How honest are you on myLot?

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@Malyck (3425)
Australia
August 19, 2007 8:13am CST
are you always truthful in your discussions and responses, or do you just make up things that you think will get lots of responses or cause controversy? I ask because I have read several discussions that seem a little far-fetched, and I know some people are only in it for the money. If you do make things up, or suspect that others do, why do you think this is? Are you normally a truthful person? Do you not want to incriminate yourself? Are you cautious of what you share online?
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Aug 07
One of my great downfalls is that I always say what I think. But if people don't want my real opinion, they shouldn't ask, should they? For the sake of being polite, I may be careful about expressing my opinion, but I won't say something I don't believe. It's not my objective to be rude to people or hurt feelings, but I can't say something just for the sake of a penny or two. I think when money enters the picture, people do tend to bend things a bit and occasionally the truth gets a little dented and banged up. If you've been on the net a while, you can usually spot the ones who aren't being honest.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Aug 07
Well, for instance, at work when they institute some new policy and then ask you how you think it works. They don't really want your honest opinion, they want you to say "it's a wonderful innovation, thank you for making me do it this way!" I cringe at the thought of being asked some questions...I know I will say something politically incorrect. Yeah, I think you could safely say I am opinionated, lol.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
19 Aug 07
Oh, I just noticed your photo and caption. Very good! love it!
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
19 Aug 07
May I ask when saying what you think became a downfall? Just in the age of sugar-coating and needless praise, i suppose? So far, in our brief encounters, I've found you very respectful and opinionated. Two very strong, important personality traits as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, you grow to be able to tell the lies apart...
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• United States
19 Aug 07
my favorite saying is "A clear conscience is usually the sign of a baad memory, no need for a memory if you speak the truth" its easier to speak the truth because then you dont have to remember what lie you told who
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
19 Aug 07
very true! in highschool there was one girl in my 'group' who always lied. about everything. but she'd lie so much that she couldn't keep it all in check. she's now seen the error of her ways, but lost a lot of friends because of her dishonesty.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
20 Aug 07
I am as honest as my memory allows. Some of the questions asked meant I had to go back at the most sixty years to when I was a small girl, and since then I had moved at last ten times so I might get things a bit mixed up, but that is the only thing that I might get wrong. I am normally honest, or I would not have confessed my wild past here, I would have made it more nicer, so I already did incriminate myself, but I felt if people knew that I regretted my past, and that what I did was very serious, I might make them think, well, it was not a walk in the park, and it will ruined her life. I am also here for the money, I do admit that, but just because of this, does not mean I am also here because I -==well that is not true. I am here because I love to write.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
I think that you're still well in the realm of being an honest mylotter! It can be important to alter a past experience in order to give someone the best advice.
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@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I always tell the truth if people dont like it oh well, i did start a true post one time that some thought was far fetched , but it was all the truth,i cant see starting a story that isnt true. there are to many real life things to discuss to have to do that.
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
19 Aug 07
Very true (lol). I agree wholly.
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• Singapore
20 Aug 07
I've always being truthful irregardless is in here or towards others. Of course, I would mostly believe what people have told me because my instinct is telling me that they are telling the truth. Unfortunately, it doesn't turn out to be the case in my personal encounter in life. Of course, if there is something personal which I do not want others to know, I will not share.
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19 Aug 07
yes i m honest with the mylot as well as in my personel life i state a topic which is really matters for me
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
19 Aug 07
That's a great way to do everything. I always feel best when I am true to myself. =D
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• United States
20 Aug 07
I work on always being truthful in my comments and my discussions. I feel that it gives me more credibility in life and online. I am truthful in my everyday life and I don't have a very good poker face so it is hard for me to lie and be believable. I think that the ones here who are making things up do it for the money or because their lives are boring and they have nothing better to discuss. I am cautious of what I share online with others since I have very sensitive issues in my past that I feel are not needing to be discussed online.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
Haha, I'm the same with a lack of poker-face ability. Even in white lies and practical jokes I can't help but laugh or smile, or give away the truth. =D
@a_ce_e (1422)
• Philippines
22 Aug 07
Why lie? I respond into discussion what comes in my mind. It is harder to lie than giving the truth. It is hard to put yourself in some other's shoe than being yourself in any discussions, so i prefer being honest with myself in any discussion i made and respond.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
22 Aug 07
I love the fact that you brought up being honest to yourself, and not just to the people you are responding to. A big issue for me with lying is that I just can't live with myself for bigger lies, and I see no reason for small, insignificant lies!
@ruseneca (212)
• Bulgaria
20 Aug 07
I'm always truthful in my discussions.I want people to see me what I am really,not what I am "in picture".I write and respond to dicsussions from my interests.I have never written to discussions,who are not of my kind of interest.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
Well thank you very much for finding interest in this topic =D
@artemis432 (7474)
• Abernathy, Texas
19 Aug 07
One or two dollars a day is sooooo not enough to compromise my morals. Even the four dollars a day I might get if I lied. I live in the US and the money I make on myLot is nothing. Its less then minimum wage - pennies an hour. However, its nice icing on the cake of juggling conversations and reading interesting posts and replies and finding out that in another lifetime I'll be living in Australia and be called Bubba by my dad. (kidding) I'll eventually buy me Deepok Chopra's biofeedback game - Journey to the Wild Divine - if you haven't heard of it - look it up! I keep reading posts on lieing, and haven't seen anything that would generate more money if you lie ...not looking in the right places. I did see one that asked if you lied and many, including a rude person I encountered previously, admitted to lieing and said the only drawback is being caught and remembering lies.
