Are you a mylot stalker?
By Leca
@lecanis (16647)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
March 25, 2007 12:39pm CST
I'll admit it, I follow people around on mylot, responding to not only the discussions they started, but the ones they replied to. I wonder sometimes if they think I'm creepy.
I've caught myself doing it in the past before, but over the last couple of days I've really noticed how much I do it. It's partially because I enjoy talking to those people, partially because it's a way to find good discussions, and perhaps a little because I'm just that type of obsessive person. =p
Anyone else out there want to admit to this? Or do you have a mylot stalker yourself? Is it flattering or scary, if you do?
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42 responses
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
25 Mar 07
LOL no, not to that point. I did try to respond to my friends' discussions whenever I like it. They don't always respond to my topics anyway. I think it's OK, you're obsessive in a good way :) No I don't think I have a stalker here, if I do I guess I'll make more money by getting responses to my topics :)
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
25 Mar 07
:) only in mylot I guess. If I have a stalker, this person would be responding to most of my discussions. I would probably have no discussions without response. We got paid for every topic that is responded, it's not a lot, but still something.
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@valerfore (298)
• Singapore
25 Mar 07
Well I'm sure most people won't mind you stalking them, since you are contributing to the discussion :)
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
25 Mar 07
Stalking? Stalking? uhhh, no. Not me. No way! Well, maybe a little stalking. Was that you that I was stalking? hehehehe I usually check out someone's profile if I see a good post to see if there are any other good posts. And if there, then I will put in a friend request.
Now I will be lurking in the shadows but not stalking. laterz
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
26 Mar 07
Are you following me??? lol I see you there in the corner of my eye. rofl
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@princeworthy (1909)
• United States
25 Mar 07
With all 82,000+ members on here I don't know how anyone would notice that you were doing that. I do it too sometimes! I like to see what discussions that my friends are responding too, sometimes they are ones I am interested in. I usually find myself responding to my friends discussions though, and in doing that I don't have much time to stalk others :) I do it occasionally though.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
25 Mar 07
Absolutely nothing wrong with what you said/did my friend. When I get bored, I do stalk like you. Like you rightly pointed out, it *is* a good way to find discussions to answer if you have friends of common interests.
There are really too few discussions worth answering and the situation seems to get worse by the day.
@champr23 (687)
• United States
27 Mar 07
You mylot stalker! Omg I added you as a friend? Eww. You probably do it because you feel good about responding to the same people in order to get to a normal state w. the site. It is just like anything else. You go to the same parking spot everyday, you go to the same store, or you want to see the same people in a certain place or group all the time. It makes you feel normal N good. It gives you satisfcation, but it makes me be a lil scared of you :P.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
25 Mar 07
I do this too. Especiaially when I have hard time finding an interesting discussion to respond to.Some one will respond tto something I'm interested in and I will find some one elses response is intregueing and I will check to see whee they are from then check the discussions they have responded to and I will find some that interest me ans so I respond.
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@rekkusu (601)
•
21 Apr 07
What, you?....a stalker?...i never would have believed it if you hadnt said it yourself........
..........no wait, i remember you......... you have been stalking me..........
........even as far as to go to other sites just to comment on what im doing........
.......YES YOU ARE A STALKER
Waaaah.....please dont hurt me
*huddles in a ball in the corner*
I didnt mean it...it was only a joke...please...no...no..noooooooooooooooooooooo
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
25 Mar 07
I find it flattering when I find people following me around mylot lol. Since they're harmless..they can't really hurt you by following you online..it just means they either like or dislike you.
I do it for a few people I'm not friends with on here as well..I just like their things, and I'm often scrambling for posts anyways..so..lol. I don't do it alot, just a little heh.
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@mfpsassy (2827)
• United States
25 Mar 07
Some of my friends and I are guilty of this. We are more guilty of doing it within our own discussions though. On some days though when there are some good discussions going on here it does seem as though there is some stalking going on, whether it's intentional or not who knows
@TheOriginalRed1 (512)
• United States
25 Mar 07
LOL, you are too cute! Thank you for the laugh I sure needed it!
Yeah I would have to say that there are some that I follow around so to speak. I find that some people here seem to start discussions that interest me so I tend to check them out first. So maybe I am a bit of a stalker as well. :)
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@Connie1013 (1098)
• United States
26 Mar 07
I am not a mylot stalker. I don't even think I would notice if there was one. I am too busy trying to find good topics like this to add to. Great topic! I gave you a +.
@cloud_kicker_32 (4635)
• United States
20 Apr 07
hahah!! your too funny!! I never thoght of it as stalking lol..but i do with some people..lik my friends..the ones that have real interesting threads..or those who reply to mine..i have made alot of great friends here,,so ive been really busy latley,,i have 5 friends in particular that i absoluetly love seeing what they will come up with next..and sometime sthey will send me a Link to a discission that they know i will love to post on..so its totally flattery..id never hunt them down and see where they live or anything lol..
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@lafavorito (2959)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
Yeah.. Hehehe.. Just kidding.. It's just my habit to reply to my friends' discussions every now and then. There are times when I almost know their recent personal life just by reading their discussions.
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@mdadilali (54)
• India
26 Mar 07
no i am not a mylot stalker i don't have time following other peole around
@seamonkey (1976)
• Ireland
26 Mar 07
I don't think I have any stalkers and I hope no one thinks I'm stalking them. I think it's nice to recognize familiar faces/names and I am more likely to respond or to try to respond to a name I recognize. Some people do appear more often then others in my discussions and I am always glad to see them.
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
26 Mar 07
LOL thats funny "I am stalking you". just kidding. Anyways no I dont stalk people I reply to the subjects that really grab my attention and alot of those I am probly too hot headed over like religion and politics. I seen someone else say that alot of people on here give you a bad rating if you dont agree to their topics. I expect I will have a crappy rating for a long time to come..lol. I do go back and reply to comments added just because I think its the decent thing to do not stalking but if you are really here to chat than you might take a couple of rounds back and forth for both sides to make a their points.
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@lucaalex87 (15)
• Romania
20 Apr 07
It's not scary, nor flattering... It's nice... If you ask me... It's pretty hard to find people you enjoy talking with, and when you have found them, you want to see what they are up to next... myLot stalking is fun (here I am doing it), interesting, and community building if you ask me... So... keep up those binoculars, and don't fall behind. :) :) Nice post by the way. :)
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