I Have This Particular Problem

I can understand your feelings. But, you have to see myLot activities in a macro level. People starts new discussion every second. So there is very slim chance for your discussion to be at the first page of "new discussion" more than a few minutes. If you see myLot members trend, you would notice that the discussion that get a lot of responses are those that are trivial matter that has no apparent meaning whatsoever like "what do you think my boyfriend will say if I wear pink panties?". For this kind of discussion, you will get about a billion responses. Not because people collectively like petty things (well to an extent, this can be one of the reason) but because they are here primarily to earn money. For that, they need to post as much responses as possible in as short a time as possible. Responding in petty discussion is the best and easiest way. So, don't bother much about responses. There are people (albeit very little in number) around here who actually like to participate in serious and meaningful discussion. And these people will respond to you. If you still want to put your discussion on top. From time to time, add a comment to that discussion, it will appear on "recent discussion". I guess.

Yes. I do understand you omer, at the beginning i had the same problem that you do have. I even opened up a post asking why do people prefer light discussions over 'heavy' ones. But then i decided that i won't be disappointed any more, but true to my feelings. That means that i will open up posts that interest me, and that i do believe that they have alote to offer to other people. Yes. some of them get 1 response, 2 responses or even a page. But it does not interest me. I am not disappointed anymore. Just true to myself.

I really don't set any certain percentage of responses when starting a discussion. I figure with most of the ones that I do start I'll be lucky to get one or two replies. It don't discourage me none when I don't get any responses at all since I didn't set a certain number to begin with. Sometimes some discussions go unnoticed and there's not much we can do about it, unless we go around posting links to our previous discussion, but I don't recommend doing this since it could possible get us in trouble for it. Not gonna preach to you about doing better, for I have seen some of your past discussions and think that are well written. I only want to wish you good luck with your future discussions.

I think the key is to have lots of friends on Mylot and respond to their discussions so that not just they ,but even their friends who aren't in our friend list look up our profile and that gives us a better chance of getting more responses.When I look at the discussions which get many responses and look at their friend list I see a pattern there.Most of them have around 150-300 and even 500 friends .While I don't add up everyone I can and wait for friend requests to come ,it's a good idea to add up people as soon as you can relate to their responses or discussions.It's not as much the quality of the discussion as the number of friends we have on Mylot.Goodluck to you Omer.

I hardley ever get responses to my dicussions, I think that my largest ammount of responses was like 9. Lol. I guess that I do not start many good ones. Oh well. Here is my blog for you all to view. www.freewebs.com/surverymom/

It's easy to get more people to discuss on your topic. I will be direct and bypass all that, "blah blah blah" stuff. tips: 1. Make a more witty title that captures people interest. 2. Respond to as many of people who posted on your discussion topic 3. Don't make your discussion topic too long or people won't read it. 4. Ask what you want to answer in either the first or last line of your topic 5. Create a topic that hasn't been talked about yet. 6. Create a topic that nearly everyone can relate to and don't restrict your audience. Let them go crazy in their response. That's all the tips I have for now. Don't be discourage, just keep posting.

I can understand your feelings. I myself set no limits what so ever here. I start a discussion and whatever happens happens. A large list of friends helps for the possibility of more responses but one never knows the outcome. I don;t feel a need to set goals as I'm actually here for the great connections in different interests possible. I just love writing etc. I cant even tell you if Ive ever gotten 50 responses on any discussion of mine. Thats how concerned I am about it. But I do wish you luck in the future also with any goals you may set. Im accepting your friends request after reading this also to assist you in your golas. LOL. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

i dont actualy think you are paid for the replys you get to the discussion that you leave.

Honestly, there's no point in bothering about responses. At the end of the day, when you start a discussion, you open yourself up to the fact that you may not get many responses and you have to deal with that. It's all very well turning round and saying don't tell me that "Oh, post quality discussions" or "Try harder" and all of that, because well, sometimes that IS whats needed. Of course I'm not saying that's what your problrm is, but it COULD be a factor. Everyone on Mylot like different things, and honestly, yeah, your discussions won't interest everyone. It's nothing against you, but we don't all like the same things, or have the same interests. Setting a target number of responses for some of your discussions is a recipe for disaster. Nothing is certain in Mylot, nor will it ever be.

If I get at least one response to a discussion I've started, I'm happy. If I got 50 responses, chances are 40 of them would be saying the same thing, and I would start to get boring trying to respond to the responses. On the other hand, I rarely respond to discussions that have more than 2 or 3 pages of responses... even if I found the original post interesting to me.

erm... atleast you're much luckier than i am.. i didn't even get a response more than 5 comment... i just don't know what's wrong.. while others can earn so much.. i just earn so little.. poor me .. don't know what to do... what do you am i suppose to do? aihz.. sad case.. i made quite a discussion too.. but.. not many view from people.. poor thingy ha..

I would'nt take it to heart I think all the users here at one time or another have probably expericened this themselfs. If your getting frusterated then just take a break from posting new discussions for awhile and just answer some. I know it angers you but with so many users it really all depends to all of them what they want to answer and there's nothing all the complaining in the world can fix it. I say just enjoy and dont let the little thigns here bother you so much and just enjoy your time on here.