I am a little upset
By soldenski
@soldenski (2503)
United States
January 11, 2007 6:11pm CST
I cleaned out my friend's...I post replies on the remaining friend's and then I noticed on one of my friend's profile, that they have not posted one reply in any of my discussion's. I understand that we don't all have the same interest's but if you are not going to post atleast one reply in your friend's discussion, then why do you need them? I noticed most of my friends, have posted on my discussion's. But, I went through a friend's discussion's and posted replies to almost all of them, then checked their replies and noticed that they have not posted on my discussion. It made me a little upset, after all I did take the time to post on their discussion's. Why do you have friends?
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30 responses
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Honestly, I haven't really paid much attention to which friends have posted on my discussions. While reading through my own discussions, I see them but I don't really think about it much. I try to post as much as I can on my friends discussions. Having a lot of friends can be time consuming but it also gives me more discussions to look through to see if I can respond with something worthwhile. In the terms of money or points, I think you only need two people to respond to your discussion to get anything. I don't think it matters if you have lots of replies. But for me its not just about the points and I think its the same for you. I do understand why you are upset but I myself just don't worry about it too much. I know I should probably clean out my friends list but I don't have the heart to delete anyone.
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Yes, I do agree if they haven't logged in in awhile, they probably aren't coming back. I don't feel too bad deleting them. Thanks for the compliment. I can count on you too.
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
12 Jan 07
You are too sweet, Brendalee!!! I feel bad deleting people but, I think I want to clean out my list. Some people have not logged on for two month's so I feel they are no longer coming to this site. I want to be fair to everyone of my friend's and post replies on their discussion's first, then other discussion's. I have to admit, I just started doing that because I was running out of discussion's to post on. Thank you, I can alway's count on your replies.
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@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I go through the "discussions my friends started" sometimes and just respond to the ones that sound interesting or a topic I can throw my 2 cents in... I really don't look back to see which friends respond more, the only ones I notice and reply to are the one's that continually make me laugh, think, etc... Plus, those "friends" usually give you good responses too...
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@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Oh yeah, and if someone in the threads has already said what I wanted to, I usually don't respond at all!
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@sweetcakes (3504)
• United States
12 Jan 07
i'm sorry that's happening to you but you live and your learn, don't hold a grudge about it, move on to bigger and better things(smile).
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
13 Jan 07
I don't hold grudge, it's just something I noticed. Thanks for your reply
@SIVAKUMARVDM (399)
• India
12 Jan 07
You have provided me a good information. Usually I respond to only a few friend's discussion, hereafter I will try to respond to every friend discussion. You have made me to know about friend's expectation. Thank you.
@okaprd (206)
• Singapore
12 Jan 07
Yeah, that's tru Sivakumarvdm
I just realize that, I usually reply on any topics I'm interested I didn't even look to my friends topic.
But it's that true? is that always what we want when we submit a friend request to another mylot'ers?
Thanks alot
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
13 Jan 07
They don't have to reply to all your discussion's, that is not mandatory, but atleast once in a while post something, anything. Thanks for your replies.
@mzbubblie (3839)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I can't speak for everyone but if they are not around or busy that is always possible. Just to be fair if you had not spoken to them. But if you have then obviously they are thinking about themselves. I would suggest you talk to your friend and find out what's going on. Or just stop posting on their discussions...
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
12 Jan 07
The problem was that I had already posted to most all of their discussion's, but I am not going to until they do it, or I could just delete them.
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@cuddleme01 (2725)
• Philippines
12 Jan 07
maybe your friends are the type of persons who never know that there is in fact a "discussions my friends started" category. or they never bother to open it. cheer up! or do what mzbblie says, dont respond to their discussions.
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@wathanjim (2214)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I try to reply to friends discussions.I have not been on here as much as I would like lately but when I am the first place I go is discussions friends started.Thats how I found this but it is hard to respond to all of them.
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Hey, I completely get that!!! I have periodically gone through my friends and deleted people that never respond to me. I can understand that from time to time that a friend my not be interested or have no real input to my discussion. That is fine. But to never comment to my discussions when I have posted to numerous of their discussions...it isn't fair!!
I have noticed that some people get friends just to have many people to respond to them. But me, I don't make that many discussions. I prefer to respond than create. But there are times that i do create just because something is on my mind. And when that does happen, I see who are my real friends by responding!
Also...I have recently noticed that my notify had been turning off on some friends. This is very upsetting because some discussions get lost in the shuffle.
So, to ANY of my friends out there, if I have not responded to you as often...my notify may need to be turned back on. Feel free to send me a message if you haven't heard from me in a while. This will help me and you. :)
Great discussion!!!
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@soldenski (2503)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I can tell who are my friend's that post to my discussion's. There are a few that post to most of them. I appreciate them. And I return the "love". I know that not all the discussion's I post will grab everyone's attention. Thanks for understanding and for posting!!!lol
@raj0019 (2623)
• Argentina
12 Jan 07
That is really sad, i know such things are obvious to happen. Even though we say that we are making friends here, still they are not actually our friends. Its just a kind of deal, so they could assure some replies for their own discussions. Most of them even don't have a look at their friends list. I do expect them to contribute my discussions, many more people are here who can have same interests like me. You did a good thing to remove them from your list, at least you wont need to face frustration in future.
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@sylviekitty (2083)
• United States
12 Jan 07
To be honest, I don't think about checking my friend's discussions.. not very often, anyway. If there is somebody who is consistently checking my profile to look for my discussions, and posts replies, then I will return the favor. I'm not trying to be rude at all, but when I sign on here, it's hard enough trying to reply to whoever answered my own discussions.. I still have discussions I haven't answered any of the replies to! So I don't really have a chance yet to go looking at everybody's profiles and stuff. I do when I have a free moment, but otherwise, I generally don't. I'm sorry. :(
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
12 Jan 07
I try to respond first to my friends discussion. That's what I think friends are for, sharing common interests, debating and sharing experiences.
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
13 Jan 07
That's what I do. First I check "discussion's I posted" then I post on my friend's discussion's. Thanks for your reply.
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
13 Jan 07
No, the certain person I am talking about has been posting on different discussion, everyday. It does not matter that they did not post on my discussion's, maybe they don't find my discussion's interesting, but they should not be my friend. I posted on all their discussion.
@mytwo_daughters (2663)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I don't blame you for being upset. If they are asking to be your friend, then it should not be a one sided friendship on my lot, or a one way street per se. I think we are all here to help one another hopefully. I try to answer and reply as often as I can. As it stands recently I do have a sick family member, but awoke early today, so I can reply today. I haven't cleaned out my friends yet, as I do think alot of my friends do reply, and try to answer some of my discussions.
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
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12 Jan 07
im sorry to hear that but i think there are a lot of people requesting friends listing without working out exactly what it means to be on one. To me if you are on someones friends list it is because you are genuinly interested in the majority of discussions that they start. With this in mind, you will find yourself responding to their discussions more than you will to others.
However, if you have an extensive friends list it is very difficult to service them all, please dont jump to the conclusion that you are being ignored it may well be that this person has too many people to service adequately
good luck
keep on posting
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
12 Jan 07
I have also cleaned out my list. I check the "discussions my friends have started" several times a day and I wish all would do the same. I guess all people donĀ“t see it like that though!
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@jbones32103 (717)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I don't really care if people post things back to my discussions because of not knowing if they had a good or bad day. Sometimes people just don't have the time. It shouldn't bother you, but if it does, ask them about it.