Would I get more replies to my discussions if...

maybe, maybe not. it all depends on the topic of discussion. if you share the same interest as other mylot users. for me, i've chosen the avatar of my baby nephew coz i was baby sitting when i changed my avatar a few days since joining mylot. sometimes i get several responses sometimes a few. but i'm happy enough to get a few quality responses already. :) if your goal is to get more responses from the mylot community you may want to try these: 1) post topic of discussion within your area of interest but also where mylot population is also high. example is mylot.com, relationship, people, life etc. increased visibility to users increases your chance to get a lot of responses. 2) increase the number of your friends. right now you have 44 friends. let's say that at least 10% of your friends would be interested to respond to your discussions. that will give you 4-5 responses to your discussion. if you notice those users with a lot of responses in their discussions, they have hundreds of friends in their list, even a thousand. imagine 10% of their friends respond in the discussions. but don't just ask anybody to be your friend. choose people who are active and share the same interest as you do. some users are quite partial to their friens in mylot. they tend to respond more on their friends' discussions. 3) get a reputation. when you reach 100 posts you will have a star rating or mylot reputation. it's a star with a number from 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest. once you have a reputation, more people will take you more seriously in mylot. changing your avatar to someting seductive is up to you if you do feel comfortable with it. as one of the responses above, it may not guarantee more responses, just more onlookers. goodluck! just continue to enjoy and doing quality posts. the responses you receive will increase for sure when you do the 3 items above. :)

I really dont lok at the avatars before I post. Heck I havent even figurred out how to put one on mine So your way ahead of me.

lol not sure on that one . I just depend on my friends to answer and am sure if they have notifyier on they will like you do. I answer cause my notify is on and it caome is my email . I get so busy that I have no time to go look to see if a friend has posted anything that day lluck to you

It would seem to be the case, then I know of another that just has a good following since he words his titles really well. Good luck with this. Get replies should be as easy as having your friends support you.

I have never had a discussion with 0 responses so my beautiful, sexy, avatar must appeal to the right people.

I don't think you'd get more responses. I've had the same avatar since I started at the end of January, and I'm afraid to change it because I know I recognize some users by their avatar first, and if I change mine no one will recognize me anymore! I've noticed however that it's always the really weird or controversial discussions that get the most responses.

For me an avatar is personal and I feel that it makes it more personal if someone has a picture of themselves as their avatar rather than a benign cartoon character or squiggle! It helps to put a face behind the discussion. I have always had my pic as my avatar since day one, it's all to easy to hide behind the computer and be unknowns and it helps to make it a friendlier site, the discussion and the person matter more to me and a seductive picture might send out wrong messages personally speaking

I don't know, but, if it works let me know, maybe I'll get some more responses.

My avatar is sexy.....to me. I get that special feeling everytime I look at it....LOL.

LOL I have noticed this also. It does seem to be the ones with a little cleavage showing get well over one hundred replies. I hope no one is offended either but it is true.

I don't think it would matter, at least I hope not. I just go through and find things that are interesting, or well what I'm doing now is going through and answering all my friends discussions. I really hope that something like that wouldn't affect how people respond or whatever.