50 Discussions and Not a Single Comment
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
December 15, 2015 12:59am CST
OK call me brain dead from lack of sleep or too much work. But if a person writes 50 discussions and doesn’t get a single response doesn’t that tell them anything? Like always I love to go to no responses to check out who has written something and it’s fallen through the cracks. Today I found a new member on the site. I kept seeing his name over and over again. Finally I clicked on the name to see their profile. This poor person has 50 discussions they have started. They have no responses and no comments.
I guess this person still doesn’t understand the finer aspects of this site. I can see why nobody will pay attention to them. I do believe it was a sour old Grinch that told me that he refuses to leave a comment behind to people like this. He explained to me in so many words if a person has more discussions and less responses they waste their time and don’t care to interact with them.
Now I can see why they said this one to me. I guess writing all those discussion one after another and not even bothering to read a single discussion on this site shows a major lack of caring. I also feel like this person doesn’t care to interact with us. I was thinking to comment one of the 50 discussions and tell them how this site worked. Then after giving this a second thought decided not to do this. My words would be wasted because I have a feeling he won’t even bother to read them. Hopefully soon they will stop this nonsense and wise up to the fact nobody will answer a single discussion because they don’t put forth an effort to interact on this site.
How do you feel when you see this?: Do you ever feel like commenting on a random discussion and explaining to this person how the site works? Or do you feel like you’ve wasted your time if you did this one?:
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47 responses
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 15
grinch has his own way, doesn't mean it's right.
In terms of the rules then yes he's always right but in terms of routine or how to act towards people then no he's not always right as that is a personal thing...no right or wrong as such.
Quite often I've asked him for advice and 99.99% of the time he's right.
If someone has 50 discussions and no responses or comments I'd most often suspect a plagiarist to be honest.
I'd look at the content and when those discussions were put up and in what time scale.
Then i'd probably respond to them...either saying i'd reported them or suggesting a potentially better way of using the site.
I think often people arriving don't know exactly how to do things...the guidelines are pretty rubbish to say the least.
When I arrived on mylot a few years ago I didn't read them and english is my language as I'm english
I had to be shown the way too and if i hadn't had that help I'd not have the friends I do now or the memories from a few years worth of discussions.
I had to be shown the way too and if i hadn't had that help I'd not have the friends I do now or the memories from a few years worth of discussions.9 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Dec 15
I agree that it would not hurt if mylot came out with some sort of beginner's guide. I imagine it would cut down on the reporting we have to do. If it weren't for the Grinch and MysD sorting things out years ago, I'd be lost as well.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
I am relatively new to this site. I came here in the middle of October. I have been on a lot of forums and understand basic rules of conduct what what should be done or not when commenting and posting. I basically understand to learn people and make friends it is you to put forth the effort to do this one. It is not you to sit back and wait for people to come knocking on your door.
Glad to hear that all these people were here a few years back and have helped you to get your P's and Q's right on this site so that you have made a lot of good friends here.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum They both helped me back in the day.
Primarily MysD took an extreme amount of abuse from me...if you come across her ask who called her the yellow peril.
We got friends on the oldsite and quite close atone stage,i'm sorry i've not come across her here in real time yet.
Then i got close to the other mike (grinch) and he's helped me out massively too.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
15 Dec 15
I like to welcome new members, as you know, especially if they ask for help. Someone like this, though, who begins by spamming the forum with post after post is not going to listen so I simply report half a dozen or so of his posts and let Admin deal with him/her. What will probably happen is that GAA will send the person a private message and possibly delete all the spammy posts. Then, if they ignore the warning and advice, they will be removed.
Scanning through the posts, I notice that this person "Loved Journalism", had a "really great professor" and he "had fun" doing the course. One can't help wondering what he learned!
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
Yes I do agree with you on this one. I saw a lot of reviews and stuff like this he also posted. Now if he had combined a few of these together to make a more interesting topic or post it would of been nice. But like you said just to come here and starting posting one after another is not the way to go. I can see why you don't welcome a person like this. I was tempted to say something then decided against this one.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 15
I've not seen the posts but honestly, spamming is subjective.
probably i should see the posts but i know when i came i made a bunch of crappy posts then got taken in hand by the yellow one.
If theyre posts written by the person they aren't spam.
Suppose i'm being devils advocate as i do want to argue with the discussion starter as she doesn't deem it worth while to defend her points
PS...yes I'll be here day in and day out defending my points.
PS...yes I'll be here day in and day out defending my points.1 person likes this
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Dec 15
I would prefer not to respond to a user who starts multiple discussions and does not comment back on our responses. I love to interact and I prefer to respond/comment to those posts, where I expect user to comment back.
