Why are there so many inane discussions started?

Well ! Thats an intresting observation ! Yes i also have come across those single liner Q&A strategy that some of the users are following. I thik most of them do it to increase there posts, as that helps them to earn more. Money, obvoiusly plays a key role in motivating more and more postings and i have observed thats very often quality has to comparamise on quantity here. But then, one cant ignore the fact that most of the users are here to make some extra bucks for themselves. So i think, they have got there own relevent reason in posting those seemingly 'irrelevent' posts :) Cheers !

I think it's either that people are really bored, or they're just looking to make money from their discussions. I have no idea, really. But I do agree that you should put some kind of thought and effort into what you respond.

Well .. my eyes are brown, I have no middle name and I like purple hehehe!!! Ohh lorrs I do know what you mean though .. every morning I log in hoping to find some discussions that have sparkling wit and need brain crunching considerations to be made .. and all I get is 'which chocolate do you prefer' 'it's raining' and endless questions about some local cricketer/footballer or other .. If cricket/football is your game and you know the team I suppose that question could be of interest .. maybe .. but to be honest they are rarely questions .. just very brief statements that really require no other information to be added .. So I don't necessarily think it's a lack of decent questions .. more a lack of understanding of how to phrase the discussion headers .. and how to set out what information it's hoped will be given in the replies .. I don't always get it right myself .. but I do try and find discussions that might draw folks in from all countries, if I have a statement about my own country then I will ask what happens in other folks countries .. and what would make the situation better ... it's the small details that can change an 'ordinary' boring discussion into a discussion lots of folks would like to comment on ..

First, I don't think the survey questions are necessarily inane. They give people a chance to surf around, get to know different people from different areas and just sound off a little about themselves. Furthermore, really creative people often have fun with them. Some of the best responses I've seen on mylot are to the so called inane questions. Try reading some of the responces and you'll see what I mean. As far as the one line replies are concerned. Remember that a lot of folks on here have English as a second language and for them to get one sentence out is more than most of us could ever do in their language. Also, many questions really don't warrant more than a one sentence reply (And I'm not talking about the survey questions)To tell people DONT POST because they aren't giving you what you think you're entitled to is not very tolerant and isn't going to do anything to make us understand each other any better.

I like your choice of the word inane. In fact, that's one of my favorite words and sadly it appears that more and more people are just exactly that - inane! And yes, it is so annoying! I've only been on this site for a few days and I love most of what people have to say, but every once in a while I find a post and I'm like, Huh? What in the bloody ell was that?! Cryptic and useless, it forces to strain...do I respond? The heck with it. After a while, you realize what a waste of time a lot of these discussions really are. BUT I have posed some enigmas to this community and received some great feedback, so I'm hooked. I'd say it's a 70/30 ratio of good/bad posts respectively.

may i just say that i am not at all surprised to read that your username is scorpiobabes. typical scorpio behavior, to react this way over those types of posts, and i totally agree. i've only just joined and i haven't made any $$$ (that i know of) and i'm finding it great fun to just post my thoughts but i would never have thought that people would ask about others' favourite colors just to add a post! we're all in this for the money, i'm sure, and this is not your typical networking site, but i have to admit, this is a great pastime as well, to get to read what other people have on their minds, and be able to help, for some. cheers!

I agree. Many times, good useful discussions disapear just because there are so many discussions that r just wrong and boring. I will take a look at all your discussions when i finish this.. I start a few discussions (not many) and some get responses, some not. I have one that is embarrassing. i started it my first week here and it didn´t get that much response, but NOW people are actually responding to it - and it is a discussion that i do not wanna be the creator of - a discussion in the range of what u just menchioned =(

It really drives me crazy! It is like they post some goofy question one after another. It seems there should be some type of monitoring system to avoid these postings.

uve observed it wrong sorry to say that if u observe clearly ppl joining new tend to post these kind of discussions cause they are new n hasnt read the guidelines properly.... once they read the guidelines and understand the rules of the game they ll all post all quality discussions and try to earn n post more and more..... hugssssss

I'v encounterd this and it is very iratating. The one liners like; "look, do have jeem" What in the world does that mean? It sound like english, but not the type I am used to. And I know this person can read and write very well(I looked in their blog) Then you have, like you said, what color are your eyes, gee well since I don't have any mirrors here and you can't see me I will never no. "They" do it on puporose, just to get some points.

I agree. It's crazy to come on here and see silly posts like "what is your name?" How much of a contribution is this? I simply ignore those posts and go on to find one that makes sense. I rarely start discussions either.

see i have posted some scientific and social discussions .no body likes it.many like only simple questions to earn more i think.. i m too confused like u.simple questions are answered more i guess.

I'm very new to MyLot and I just don't get these daft one line silly questions at all. I joined to enjoy meeting new people and talking to new people about interesting topics. I started a few discussions about fairly serious subjects, but go virtually no responses, while a lot of the daft one liners end up with loads. So it's isn't just you hun, I agree with you

Don't know................ OK, I guess i had better write more then that.. ;) They only reason I can think of is the money. They think they will make more that way. I read someone on the site that you apparently make more for responding. Dont know if that is true or not, but I think it would slightly help fix this if more people were aware of this. Does anyone here actually make enough more from this site to actually waste their time asking stupid questions like that???

I just ignore those discussion and I only answer them if I just want to answer but most of the time I ignore just question. Before I use to ask those questions but not anymore for alot of people dont like it.

oh i feel your pain! I have started several really good meaningful discussions and the most responses i get is 4. you see something like do you paint your toenails and that gets over 90 responses! its frustrting! It does make you not want to start discussions. whats the point!

There are a lot of them, coke or pepsi, favourite coulor, coulor of eyes and by far my best ever, how hard do you push when you poh? I guess its because generally people do not think, are lazy and want to earn a cent. People reply to the discussions that need little thought, either they fit in to one of the above categories or they are truely hard of thinking. Either way, i do wish they would stop doing it

Yes, there are so many discussions like that because since there are so many members it is really hard to think of a unique topic. Me too, some of the discussions I made, some still have no responses. Just be patient, ignore them.

people have started scamming this site just to make quick money it's mostly the new comers who don't know what my lot is all about.it's those new comers who does not know that quality discussions are the one's which give them real money and not the one liners

I'm new to Mylot and I have noticed that there are a lot of these stupid "whats your favorite colour" type discussions. My understanding is that the content is controlled by the users - i.e if we rate those rubbish discussions as negative then shouldn't they disapear from the homepage and the authors earn less? I thought that this was the whole idea to get people to post quality rather than quantity? I think some of the users posting the pointless discussions come from parts of the world where a few dollars is a lot of money, so I can understand their motivation.