Worry over mylot friends?
By mummymo
@mummymo (23706)
March 22, 2007 9:06am CST
Got a question for you guys - if a friend you are used to 'speaking to' regularly suddenly goes off the radar for a while without letting you know, would you worry about them? Would you message them, start discussions looking for them, ask other friends what had happened to them or just shrug your shoulders and think they had just got fed up with mylot?
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@greengal (4286)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Yes I would, in fact I did with one user...I'm not sure if you remember Sunshinecup, she's been off mylot for a long time now. I know she used to respond to all my discussions without fail and I got many mail notifications of her new discussions. But of late she has been not active at all and one day I messaged her. She told me that mylot had deleted one of her discussions for no reason and that totally discouraged her. She also told me she would come back only if she felt like but would keep track of messages sent to her. I felt bad for losing such a friend here. I thought instead of asking others its better to send her a message directly.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Now you mention it I wondered what had happened to her maybe she'll come back one of these days.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 07
I would worry about them it has happened to a few of mine and I have messaged them but not heard back. I keep them in my Friends list in the Hope that they might return
There is one that I have not seen in months and I do hope she is ok as I have messaged her but she has not been on
I don't want to delete her as I am still hoping she will come back.
@recycledgoth (9894)
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10 Jul 07
I do find myself worrying sometimes if I haven't heard from a regular friend online. This being a global community I care a lot about my friends and hope that they are all ok, even though I do not always get the time to contact them all.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
10 Jul 07
I will surely try to contact that friend through the available means. I will try every trick in my armour to contact him/her...I will leave no stone unturned to get in touch with him.....Hopefully, if such a situation arise....I will get success also.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
11 Jul 07
Thanks for the encouragement and compliments.
You too look caring enough!
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
22 Mar 07
I will drop a message yea. If I have his email, I guess I may drop an email too if time gets long. But chances are they just got tired or fed up of mylot and left. Unless you already know there are some issues in their life.
@shandyleer (23)
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3 Jul 07
Yea i agree with lordwarwizard on this one...it is worrysome though
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar 07
Sometimes people need 'space' not everyone can relay their feelings when they feel down and just want to be left alone. I would send them a message to make sure they are ok, and that you are thinking of them, then leave it at that, if they reply then good, if not, then they obviously need time alone. Everyone is different, you can only meet someone half way, if they don't want to meet you, then there must be a logical solution as to why. We all go through phases where we just haven't got the 'interest' It has been a difficult month for me so I have spent less time on Mylot and I am chuffed to mintballs that people like your good self send me messages, it's great to know that people care. I think you are very much like me in this respect and I have the feeling you are very sensitive like another mutual friend of ours, and we tend to take a lot of things to heart as well as personally, it can be good but it does have bad affects to! Hugs
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Yes there is onw person who has done just that and I have PM'd him with no response. Then I found out other friends had been worried about him too. I still miss him and hope he comes back soon.
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
22 Mar 07
Oh yes I would worry about them as they are my friend, yes I would message them and send out a discussion about them as maybe someone else knows what is going on, if I knew that they were constant friends and responding and all of a sudden just stopped I would certainly worry about them.
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@hookfan (447)
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22 Mar 07
I would email/message them privately just to make sure all is ok. That's what friends are for :) If they don't want to speak to me, they'll either not reply or say so. I leave the ball in their court, but at least I'll have made the effort to let them know they are missed/cared about and gives them an option to talk if they want :D
@gkvetkar1 (115)
• India
13 Jun 07
it will be heart breaking for me to know this, though we have not seen each other neither met each other but bond we share in discussion & replys is naturally going to heart if that person goes off line for long time only hope that he /she could return back asap,
like today I am searching Bombstick's new discussion but today he is nowhere to find nor he posted any new discussion.
