Why do people initiate discussions and then disappear?

Hi, and my single response to your topic is just illustrating your point once again. I think the biggest reason for discussions not being completed is the race for money. People see there earnings increase when they post a reply, but you dont see that when you comment to responses to a topic that you have started. I dont think you get paid for that, maybe MyLot should look into that as this will also deminish the one word replies that you get all the time.

Maybe if you private message the "said person" you might remind them first . Some folks are just posting without worrying bout the people who take time to respond:(+

well its just that they are just interested in earning money and dont actually care abt the responses as long as they have them. i have also had lot of responses and its impossible to give replies to all of them but i still try to have atleast one reply per page. the way ur first page looks like it doesnt seem that u r also the one who runs off after starting a diss

Well, by the response of this discussion...I would say that you hit something. LOL Yes, it is bothersome when I respond and the person is no where around and does not respond at all. I feel as if I am just giving that person credit to make discussions and not truly be a part of the community. Now, even though I do comment on some of my discussions to people. I do not respond to everyone. I get worried about commenting too much and being smacked on the hand by myLot because they state that we are not to thank every person that responds. So, when I have something to say, I do comment to the person. :)

I agree with you, some people start discussion and then they go. After he post they waiting to be payed imediatly.

Moderating a discussion is an art, not readily learned. A bit of technology would help. 1. For example, when you start a thread that goes into 10 pages, currently you need to troll through the 10 pages to see what comments have been added to comments. A Dashboard style interface for the person who started the thread is easy enough to develop, but improves functionality and quality exponentially. 2. When you respond to somebody elses thread. There is no way of remembering what your post number was and Mylot forces you to scroll through everything if you want to be in the "thick of it". Again a dashboard style interface mapping changes to the thread would be extremely efficient. Having said all this, I am neither excusing nor apologising for people who have a distorted view of quality, either of the response, or the post. That my dear appears to stem from a fundamental flaw in Mylot. User Interface.

because almost no one will reply my msg. Like this. I have simple way to use my lot. While my sister use PC, she posting at my lot. After that I see her recnt post. And I follow her track. And if there is any response, I'll reply for it and also post for my own discusion. it's happen over and over again. BUt as far as I know, only few pll already reply my sister opinion. even he topic starter don;t want to do that My sis can't reply entiore msg in her discusiob. but she rep[ly every 1 page. she has slow connection. That's why we almost never made own discusion ^^

they don't check in the email

Yep I noticed this too but a lot don't reply due to the terms state don't reply to everyone. they should at least make a daily thank you to all above if they really do not have a relevant response to their response.

I agree with you I think it is because they dont get paid for it. Its not a discussion if the conversation is only one way. Its just an opinion poll.

Most likely it has a lot to do with whether the person actually cares about the topics they post or if they are here strictly for the money. It might also be dependent on whether the person ever has enough time to go back and read their responses. And another idea that just popped into my head is that there are a lot of computer illiterate people out there and maybe they dont know how to find their discussions. Its a very elementary speculation, but I bet it is very viable!

well, it is kinda simple... if my topic has less than 10 responses, i reply to all of them. if my topic has 10 to 50 responses, i reply to most of them but reply well to around half. the rest of the responses are usually stupid. if my topic has something like a 100 responses or more, it is dificult for me to simply go through all of them, leave aside replying to all!! in that case, i try to sort out a few really good responses and reply to those nicely!! if you give three minutes to read through and post a reply, 100 responses would require 300 minutes, that is 5 hours!!! i wonder if i can afford that much time!

All they care is money, mylot should take actions agaisnt this kinda of thing ;; I mean if a person starts a discussion and dont event post it means they dont care about it, only care for the earning which doesnt help the community.

People are busy, especially this time of year. That is by no means an excuse, but in my opinion, if you start a discussion, coment or finish it. Don't forget about it.

I do try to get back and respond to all of my replies , I always rate every one so at least I am saying thanks in some way . I try if I can to leave a message but don't always mannage it . I am just learning though so as I get quicker at typing I will be able to answer more . LOl hope I made sense there xx.

Money. They probably read how they don't get any credit for commenting on their discussion so rather then bothering to do that they are instead making a hundred or hundreds of new discussions every day!

Like my sister said before, I got slow connection. But I'll try my best to response discusion that I made. and I read them all for sure. my suggestion don;t make topic if you don;t want to check it back.

There are really two types of people on mylot, those who are here hoping to make a quick buck and do not care about the discussions and those who are here because they enjoy the discussions and to whom the money is a secondary consideration. The irony is that it is the second group that make good money and the first who are always complaining that they don't make enough.

Since I joined MyLot a week ago and post a some new topic for discussion, I make it a point to reply to those Mylot members who share thiew point of view with my discusssion either they agree or not with me. I really allot a certain time to respond to all of them no matter how hurry I am to post answer to some discussion. I also try to add them in my friends list so I myself can answer to thier discussion.

i agree about going back and responding to what others have said in your discussion if its nothing more then just saying thank you