Are some people afraid to start discussions?

I am kind of afraid to start a new discussions.Since i started a couple of them i dont get much responses so better yet i'll just go ahead and post replies instead.Besides,i cant think of anything that might attract people to respond to my discussion.And im kind of consious on my english im not fluent.

I'm certainly not afraid to start a discussion, but I find it rather strange on how they are replied too. The ones I thought were original and would generate the most responses, ended up with maybe only one or two replies. However, the one I started that probably used the least amount of brain power for me (it was a topic on coffee) ended up receiving the most responses. So go figure.

Good idea. Your right, everyone should jump in feet first. Thanks for the encouragement. I also find that sometimes you get 0 responses. Cannot let that bother you.

A lot of us either just don't want to start discussions or just don't want to put anything that sounds stupid out there for a topic. Sorry but members will do what they want. Some don't even do anything and let their referrals do it all.

right, it is a scary thought for you never know if you will get a response. I am new here and I tried to post topics, the first few topics got very little responses, some nothing at all. So I changed my approach to posting topics and to my surprise, the next postings passed the 100 level of responses, some 50. I find that very encouraging. I kept on responding to discussions and to date, I have 3 replies that got a pencil mark. Isn't that wonderful. So I would encourage everyone togo on posting discussions, you will soon get the feel of tne way most members in the mylot community think. Every posting is way of testing the waters, so to speak.

i am not getting the expected number of responses...well i am new here so dont know that what is the choice of members as i am only two days old..but hoping to get more responses in future :-)

I don't think people are afraid to make discussions but that we are having a difficult time thinking of new things to talk about. It seems like every subject and topic possible has already been used and we do not want to repeat something and have it deleted by mylot. Maybe everyone is brainstorming trying to come up with new and creative topics or maybe people are still busy from the holidays. I am sure the topics will pick up again.

yes i am

I don't know if people are afraid as much as hesitant because I know that many people have posted that they get very few responses. My posts hardly get any no matter what the topic it seems, but I noticed that sometimes it takes a few days to get responses. I like the broccoli post :)

it discourages any new user who dont get much responses... so they will obviously feel that rather than wastin my time on starting a discussion for just a couple of responses, better respond to a discussion. isnt it true?

Yes you are absolutely right,we should post anything that we feel like discussing with others but only keep in mind that they make some sort of sense.

I am one that is guilty of not posting, as once I scroll through to see the daily topics, I always notice that someone has already posted something about the same as what I was going to. You are right though I should just post away. I will try.

I am new and still finding my way around this site. I am sure that many topics have been rehashed over and over. But I eventually will try to start some discussions in the near future. While I believe we all have the ability to be creative, there are some who have a real knack for it.

yes for those only who dont know what should be the topic for the discussion. In my view what you have posted is a topic for discussion.

I agree, those who don't start them should really start to take advantage of what mylot has to offer.

My answer would have to be yes, because I am one of those afraid to start discussions! A lot of people have already posted the general reason why, so I'm not going to go into great lengths, just to repeat what they have said. The thing is, I am afraid of, first of all, looking "stupid." But mostly, with MyLot, I'm afraid of posting a duplicate thread. There are SO many topics already there, it's impossible to go through all of them, and sometimes the search doesn't really help. So I don't really know if something has already been posted. Chances are, anything I would want to talk about HAS been brought up already, even if I can't readily find it. Anyways. I decided I am going to post at least one topic, and that's the reason I replied to this. I've always been afraid to start my own threads, and I have probably only done so once in my entire life. I need to get over that. I'll try to "chat it up" a bit more, and hopefully that will make posting in any forum more fun!

I think that the more creative you it will be better for you therefore you can earn much more when its reply it is best! I think that if you to create a good topic also it will receive many answers and with this much money also!

I guess, I'm one of the users who are afraid of posting new quality discussions coz' of the very little response that it gets. As for now I'm still happy in responding to discussions as in that way you make new friends. It is a little bit odd though that quality discussions don't get that much of attention while one liner questions with few descriptions get a handful of response.

Some days I find there are so many interesting topics to reply to I don't have time to think of a good topic of my own .. Sometimes I come to the computer with several ideas already churning around in my head ready for posting .. But I do find it's difficult to post a great topic that will make folks want to reply ... I'm not very good at it yet ... and yes it sometimes seems that the 'dafter' the topic the more you get replies ... very strange hehehe

No peoples are not afraid to reply to the discussions but when they know about the procedure of the my lot then they know that its too much big program and they got bored to reply to the topics. And according to me if mylot not give some money then its ok . its interesting discussion site and i have a lot fun there.