Bombstick come back asap
love
gkvetkar1
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@mummymo (23706)
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13 Jun 07
This is very true my friend - we do give some of ourselves to others as we talk here on mylot and although we do not see or meet each other in person there is still a connection! I hope you are enjoying mylot gkvetkar1! I knew there was something missing today - I am sure Bombstick will be here soon! xxx
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
10 Jul 07
Last month one of my best online friends in the entire world went in for surgery. I waited about a week to email her to make sure she was alright. And, when I didn't hear back from her, I felt so bad, like maybe she didn't make it out of surgery. After another day or two I sent several frantic emails. Turns out she had emailed me three or four times at my old AOL email address. She was fine, but AOL got the blame for that one. I dumped them A.S.A.P.
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@xiuluoelly (1224)
• China
3 Jul 07
Ah, I don't know,because I have no relationship between good friends, if our relations are very good, he also often online, suddenly not, I would be worried.
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@Eskimo (2315)
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12 Jun 07
This is a difficult one, because there was a recent post about people who make a big thing about leaving (and usually don't) started by Angrykitty.
The feeling there was that those who wanted to leave should just do so quietly. Friends can leave Mylot regularly for a large number of reasons, some personal reasons, other work commitments, computer or internet problems. They may not always be in a position to let you know if or why they have left. The only solution, I suppose, would be to send them a Private Message, and if they don't respond then just to leave it like that.
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@Eskimo (2315)
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12 Jun 07
Unfortunately some people have a life outside of MyLot, and do have to miss out on using it for some time. I work unusual times, also have a lot of time off, get sent on lots of courses and meetings. I also have a family to see (Occaisonaly!!!!) or so my wife tells me. It must be the same for most other members as well.
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@mummymo (23706)
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12 Jun 07
I know the discussion you are talking about and I do think it was more about people who felt a bit sorry for themselves starting leaving discussions just to get people to beg them to say and having no real intentions of leaving! There are many reasons, I agree, for people not being able to get on mylot! I had a friend who vanished from the face of the earth and didn't respond to pms or emails. I have to admit I was worried but thankfully she returned some weeks later, she had had some things to deal with and hadn't had a chance to log on to the internet at all! xxx
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@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
16 Jun 07
well if the friend didn't show up for a long time i guess i'd send a private message to make sure everything is ok. If that's all the means of contact you have with that person i guess there's nothing else i could do. But yeah, if i really got on well with that person i would worry a bit.
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@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
16 Jun 07
yeah, the most probable is what obviously usually is, so normally there is a good reason why the people suddenly stop coming here. but that won't stop us from worrying, will it? :)
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 Jun 07
Hello,mummymo,i have few friends which i used to send message with each other but recently i have not seen them posting or replying.I know one of them have left mylot for something else,but i am worried about another friend,i see her logon everyday but i have not seen her doing anything here,her post number does not change and she does not reply or comment to discussions,I have sent her message but there is no reply from her,i do not know what happen.
@mummymo (23706)
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11 Jun 07
Hey easy - hope you are doing ok? I am sorry that you are worried about your friend. Have you tried checking when they last logged in? on the left hand column of their profile page it will tell you when they last logged in. I hope everything is ok with your friend, sometimes people just need to take a break or have computer problems. I do hope you hear from her/him soon. xxx
@raydene (9871)
• United States
24 Mar 07
I tend to get close to the people that I feel a connection with....like you ,Mo and yes If I don't hear when I think I should I get nervous.I would message if alot of time goes by.I don't and won't ever appoligize for being concerned!
Hugs
R
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
12 Jul 07
I was wondering about that exact same thing, mummymo, because I have been missing a friend here on MyLot for a while now. Nobody's mentioned them, but I know that I am not alone because this person was very active in posting. I don't have a clue as to what to do in this situation. Is it against the guidelines to try and contact them? Maybe I should reread the guidelines.
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@mummymo (23706)
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12 Jul 07
I can find no mention in the guidelines that you should not try and contact them! Maybe you could try to send them a private message or even an email if you have it, there is nothing over the top with doing that! There is someone who i have noticed missing for a while which is very unusual - I am going to check their profile to see when they last logged in - maybe pm them and see if it does any good! I have noticed that in most instances there is a reasonable explanation and they do return! I hope your friend comes back or gets in touch soon! xx