Do You Like the "You Might Also Like" Section?

@Dalane (691)
United States
January 21, 2016 3:15pm CST
On the right side-bar of our posts on myLot is a section called "You Might Also Like". It is a list of ten posts on topics related to the one you just read. Usually, I find something of interest in this section, but it always disappoints me to find that the post is at least a few years old. Most often the writer of the post is long gone, so if you respond, there is no chance of getting even an acknowledgement that your response was seen. While I think it's a good idea to have a section like that, I wish the posts were more recent. Then we could get a discussion going again. What do you think? Do you like the "You Might Also Like" section?
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• Valdosta, Georgia
21 Jan 16
I do like that section. I have found that some were much older discussions but not all of them. Some discussions were brought to life again which is really cool!
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@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
That's great when that happens. I will try to look for names I recognize that are still here and respond to those.
• United States
21 Jan 16
I recently just noticed this feature also! I agree, it'd be nice if they were updated posts. However, I don't see the "you might also like" in every discussion post though.
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@Dalane (691)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@JolietJake Good point. I didn't think of that.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
21 Jan 16
It's not on all the posts you open? I'll have to notice that.
• United States
21 Jan 16
@Dalane Makes sense the ones without tags wont have you might also like.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
22 Jan 16
I do not check posts on the right side precisely for the reasons which you have mentioned in your discussion. Most of the posts are old posts and there is a little likelihood that host will read our posts and comment back.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
25 Jan 16
@Dalane - Yes, I agree with you. I hope mylot will find out the way to mention the links of new posts.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
I hope that myLot will find a way to have more recent posts in that section. Maybe a year or two old would be ok, but five or six years old is too far back I think.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
Yeah, I like it but when I find out its from years ago, I just have to go back to the recent discussions again.
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@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
That's what I do too.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 16
I asked admin about that when I first joined, as they all seemed to be years old. They said that in the natural progression of things they would be replaced by newer posts, but I can't see that it is happening too much. If people don't tag their posts I don't think they get there.
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@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
That's a good reminder for all of us to tag our posts.
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• United States
22 Jan 16
@Dalane Proper tagging is very important!
• Midland, Michigan
6 Feb 16
I do check them out from time to time and find the same thing. Like Jabo said, if people don't tag their posts they won't show up there, and generally they'd need the same tag.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Jan 16
I have been in that section also but I have found some are really old discussions, is it really worth it to go in there and add a response.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
That's exactly how I feel.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jan 16
I agree, every time I have looked at it, the post is very old.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
28 Jan 16
Some of them I've seen are from 2008!
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
22 Jan 16
I was wondering what all that was about.
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
22 Jan 16
I think it's all right. Most of the time, those posts are old and dormant, though.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
22 Jan 16
Only a select few....
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
21 Jan 16
I use it. I have even responded to old , long gone users to have the return as active Mylotters.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
22 Jan 16
That's great. Usually I don't hear anything from those old posters.
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
12 Feb 16
I have the same issue you do. Whenever I look at a post in that section, it's invariably from years ago when myLot was a very different site. For the most part, I don't look at it now.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
12 Feb 16
It seems like such a waste of good space to have posts from people who have been gone for years. I wish they could find a way to have more recent posts there.
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 16
as yet I've not gone there but maybe I should pay more attention to it.
@Dalane (691)
• United States
21 Jan 16
They will usually have posts that will be interesting to you as it is on the same or similar topics.
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 16
@Dalane it'll bring up discussions with the same tags.
@MandaLee (3764)
• United States
13 Feb 16
Yes, I find this section very helpful.