I keep on checking discussions started by new members and if I feel there is something to contribute, I do not fail to respond.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
I can see this one. But according to his profile when I checked it. He had only 50 discussion and not a single comment or response to anything on there. I think now maybe he will have a few comments but I am not even sure of this one or not.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Dec 15
I've seen the ones you've seen. At first I thought I might respond to correct them but then I realize they are just greedy. They'll either learn soon enough or leave soon enough.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
I have been away for about 6 days now because where I am working right now there was some major issues and no Internet at all. I got the Internet in this office back up and running last night. I have been keeping myself busy right now online so I can stay awake. I was thinking at first I was seeing double vision from lack of sleep. Then I realized this wasn't the case. This person actually wrote all these discussion and didn't care at all if anybody answered one of them or not.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Dec 15
@poehere I'm glad that you got your internet back on and running in the office. I think the person will soon care when they realize it doesn't help them earn.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes I think you are so right. Around midnight last night I finally got all the wiring removed and some new wire installed. I was able to get some of the phone services repaired and working again and with this little bonus the Internet came back online. Happy Happy I was then because I needed to contact a few people for some supplies and material to be sent to me. Well anyhow as for this person soon they will be gone and like the Owl said most of their posts will be deleted.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
15 Dec 15
It tells me the person is either 1) a spammer - in the very real sense of the word OR 2) they have read way too much crap about how to make money on the internet.
Normally, (in the case of number 2) if I wanted to find out their intent I would leave a thoughtful reply then wait for a response. Or monitor their response if others had left a thoughtful reply.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
16 Dec 15
@Namelesss My impression is that he's just a rather lonely (and probably harmless), very naive nutter (probably fairly young in real terms as well as mentally). Forums like this are bound to attract such people, and I'm sure that you've encountered many similar ones. The real distressed kids are the scariest and I'm glad that you were able to identify and, hopefully, help one of them!
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
The problem is on this person he won't answer back. I did not see how often he posted but I just know he had 50 done when I checked his name. I'm not even sure if there is more added or some deleted right now. I have not gone back. A little busy to do this one. It is lunch break now and decided to come here for a few min. the help arrived a bit ago and they wanted to go and eat. Waiting for them to return then I am off again to work.
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
15 Dec 15
@poehere if the person seems legit and clueless, I probably would offer some suggestions. If the content was utterly useless, spun garbage, spam, scam, plagiarized, I'd report it and move on.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
15 Dec 15
That would be how I would deal with it too 
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
Sort of looks like he is clueless on this one. But from what some say he was here before and acted the same way.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Dec 15
In the past it was the lure of making a quick buck, but clearly the money made now is slowly accumulated. This person obviously believes that the more posts they make the better chance they will score the big bucks.
They need to realize that it is not about the posts, but the overall participation and interaction with other members. I know that I tend to stay away from someone that spends more time posting nonsensical content and comments.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
I think all of us felt the same way. I just couldn't believe how many he had written and had 0 responses and 0 comments. At least in the past if a few others had done this they at least had some responses and comments on their account. Not this person.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
15 Dec 15
I have not seen this person (but I have seen many like this i the past here). I am not here enough at the moment to be able to delve into who is new and who is spamming or who is misunderstanding but deserves guidance.
Yes, I often find new members who appear to be getting it all wrong but feel that they need a little of my time and assistance as myLot could benefit from their presence. I have done that with several new Lotters in the past and once I have time again then I will probably do it again as it is often worthwhile, both to me personally and to mylot members as we gain a new friend.
One of those who inspired me even though they were blatantly breaking the rules as soon as they joined is here on this discussion and I am so pleased that I took time out (and sweated quite a bit at the time too ) to get them on track as we deserved to have them here. Thanks @Mike197602 for putting up with me at that time 
) to get them on track as we deserved to have them here. Thanks @Mike197602 for putting up with me at that time 3 people like this
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@PhredWreck Looks like I did not pay that much attention to this one. Now that you've said this I went back and looked. Yes this name sounds familiar and I can recall some of this one.
OK I am not that stupid I know you need an email address, username and pw to create your account. I also know if you use the same email address after being deleted it won't allow you. I think user name is the same. So these people must be desperate to always create a new account with a new email, pw and username. Why bother? They gained nothing the first time why come back again?
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@PhredWreck OK now this one seems strange. I really remember signing up for this site a few months back and it did ask me for my email address, it asked for my name and also my @username. I had to give a PW on this. I can't recall now if I had to confirm my email address or not. I can go back and check if I did get a notification to do this one. But before I modified my notifications I use to get emails sent to my inbox from this site telling me I had a response on something I had written. Now I've turned this off so I don't get them any longer. but for some reason I am sure I had to enter my email address here. I know the email address I registered with is different than my PP one. I had to put my PP one in my settings.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@PhredWreck Thank you so much for clearing this one up for me. I always enter a valid email address to join places. I have 3 email address, one for business, one personal, and one for sites to join or forums to join. I don't want to keep track of all these other things and it is easier to enter the right one that to try and fake one to allow a system to accept me. Now I can see how easy it will be for a person to come to here. There is no verification check on this site. Thanks for you great explanation.
