To be the first in everything
By Theresaaiza
@Theresaaiza (10487)
Australia
January 31, 2018 4:47am CST
Came across the option of choosing to respond to Discussions with zero responses - either because they are so new and fresh, OR just plain uninteresting or non-relatable, and see how I go without having other people's responses influencing my own opinion.
I think it will be much more truthful and sincere.
What's funny is if this discussion will also earn no response at all.
Oh, lawd. 
Have you tried finishing a quiz at school without ever peeking at your seatmate's answer too? 
Have you tried finishing a quiz at school without ever peeking at your seatmate's answer too? 12 people like this
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
31 Jan 18
Yesss! Thank goodness but you know, some old habits die hard! 
I sometimes find myself looking at other people's responses whenever I'm finding it hard to put my thoughts into words.
Oh and thanks for the response. I feel so much better it didn't yield zero responses. 
I sometimes find myself looking at other people's responses whenever I'm finding it hard to put my thoughts into words.
Oh and thanks for the response. I feel so much better it didn't yield zero responses. 1 person likes this
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 Jan 18
yes i read other people's responses before adding my own, but i still give a truthful and sincere response. sometimes i give a suggestion, sometimes an observation, sometimes i ask a question.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza there are discussions i read, along with the responses and comments, but still skip.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
31 Jan 18
@hereandthere Yes that happens often to me too. Unfortunately, there are topics where I just have nothing to say, or sometimes too sensitive for me to be involved in. So I read along and see what other people have to say.
@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Jan 18
I never let someone else's comment influence what I comment about. It doesn't seem fair or truthful to do so. I will occasionally look through the comments after I've responded and find lots of agreement there.
There was only one time I cheated on a test. I was in Kindergarten and the consequences were severe for this five year old. I didn't do it again.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
31 Jan 18
I rarely read other responses to a discussion before leaving my response....then I scroll down to read how others have responded.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
31 Jan 18
Uh yeah, that's something that I do too. at times I'm just not aware that I am reading other people's responses before I give my own. And somehow it does influence me in a way.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
3 Feb 18
@hereandthere I suppose it is a case to case basis at the end of the day
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
1 Feb 18
true. sometimes you get more clarity from the responses and comments, so sometimes, i end up participating there, instead of posting a separate response.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
31 Jan 18
I do look at this list so I realized that we all have no responses for at least a few seconds especially if we write at an off time.
@Letranknight2015 (52072)
• Philippines
31 Jan 18
When I feel sleepy and unable to really make a good response, I do peak most often.
Maybe there's just other post that I really have no clue responding sometimes.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
3 Feb 18
It's nice to be able to really challenge ourselves to come up with an idea that's genuinely ours, uninfluenced by others. And it's good to know that we have helped someone out by making sure they get responses.
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