do you feel when you leave a comment on a discussion and the person won’t acknowledge your comment or add to their discussion?
I am starting to note this down and don’t want to comment on one of their posts again. Do you feel the same way?
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56 responses
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
6 Nov 15
I do try to respond to all comments on my posts, but some do slip by unnoticed. As for others not replying to my comments, it does not matter to me. Some new members may take time to realise that replying is standard, while others could find responses difficult to make.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
6 Nov 15
You can be right on this one. I noticed lately that a few notification are also missing for people who leave responses. I see this on my notifications. So every now and then I need to go to the bottom of my comments and see if there is any I have missed. I like to answer all my comments because I feel it is polite and people should know that I have read their comment.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@wiLLmaH If I respond on your post and you answer back and then I answer again you are making a few cents for me commenting on your work. I know we are to respond and comment but when we respond and the other person doesn't comment back why respond to them again?
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
7 Nov 15
I try to comment back on most of the responses and comments I receive. Other people vary a lot in their replying habits and one soon learns to stop responding to certain people who never 'maintain' their discussions. Thankfully, these are rather few.
There is an 'art' in the wording of responses and comments, I find, just as there is an 'art' to posting discussion topics. Some responses/comments will naturally tend to keep a conversation going whilst others just don't invite reply and are even almost imply that the conversation is closed! I wish that I could define what it is about them that does this but, so far, I haven't come up with any useful rules. It certainly isn't necessary to include a direct question: maybe it's something to do with introducing a new idea or viewpoint.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
7 Nov 15
@poehere I agree that this format is unlike the way many forum sites are laid out where replies often quote the post being replied to. The indent format is quite old, however, and derives from newsgroups (if you remember those things) and also early text-only email formats, both of which had practically unlimited indenting!
What I do find odd here is the ordering of responses. It is partially time/date based with the latest responses appearing at the bottom unless they are the most recent or unless they have a recent comment - I still haven't quite got my head around it!
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@owlwings Yes I remember the very old email system or inner office mail system companies used. The first here on the Internet was the same. When blogs or web logs became popular is when the comments were added then this changed from response to comment.
I agree with you on the ordering of comments. The new ones are on the bottom and older ones on top. Now I have responded to this you will move up in the line of where I see you comment. I am not sure about this one either and yes it is strange the order of how comments are displayed.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
When I first came here the response/comment was strange to me. I normally am on forums for data recovery. There a person posts a topic. Under this topic there is a comment or way to comment button. Once the comment is made there is a response button under this.
On blogs there is a comment button and then a response button. Here it seems backwards to me. When you read the topic there is a response button and when you answer there is a comment button. This is a little strange and I think it should be the other way around. But this is just me.
I think I understand what you are saying about the comments and how the person answers to close their discussion. But normally discussion never close and you can still receive comments on a discussion you wrote a few weeks back.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
6 Nov 15
I respond to all the comments on my discussions -- maybe I'll miss one or two but I try to get them all. There are a few people here that I've run into someplace else that never respond back so I'm avoiding them at the moment.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
6 Nov 15
Recently I left a lot of comments on some discussion and it's like they don't care. I tried a second one of their discussions and left a comment and it was the same. I don't feel like trying a third time. I feel it's important to comment back to a person who commented on one of my discussions. I am glad I am not the only one feeling that I should avoid them and not bother to leave a comment on their work. 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
6 Nov 15
@poehere Life is short, so is time here...put your energy elsewhere - it's obvious some other don't care.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
6 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill Yes I agree with you on this one. I don't have all the time in the world to seek out people who don't care. I would rather spend my time on here talking with people who care and acknowledge my comments. I like to interact and it feel strange to leave a comment and not hear back from the person. Oh well that is their loss and they won't do good on a site like this unless they figure this one out soon.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
6 Nov 15
Its hard to keep up and comment with all, I do try to get to everyone though!
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
6 Nov 15
@poehere Yeah you cant literally respond to every single comment ever made, it would take days lol
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
6 Nov 15
@BACONSTRIPSXXX Yes your right and when a person continues to leave comment after comment there has to be a time that we stop this other wise it can go on for ever. I do love it when you can comment back and forth but a few times I did end it because the comments were going all over the place and sort of off topic.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Nov 15
I always make sure that I comment back to those that have commented to me. It is only common courtesy, not to mention, that is how we are all to interact with one another. I think the ones that leave their discussions just don't care or they are busy and can't get back right away. Those I have no problem with as I know they will comment back in time.The ones i have a problem with are the ones who just leave and don't ever come back. That just isn't right, and they aren't willing to do their part to help others earn.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Nov 15
@poehere That is a shame too. They should have known they couldn't get rich here. I know from the beginning I wasn't going to get richhere, but I stayed because I knew Iwould make something, even it is isn't a lot to begin with, but it will add up over time.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@rosekiss I think I like the community and the discussion that is the best part about being here. Maybe they just didn't fit in or they didn't like the idea they had to work a little bit harder to meet people and start to be noticed. I have no idea why they left or even if they have left. Maybe they just think they need to write and nothing more.
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@allknowing (136562)
• India
7 Nov 15
One should do that in their own interest as interaction earns them.
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@pahak627 (4558)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
I usually comment on the responses as well as their comments. But it's not really fast. there are those which I can't comment for a longer period of time but still, I have to comment. As to comments to my responses, I may have skipped some.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
The ones who answered on here have always been so wonderful to respond to comments. A few people who write here now just add discussion and they don't respond to their comments or even leave a comment on another person's discussion. I thought at first it was because they were in No Responses so I went through them and commented. Now I see why they are there nobody will comment because the person won't answer or even leave a nice comment for them. Not all of them in this section are like that but a few of them are.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Nov 15
I try to respond to all of the them but when I started a month ago, everything was overwhelming for awhile and I did not know if I should start at the top or the bottom and things just kept building up. Now I have been doing better and answering everyone in a shorter time.
