My new MyLot Discussion method
By BittyBiddy
@BittyBiddy (2903)
Ireland
January 11, 2007 8:34am CST
Hi all (especially those who are on my friends list)
I've noticed that when I search for Discussions that my friends started that it's very difficult to find all the different discussions. By the time I've gone through the first page of discussions, the second page has changed, so I'm missing out on some of my friend's posts. Difficult to explain, but that's what seems to be happening.
I don't like neglecting my friends' discussions especially when they're so good to reply to me, so what I'm going to do is this:
Monday to Thursday I will search for my friends' posts by clicking on their name in my friends list and replying to anything I'm interested in.
Friday to Saturday I'll respond to replies on my own discussions so please don't feel that I've gone off and left the thread if you don't see a reply for a few days.
If anyone else has a better way of doing things then please let me know. This is just an idea that I've had for the last couple of ideas and I'm hoping it works better than what I've been doing previously.
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44 responses
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Hiya!! Since I have put all my friends as Notify On, my email box is loaded with all my friends discussions. Also any responses on my discussions are emailed to me too. I have not had to search for a discussion for a week now. I think that it helps so much. Hope this helps you!!
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
20 Jan 07
Not sure why it wouldn't work for you. Your method may work just as well! Hope it does.
@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
11 Jan 07
You must be very organised. The notify isn't working for me, unfortunately.
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@Justme2007 (1848)
• United States
11 Jan 07
You know that is smart,I don't get on as much but maybe I will also do that. I like to answer my friends discussion also and I like to also just read some because if I don't have anything to say I don't write.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
11 Jan 07
Yes, I have the notify on. It's just they get cluttered with all the responses to my threads. Hmm......maybe be if I set up a folder and a rule to direct anything with "new topic" into that folder it might work.
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@estarga (1188)
• United States
11 Jan 07
That is a really good idea Bitty. I myself have been trying to figure out a way to do the same thing. I tried to go page by page but it is still hard to keep track. I think mylot should list our friends in alpabetical order or allow us to put them in order. That would make it alot easier. Great suggestion idea though I might have to try that myself.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
14 Jan 07
It would be great if friends were in alphabetical order. It would make things so much easier. I don't know what format friends are in at the moment.
@spcbrass (1190)
• United States
11 Jan 07
I do ok with the discussions my friends have started tab that we have available. When I first get a new fried on my list I look at their discussion and reply to the one's that I am interested in, but after that I used the other method. I go through probably 8-10 pages of discussions before I get to the last time that I was logged on and checked. Once I get to the point where there is more then a day between responses on that list then I stop and go check the one's I have responded to. A lot of people on my list have become inactive, so it may be time to clean house. I tend to do that every so often so things are easier for me to manage on the firends discussions tabs.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
14 Jan 07
The idea of going through a new friends discussions is good. I try to do that too. Maybe the problem is that I don't get to check new discussions often enough or something. I don't know.
@greengal (4286)
• United States
11 Jan 07
That is an excellent strategy..you help your friends as well as yourself:) I have the "notify on" for most of my friends so I know when they start a discussion. If it interests me I respond immediately. As you said responding from the "discussions my friends have started" page is a little inconvenient, most of the time the discussions I've already replied to keep coming up so I have to really dig around to find something new there. I sometimes do what you plan to do, go directly to my friends' page and respond to topics I like.
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@costadinov (259)
• Portugal
11 Jan 07
I believe that you found a great way to respond to the discussions of your friends,that way nobody will be forgotten.Well done
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@banta78 (4326)
• India
12 Jan 07
Hi friend BittyBiddy, I think it is a good idea if we all have set plan to go about responding discussions. but more important is that we inform and know when each other will respond. That way one hasn't got through clutter of useless posts which don't have any substance.
I think you can private message your friends like me when you are posting a discussion where you would like to our views that way we all can reply. besides keeping notify on might work. But the problem is that i am not sure of whom to notify on or not as all are not active all time and some when i go to friedns discussions there are non serious discussion, or which has been repeated and so lack of varity and substance discourages do diasappointsa t times. But i always look forward to seeing your posts as they have some substance. Good luck with your new discussion method. thanks for informing us.
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@anne_143god (5387)
• Philippines
12 Jan 07
That would be a great idea of yours. I'am sure they will understand you for not answering them everyday but maybe alot here will also do the same for us to save alot of time. Thanks also for sharing that to us.
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
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12 Jan 07
i think that is a fantastic idea when you have an extensive friends list and launching quality discussions, as you obviously do.
Its just not possible to keep up with everything every day
good luck and keep on posting
a big pluas for this discussion its given me some oprganisational ideas too
thanx again
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@funkyshankar (284)
• India
12 Jan 07
use the notify on for your friends !! u wil be mailed when ur friends start a discussion..from the link u can easily reply to their discussions!!That will be more better way i beleive..Thanks!
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@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Biddy I also have my notify on with all my friends, and in my email it's full of disussions,So the first thing I do is answer all my friends disussions.
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
11 Jan 07
Hi I am on your friends list, I think this is a good idea BittyBiddy, I have not had problems finding my friends and their discussions but it is great if the other friends did like this as well if they are having problems with other friends discussions and responses.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
12 Jan 07
i have noticed the same thing as you. if we go to different page also,some discussions from previous page appears. it becomes very difficult to find different discussions. But what you have suggested is right. but in the mean time new discussions may be added. then how can you do that?
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@magikrose (5429)
• United States
12 Jan 07
What I do is first thing I do is go to the "Discussions my friends started" button and look there for something I can respond to or have an opnion about. Then I go to my discussions and check the responses there if any. Then I just go and look through the random ones that are displayed on the main page and respond to ones that intrest me there.
I hope this helps.
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@patootie (3592)
•
12 Jan 07
This is one of the reasons I have chosen to keep my list of friends low .. otherwise it's almost impossible to check through their discussions, I do have the 'notify' feature on, but unfortunately MyLot have that set up so that it just takes us to the 'friends discussion area' not directly to the new post .. so no matter how many new topics there are I still have to search for the one I am looking for ..
And yes by the time I have found the topic and replied the list has of course changed dramarically and I have to start again at the beginning to find the next 'new' topic ..
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@faustinodioso (155)
• Philippines
12 Jan 07
Its good idea BittyBiddy, Im faustino Im new here,can you pls add me to your friend list,its good to be work with someone else or a co-user to talk to the response about what kind of good discussion method we can contribute to our writings.My e-mail adds is faustinodioso@yahoo.com,we can make more discussion around us.
@maru_047in (1007)
• India
12 Jan 07
No i m not doing i m replying all the replies including my friends and even new discussions. It is good that u have told that cause they ll think that u r not responding or some what.
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@hiitssomu (657)
• United States
12 Jan 07
this is an good method you adopted. i generally use one time slot for my own discussion on each day. during that time i try to reply my own discussions and try to read each answers i received.
i also reply to my friends discussions as soon as i get notified, provided i liked the topic or i think i have something more to add on to this topic so that it can help others.
i also invest some time to read the the profiles of my friends.
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