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
15 Dec 15
Any site like this only works with interaction. We have to interact with others in order for them to interact with us. Like the old saying, one hand washes the other. So, instead of just posting post after post and waiting to see what happens, write a few and interact. If now, then it is a waste of time for everyone.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
15 Dec 15
I would comment if I thought it was helpful to do so, but usually someone else, who is better able to explain things, beats me to it. I am grateful that there are such eager guardians of MyLot - they play their part in maintaining the standards that most of us adhere to.
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@TheHorse (218921)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Dec 15
I'm on the fence. There's one person who write a lot of posts and gets very little response. I occasionally leave her a comment. She does actually reciprocate now and then. If someone is just trying to exploit the site, I'd probably ignore them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Dec 15
The posts to which we refer are more of the exploiting variety.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
No sorry Mr Horse it is not her this time. She understand that she needs to interact, respond and comment. This person only has 50 discussion, 0 comments, and 1 responses. It seems like maybe a few of them have been deleted from what Mr Owl has said.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes and it is a new blogger and not one that has been here for a few months now.
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
15 Dec 15
I take my time to send the person a PM and those who pays attention it helps
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
16 Dec 15
@poehere Well tell you what sometimes there is no better way to say things and if you look at it it is not you to hurt the person but the truth
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
16 Dec 15
@Missmwngi Yes coming out and saying it can be hurtful to some but how else can you tell them they are wrong and to try and stop this.
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Interest is easy for me. I am or I'm not interested in the post.@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
@Bluedoll I like this area. Why I found yesterday a few posts in there that had been ignored. I saw they were from active members here on the site. People that comment on a lot of work. I did read them and they were interesting. I left a comment on them.
But then you see tons of stuff you have no idea about. When I normally go to this sections I just base my comments on the type of discussion in there. Granted I don't answer them all nor do I read them all. I do pick and chose a few of them that I feel should be answered and others missed them totally.
As for spam in this area it's not so hard to find. You will either find short ones with links or very long one with links. The links lead to another site. These I do report. But I never go there looking for them. If one pops up when I'm reading then I will report it.
@patgalca (18369)
• Orangeville, Ontario
15 Dec 15
I think another factor here is people who post many discussions (if they are in fact DISCUSSIONS) are posting stuff that doesn't register responses from anyone. They are thinking they will earn money for posting many posts. If they are just saying stuff that people do not find interesting or comment worthy then they will not get comments. And yes, they have to comment on others' posts in order to get comments themselves.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
You are so right on this one. But they still feel if a person does open it then they might earn. I have no clue because here I never saw anything like I did on other sites saying you get money for people looking at your discussion. On some sites they do pay for comments, likes and people reading your work. But here we are paid for responses and interactions. Sort of looks like they have no clue what they are doing.
@suzzy3 (8341)
•
15 Dec 15
I have commented on the grinch's posts .. Not unless there are two of them. Admittedly he is a difficult as he is so strong minded and his posts are so long. , Flooding the site is a bad thing as no one else gets a look in. Some posts go unanswered that is just life .
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
That is why at time I love to go to no responses. I did find a few good ones in there that were over looked. Then I ran into this mess. I decided to ask why? What did they gain in doing all of this.
well done. Nope, I don't want to feel like I am wasting my time.@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
You are so right. I basically let a few top members handle this. I don't want to report stuff that might be wrong to report. I did report a few spam messages that I did waste my time reading. Only to get to the end and have them try to sell me something. That made me angry and I did report them.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
16 Dec 15
@Bluedoll Being a moderator takes a special kind of person who can really look at things and make them right in a certain tone and way. I don't really like to do this but I am a moderator on a few forums and there it isn't so bad because we are all from the same line of work. So it is easier to moderate them. I wouldn't want to do it here because there is a lot of nice people and deleting a post or banning a person would not be so much fun for me on this site.
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@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
15 Dec 15
because people can't relate to post on other people. But with me I always respond back to those who respond to my post. I don't like those people who likes to collect responses.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
15 Dec 15
When time permits I love to go and find new discussions. I love to respond to them if they are interesting. I like to interact with people here. But to just collect responses and never answer them back seems like a waste of time. Plus to never leave a response is another big waste of time. Nobody will even care how many discussion you've made if you never care about them.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
16 Dec 15
@anh101 I am not a person to sit around and watch others work. I need to help out because it gets the job done faster. Plus normally it is up to me to check on the work that is done to make sure it is right. So just delegating work is not my style at all.
@anh101 (1379)
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16 Dec 15
@poehere i think i love to work with you. Cuz I love to be with people who are active in Working, enthusiastic. Here, people love to being managing others while they are doing watching videos, I mean I quit becuz i didnt find me here, i always want to work more, enjoy working time, not office politics, or talking politics, I've been rejected to be home, and working on the thing im about to do it with my full-time. No place to live now. Is workaholic a guilty action?