It pays to try and have a system.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Nov 15
@poehere I think you are the reason I found out how to go about the daily routine on here. I was jumping all over the place and then I read one of your posts and I have been doing it the same way as you. I thank you for that. One has to have a system in order to get organized.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@ramapo17 I think you are so right. I wasn't sure about all this in the beginning and not sure if I should respond to a post, post one for me, or comment on other responses. Then slowly I got it all worked out and it has been so much easier to work on this site. I decided to post a few helpful hints to help people get control of the site easier. I am glad some of my hints and posts have helped you.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
It does take time to get use to this and I find when I delete the ones I have answered it makes it a lot easier to answer the other one. I too was getting lost in all of the notifications and was sure I had missed a lot of them. Now I got it under control finally and it is easier to do/
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
8 Nov 15
I always does that. i pick up everyone who responds to others. I prefer you not to give much consideration to no comment section as it is evident that they are not good at interacting. everyone in the world knows that if we join a new site, we have to work out and comment onm ohers post. Its nothing like a new thing. I prefer you to look of the followings section in people. they shows who interacts better now.
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
8 Nov 15
@poehere yeah that is why they are sitting in that section. Lol!
I know you are a potential person having earning a lot nowadays. I appreciate your efforts So from now on comment on those where people do responds okay?
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
8 Nov 15
@rahulvsmokiee Sounds like a good idea. I have found a few in the no respond section that people do comment back and leave me comments. So I do comment on those to help them out.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
8 Nov 15
I looked at the no comment section because I thought that some of the posts just didn't interest people here. I liked a lot of them and left comments. I never heard back from most of them. One or two did answer back but most of them didn't. Know I am starting to see why they sit in the no response section of the site.
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@tuttiharris (1338)
• Chattanooga, Tennessee
7 Nov 15
@poehere (3271), I am like you. I like commenting to the person that has commenting on my post, And I also like going to find their page and read what they have posted about, And I usually do thtat. But since I have joined MyLot, I have had very little time because of commitments here at the house. But hoping after today's birthday parties, I will have a little extra time, I sure hope so. Thank you... And I do agree with your comment.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
8 Nov 15
For the last 4 days I have had no time at all to come to the site. A little bit here or there when I can steal a few minutes. I have my God daughter here and she will be leaving soon. I wanted to spend the most time possible with her so I did not want to be on my computer when she was here.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
7 Nov 15
I am pretty certain i answer back everyone, if i've missed anyone it might be because i never was notified, or they didn't add my @rosekitty to their response
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
7 Nov 15
@poehere once in awhile someone posts back everyday so then i go through the whole discussion and find ones i missed..
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@Rosekitty I have found a lot of times I miss the comments at the end of a discussion. I need to go there and see what is left. Then after I look through to make sure there is no other comments I have missed. I hate not answering back.
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@celticeagle (167055)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Nov 15
There are some people who just still do not get the way the site works. They post discussions and that is all. When I was on here before there was one gal in particular that did this all the time. She is on here now and doing a lot better. Also, since the suggestion option has been scratched I find that I have lost over a third of the responses I used to get. I have gotten into a new practice of staring with my 'me' and doing all there and then going across the board. It's a great site and we all need to do our part and remain as active as we can. As far as the no comments go I haven't been able to make it over there.
@celticeagle (167055)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Nov 15
@poehere ....Same here. But, we can only do the best that we can.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
9 Nov 15
I too have some problems getting to all the areas of the site to comment. I find my notification aren't as many as before but there are times I have a lot of them and try and comment on stuff as quickly as possible. I hate making people wait a long time before I comment on their comment to me
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Nov 15
@celticeagle You are right on this one. Not everyday do we have time to come and check on the site. Then it piles up so fast it seems like it takes forever to get to all of the notifications.
@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Nov 15
I make comments on as many discussions as I can leaving it up to the discusser to respond, if they don't it's their loss, not mine.
@workguddu (155)
• Shillong, India
7 Nov 15
Yes offcourse i like to read and acknowledge my own post and also give comments to other post also , yes i do favour not to respond on them .
@workguddu (155)
• Shillong, India
7 Nov 15
I think as the phrase says that if u want to be mntioned / respond then you should also to mention / respond to other as u give respect and u will be respected, what do u think?
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@workguddu I think you are so right on this one. If a person responds I have always taken the time to comment back to them. No matter if it is here or on a website or a blog I have done. This way you keep your followers and they are so happy to come back and read your new work.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
Giving responses to other posts is a part of interaction on here. But if you wish to not respond to them I understand this is your way.
@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
6 Nov 15
I always comment back to everyone. Except when there is nothing left to say.
@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
7 Nov 15
@poehere Yes, sometimes comments end up with smiles or a "thank you". And then, there is nothing left to comment back.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
@fufurinha I agere with you on this one. I have gone back and forth with a few people and then I really have nothing else to say. I like their last comment to me and then say thank you with a nice smile. I think this is a nice way to end a conversation that I can't offer anything else on.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
7 Nov 15
I always see you responding to all of your comments. What I don't like is for people to write a lot of discussion and just walk away from them. I am not sure if they gave up on the site or they found out it took a little work to be on here. I have no idea but it would be nice if they would delete their account so we did not respond to nobody.
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