• Abernathy, Texas
20 Aug 07
I'd put a hex on ben when we played in the sandbox as babies
• Abernathy, Texas
22 Aug 07
wouldn't it be great if you could do a search within someone's discussion to go and check if there ar ereplies to your reply?
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
Haha, well if you are going to me in another lifetime, then avoid Ben from next door! Nothing good can come from him. =P yeah, to be a successful liar, you definitely have to have a good memory or keep track of them all somehow.
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• Malaysia
22 Aug 07
i usually tell the truth. if i feel like i would be enclosing too much personal information that i do not want the whole world to know, then i'd probably choose not to respond to that discussion. what good would it be to lie when responding to discussions anyway? one of the reasons that we're here is to help each other and share information and gain knowledge, so the answers and responds that we give should come from the heart, and not some false/fake ones. :)
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
22 Aug 07
Very true, nice answer =D
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Yeah, why not? It's difficult enough to express ones thought by typing how much more if you're lying about it? I don't see the point of lying here in myLot. It just gives you too much trouble in the end. Just like here in myLot, I'm not very keen on lying in real life. I think lying just makes you get into trouble or a lot of confusion in the end. That's why it's always good to start fresh and honest. =)
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@Ricko82 (584)
• Philippines
20 Aug 07
I am always truthful to what I post and what I comment her eon mylot. We aught to be truthful on things that might affect other people right? Some myloters really want answers and solutions to there problems here, and I want to give them the best answer to my knowledge. If I am in doubt of some information that I post here, I will say it. Maybe you might this line in one or more of my discussions "...I have no way of verifying the truthfulness of this matter". This is not lying as you might agree. This is telling my reader that the information I've posted are raw and unverified and it's up to them to dig deeper the issue or put it to rest. I don't want liers in any forum posting sites.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
I think that a disclaimer such as what you leave certainly covers you from being held responsible, and certainly isn't a lie. Sometimes I just have a hunch in my responses, and if this is the case, I always suggest that they find a more reliable source.
• China
20 Aug 07
why not honest on myLot? I think it's not necessary to make up things here. We can say what we really think and what we really want to say no matter what it is. No one knows what you are. No one will blame u. It's really more easily to be truthful here than to make up. I'm honest here and want to share anything with truthful friends here.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
I agree, it shouldn't be necessary to tell untruths anywhere, there's no reason for the internet to be any different. =]
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
20 Aug 07
I know this is internet and people don't seems to be so true and honest all the time, I mean, we can all lie about our gender,our age,the place we live in but I am proud to say that though this is an online community I can say I've been honest to all my discussion,my responses but of course I am very very cautious to what I share and divulge. :)
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
I definitely don't have a problem with people having a pseudonym, a different age etc, but I definitely value honesty. Obviously you do too =D Go us!
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
20 Aug 07
I am always honest in my discussions here on myLot, Malyck. I did a discussion on this same subject a few months ago. It was after I read a discussion that was so preposterous, no one would have believed it. That prompted me to start a discussion about it. I did receive some eye-opening responses. A couple of people even admitted that they made things up. I feel that if you are going to post a fictional story you should state that. As to what I will share on myLot, it could be most anything, but I draw the line at anything that's too intimate.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
It's kind of ironic that people will be truthful about having lied... I agree about things that are too intimate, although what you see them to be obviously changes person to person.
@FaidaATL (44)
• United States
20 Aug 07
I'm honest with my responses, but I try my best not to offend. However, no matter how hard I try sometimes, somebody somewhere has been offended by my response. Usually, I respond with an apology always stating that "it was not my intention to offend."
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
I agree, it's best to be honest and make sure to word things inoffensively. Thanks for responding =]
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
20 Aug 07
I am honest. I have nothing to hide. If you are into creative writing wouldn't you think there would be much better money making opportunities than here? The only thing I'm cautious of sharing online is my personal info that can identify me. I am terrified of identity theft...thats about all.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
Yeah, it can be scary business, sharing too much personal info on the web with all the stories we hear of identity theft/fraud etc. I think you're right, Sid, people who want to make up stories should certainly have a better place to do so than on here for 2c a pop =P
@jofielc (204)
• United States
20 Aug 07
Not in Mylot, i try to be honest in all of the situations of my life, i think the honesty is very important, that define my personality. And if i she something online its true, and thats it.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
sounds like you're very open and trusting, what great qualities to have!
• India
19 Aug 07
well i have joined mylot more for enjoyment purposes as i love discussing my ideas with people..i am an introvert person when somebody talks to me in real life..but i feel totally free to speak out and share my views with people here and that too from all over the world...i never thought in that way...i mean its a good question u have asked..i am a straight forward kind of a girl and so i say what i feel like and discuss whatever is on my mind....i don't think there is anything on mylot where you should avoid honesty...its a discussion and blogging site..nobody reaches you for responding to their discussions ..only you have to choose which you want to discuss and about starting your own discussion i will say you will try to be as honest as you can be so as to get your problem solved which you have put in the discussion started by you....so i don't think you need to be dishonest in either case...yes i am cautious for what i share here..as i don't put very personal questions here..i mean related to my family or my beau..why i do so ..may be coz i have grown up in a bit conservative environment..i usually ask questions related to my everyday problems or what i think about anything happening around..thats it..
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
This is so true, no-one forces you to start or respond to a discussion, so there's no need to make anything up. I know what you mean about being shy and introverted in real life, but open and talkative online.