Do you see movement on mylot, from stupid Q to “poor me drama” story?

@polachicago (18716)
United States
December 2, 2006 1:02am CST
Now we have “poor me drama” topics with rape, murder, bad boyfriends, etc. Most were created to get respond. What is going on? It sounds like poor TV show.
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@shi_2000_21 (2680)
• India
2 Dec 06
Even this poor tv show got lots of viewer. May be content wise mylot not on the top. But participation wise mylot is no 1.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Right, it proves that screeming for help always work.
@shmeedia (1044)
• Canada
3 Dec 06
we need to find a nice balance between participation and content. but i guess it's hard to do with such a wide community...differenet age groups, cultures etc....many people who answer with short statements may not be able to type out more than that in english.....it would be cool if mylot became multi-lingual, like having mylot.se for swedish users, or mylot.ca for canadians, etc...
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
3 Dec 06
I guess you are right at 50%. It is not cultural thing. People smell trends and jump into. It should be brief discussion not a long personal story.
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@korek222 (701)
• Poland
12 Jan 07
you are probably right that there are tons of junky stuff but what is the reason of it - i have no idea! but i hope there wont be any more of it!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
13 Jan 07
let's make a difference!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
13 Jan 07
Every topic should lead people to at least think before they respond.
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@korek222 (701)
• Poland
13 Jan 07
i agree but how ?: i'm open to every proposal :)
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
2 Dec 06
I'd take the 'poor me' stories over the rubbish any day....though i did get a laugh from the rubbish stuff!....o now i'm all confused! lol!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
2 Dec 06
You are right, It is much better. Do not be supprised, stupid questions are going on and on....I really mark it SS. you can check it by using search on mylot...see what is comming...just search for SS
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
13 Jan 07
great respond!
• Canada
13 Jan 07
I just joined, so perhaps I missed the rubbish. It looks like some people are hard pressed to come up with ideas.
@blueman (16509)
• India
2 Dec 06
i have noticed that lately.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
3 Dec 06
We noticed same thing at the same time.
@shogun49 (437)
• United States
14 Jan 07
"A WISE MAN CAN LEARN MORE FROM A FOOLISH QUESTION THAN A FOOL CAN LEARN FROM A WISE ANSWER". Please do not take this personal to your discussion, but this is my take on all discussions to learn what I can about the people in MyLot.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
14 Jan 07
Great respond, I like this quote.
@ignoti (68)
• United States
13 Jan 07
Obviously, most of the discussions are geared toward getting people to react. The general feel of this type of forum is based on such things. I'd imagine that the creators of this site could write a pretty extensive sociological analysis -- perhaps that is what they are doing.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
14 Feb 07
ha, ha probably
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
7 Jan 07
The best way to treat these sorts of discussions is not to respond, and hopefully that will reduce the number of them that are appearing. Of course some might be genuine but I believe a lot of them are not, and myLot did delete a lot of those discussions a few weeks ago thankfully. Why encourage this sort of discussion when, in most instances, the people are only trying to earn the extra money from the greater number of responses. I am certain that awful things do happen to many people but in some cases it seems as though a certain element of people are trying to "outdo" each other.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
7 Jan 07
I couldn't agree with you more.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Sorry you feel that. Some people who do that just want to share something with their friends and probably asking for support, no need to be mean to them.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
3 Dec 06
I am not mean, some are real, but most are not. Use your common sense and you will see the real one. :)
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@alienstar (5142)
• India
14 Feb 07
When peopel don't get topics or discussions to post here, they come up with these kind of discussions and i also have noted this and these day's it is becoming more and more regular in it's appearance isn't it?
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
14 Feb 07
they just talking about personal issues that for me are too personal.
@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
30 Dec 06
Yes, you are totally right. But you do not have to respond them. I hope my questions are not so stupid. I have also friend who has correct, interesting questions.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
7 Jan 07
I have also noticed this over the past several days. The stories are getting more and more dramatic; oftentimes the same user posts more than one discussion about different crisis situations in their lives. I will do anything to help other people within reason, and I like to offer hope and support, but I think that a lot of this stuff is simply made up. If the situations were true, then the user would check back with the discussion and respond to the posts that are left for him or her. I stay away from the soap-opera stuff, unless it truly seems legit.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
7 Jan 07
:-) soap opera has its view...not mine...I do not like TV
@Ashida (1370)
• United States
29 Dec 06
I just wonder if anyone responding to those kinds of posts actually believes them. I make it a point to avoid any posts that are obviously just trying to boost responses. I hate all that fake stuff. Although I do get a good laugh from it now and then.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
29 Dec 06
:) agree
• India
13 Jan 07
it is not tv shaw but now over life becomes like tv shaw
@adidas7878 (1891)
• United States
20 Mar 07
hey, it is life we going thur that is what people want alot of time, and what people can relate to, everything on here seem like a soap opera show, it is funny, sad, mad all roll into one, that is what alot people go for at time
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
20 Mar 07
...:))))I have to agree...