do our chances of getting a response to our discussion increase when we r online

I don't think the fact that you are online increases your chances to get your discussions answered. Just think about it. People answer to discussions they can see, right? Usually those on the first page of any topic. If your discussions are at say page 5, do you think it matters if you are online or not? they are still on page 5 so they are as hard to reach as ever. If the fact that you got online would bump your discussions to the first page then of course being online would increase your response chances as it'd make your discussions more visible. As it is now I really don't think there's a connection between the two.

I think yes...I ve signed into get a notification email into my mail box when ever someone responds to my discussions and ve found an incresing no of them comimg in when Im online rather than being not...But I dont know if its true or not...