It can happen to you
By jackie_mmm
@jackie_mmm (886)
Philippines
March 21, 2007 1:46am CST
I love looking at my best responses every so often. There was this one time when I checked it, I saw that my response was tagged the best. I was so bubbling with excitement around mylot because that was the first I had with over 70 responses. The next day, however, I checked it again, it was gone. I couldn't ask my friend who posted the discussion how it happened. Maybe it was about three weeks ago when it happened. I was about to complain to myLot about that, but I couldn't work up the courage to ask them and know where it went. I'm saying all this so you won't be surprise if you get the best response one minute and it's gone forever. I don't want to make waves. This is just to share my experience and see if you got the same problem.
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37 responses
@shireishou (896)
• Indonesia
21 Mar 07
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I'm very seldom check my best responce. But my post was deleted 20 post including my best respomnce. it was happen to me once
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
21 Mar 07
I have heard several people say that their best responses have gone missing. One diligent member went and re-marked all the best responses that she could remember, as she had several that she marked come up missing.
I hope that somehow your best reply comes back to you.
Is that discussion still on the site? or did it disappear too?
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@sidoney (1033)
• Jamaica
22 Mar 07
well your not the first I have heard about that I just checked mine for the first a few days ago hope they stay I also heard that some discussions that are posted are against MyLot policy and thus gets removed at some point with out notice of any kind
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@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
Hello jackie!(",) So sad to hear about what happened to your disappering best response. If it did happen to me I will be sad for a while because having a best response excites me alot and makes me happy and gives me encouragement to make quality posts. I'm surprise and a little bit worried that this can happen to me as well. What could have happened? I guess, its just right if you ask the mylot administrator for you to clear the issue. Hope you will receive anothe best response that will not disappear forever. Good day!(",)
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@amigochama (113)
• India
22 Mar 07
I understand your feelings , it really makes one happy when see your tag being adjudged the best.
@vashstampede992000 (2560)
• Philippines
22 Mar 07
No i haven't encountered any of that regarding on my best responses...
But ifever i got the same experience like yours,
i wont take it personally..
Coz mylot has some reason for it i think.
Mylot have its own reason why they have to do that!
have a nice day ahead
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@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
22 Mar 07
It has not happend to me yet, but you never know.
In your case I am not sure taht the whole discussion has gone or only your best response status has gone! If it is only about your best response award then you should ask Mylot about it. Mylot is so unpredictable in some cases.
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@xeron0719 (810)
• Hong Kong
21 Mar 07
Yes, I meet this problem before. Sometime, my best response disappear, I think that it is not easy to get a best response, even though you have tried your very best to work for this award. Firstly, not all the members here are willing to select the best response, secondly, there are always some response that is better than yours.
In my opinion, our best responses were disappear because mylot is deleting topics which is against their TOS, as not just your best response is deleted, actually the discussion has gone, am I correct?
What do others think?
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@smilingurvashi (1151)
• India
21 Mar 07
hey you should be prepared for such surprises at mylot. mylot deletes some responses which they find are not apt or violating mylot guidelines. may be your response seemed the best out of 70 responses to the user who posted the topic but it wasn't apt for mylot. so cheer up.don't think much about it.
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@monkeywriter (2004)
• United States
21 Mar 07
No this hasnt happened to me. I love getting best response though. Oddly enough almost each time its been for things I didnt necessarily care for a best response to. haha. It makes me laugh the ones I've gotten one about a cold, another about a bathroom. I think like twice I agreed others its like why me? Oh well I think best response usually gets some more pay I believe so but I could be wrong...
I'd talk to MyLot though about the thing disappearing. You cant take a best response back so that has gotta be a true issue!
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@NatureBoy (493)
• Singapore
22 Mar 07
Hmm, I check for best responses every now and then too. haha. I always respond to discussions after thinking awhile, so I hope to get more best responses. haha Think if the best responses can disappear, its not very fair. But either ways, keep posting.
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@simbrialuis (387)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
maybe they are just cleaning up their database, since only few care for best responses they thought it is healthy to do this....this is just a MAYBE.
@hassei_takano (1411)
• Indonesia
30 Mar 07
waaah I dont have many best responce since I mostly post in topic that already choose best responce ^^
@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Even if you had a best response, the person who posted the discussion might not have gotten very few replies. Mylot routinely deletes discussions with fewer than 10 responses. It has happened to me as well. It doesn't bother me though. Sometimes I don't even know I have a best response because I don't look that often.
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I had that happen to me too while I was still new here. I only had 3 best responses at the time, so it was easy to notice that one was missing. I thought about it for a while, and then went back to the discussion to see if I could find a reason why mine might no longer be the best.
I had already thanked the member for awarding me the best response (which I felt made me look foolish since I did not have it) so I left a comment regarding that. I mentioned that I did not know that best responses could be removed once given, and was wondering if I had done something wrong. I was told that myLot had apparently removed my best response for whatever reason. It was later returned to me. I am not sure whether it was returned by this member or by myLot. Don’t be afraid to ask about your best response. If I had not asked, or thanked them for the best response, they may not have remembered whom they had given it to, or even realized that it had been revoked by myLot.
@aliasad (1567)
• Pakistan
21 Mar 07
Thanks for awareness! I would like to add here that I have a best response, "without the little pencil" meant for the best. I don't know why? I pondered again and again to check out the reason but nothing happende. I have just checked and now pencil is there. There is sometimes late updation on mylot. Sometimes data carriers are very poor etc. Don't worry the lost will be come back ;) Good Luck
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
21 Mar 07
This has happened before. Pluck up your courage and ask him. Once a best response is awarded, it canNOT be reversed. So even if you mark a best response by mistake, you can't change it.
That was a myLot glitch and some users have reported that the best responses they marked went missing. So just message that person and let him know that there is a glitch and if he can remark you as the best response. :P
It is highly likely that he didn't notice it is gone. If you don't message him, he would forget about the whole thing and it is not impossible for you to lose your best response because the next time he decides to mark it afresh, he might see another one that he likes better.
But hey, you want your best response.. :P