Starting discussions when you won't be around to answer them...

I start a discussion when I have something to say and have something to ask. So , I cannot always think of a topic to start a discussion.

My schedule is pretty eclectic. There are days when I will start 5 discussions all right after the other if I am doing nothing that day but sitting online. Then there are days where I will post only one and while people are visiting that one I will resolve old discussions. I've noticed if I wait a couple of days to comment some of the discussions I start the day I go back to comment on the people who left me comments I end up getting more comments while I am commenting. Wow. That was a mouthful. Then I have days where I have a list of unresolved discussions and haven't written anything but I will just go around to the new discussions link and comment the heck out of people for hours. So I really couldn't tell you if I start a discussion at 8 AM or at 2 PM or at 6 PM which one falls more in line with the mylotting community's commenting schedule. I have notify on for half the people on my friends list so even if I am asleep when they post, first thing I do in the morning is visit and comment them.

no biggy...i have done that myself......when i log on the next morning, i can see all the comments...

You know I have never really thought about when I start my discussions. I guess it is more of when I happen to think about something I want to discuss. But your reasoning for starting them when you don't have time to respond back right away does make a little sense. There are times that I will start a discussion and will check like every few minutes to see if someone has responded. Then I will get disappointed when I haven't got any responses.

I start discussions whenever the notion strikes. If there is something I want to get off my chest or if something I just want to talk about, thats when I start one.

I start a discussion whenever one comes to me..lol so it could be when I sign in, in the middle of the day, or right before I sign out.. You also have to consider those who are on the other side of the world and those who don't have a home computer and can only get on during the week or the weekend, depending on their schedule..

A Lot of the time, I have to be in a certain mood when I start a New discussion as sometimes I have to be reading a discussion that spawns the start of a New discussion for me, but it really depends. A lot of the time, I do tend to start more discussions about the time I am getting ready to log off, whether for the night, or before I go to work, etc. and actually my replies I get anymore differs in a lot of ways. So I get back to them when I can, and take the time to check out the other discussions on here as well.

The only time I really start discussions on MyLot, or Gather, or anywhere else for that matter, is when I hae something I want to discuss, or when I have a question about something. This morning when I had a problem logging into hotmail, for example, I started a discussion on MyLot under Hotmail, to see if anyone else was having the same problem. I find that too many people on here start discussions for the sake of discussions. Those are the kinds of discussions that go nowhere. Those who start discussions because they genuinely have something to say, are the ones who get noticed.

I don't have any routine nor time in posting, I guess that depends. If ever I've seen some already responding to the one's I started, then I cannot help myself but to read and respond to it. Maybe it's because I'm always happy that some are there willing to share something from what my post was all about, am thankful that somehow they gave their time and opinion to me and other members who'll be able to read their post and mine. But most of the times, I start one before logging out and/or going to bed. It's always nice to log in reading some feedbacks from other members, as you get to learn various opinions coming from different people.. As for your case, I know that you're busy with your life and have also read some of the posts concerning your son so that's pretty much understandable!;)

I don't start many. When I do it's usually when work is slow or I have something on my mind. There's never any set time.

I start discussions whenever I think of them. It could be in the afternoon evening or night. I always respond to the comments first then new discussions.

I usually start discussions whenever I have a good idea for one and want to run with it. My myLotting habits are probably about the same as yours, though. I'd start a discussion, log off, and the next time I logged in there would be so many responses! I think it has something to do with the time zones because myLot is obviously worldwide. Perhaps you and I are in bed sleeping while another myLot user is just getting up for the day and to log into myLot. I find that I respond to many discussions during the day. That's when most of my activity here takes place. However, I believe there are many myLotters who prefer to log on in the later hours of each evening. I'm also online at that time. That's one of my favorites times to log on because many of my friends here in the States are on at the same time. I think the responses of others to your discussions all has to do with the particular times zones. You'll probably receive more responses when the majority of myLotters are logged in. Perhaps I'm even responding during your daytime right now! (I'm not sure where you're from, so this is just a guess!) I've actually come to the same conclusions as you have in this discussion.

First off, I haven't started many, but those I have, I started whenever I got them whim to do so. I believe a couple of them weren't on my "regular" myLot timing, but I was so frustrated and felt the need to vent, that I just popped into here and began them. Good topic, though...

hi lecanis, I actually start them periodically while I am going through my email. So neither the start or finish of my mylotting time. But in between. And sometimes I will log in and start a discussion if I have a question or I think that I have come up with a good discussion. :) I guess that would technically be the start. heh. I hope you have fun mylotting. B

I respond more than I start discussions, but when I do start them it is always at random points. Usually I will be reading and replying and then something will come to me so I post about it then.

I had never really thought about it. But looking back I vary. If I have a subject that I want to put up for discussion and I come here I generally go ahead and start the discussion. But if I am sitting here on the site and going through discussions and something pops up in my head than I will post a discussion right then. I don't think that I have ever put a discussion before I got off here. But I am not sure since I really hadn't been paying that close of attention. It is something to pay attention to though. Good Discussion.

I just start them as i think of something. I will do something or be right in the middle of something and think" hey what a neat idea for a discussion" Sometimes i still get over whelmed with responses but i do my best.

hi lecanis. I have lack of ideas when it comes to starting my own discussion. I am better in responding only:). So when I have an idea about new topic to start, I start it right away. I don't expect many responses and I don't receive many of them LOL. have a nice day, jazgottt.

Hello lecanis!:-) I am usually inclined to start discussions right when I first log on, mainly for two reasons; first, I don’t generally start a discussion spontaneously, at least for some time now, i.e. I have had already made up my mind about starting a discussion before I even come online. So this is the first thing to do on my mind when I log on. Second, I feel more comfortable to do with the responses as they come so that I don’t have to deal with them en masse. It is only possible if I make my presence available which is only possible if I start near my log on time or at the latest in the middle of my stay here. That’s why it is more probable that I would start a discussion near my logon time. There have been exceptions though, both in terms of starting a discussion spontaneously and starting them near the end time but it’s not so often and usually both exceptions work hand-in-hand (simultaneously) :-) I also understand your reasons for starting discussion just before you leave. It’s the beauty and facility of such forums that we can talk back on the time of our own choosing and there is nothing wrong or unethical about it. World is not going to starve if some responses are left unanswered for sometime especially when they will eventually be responded to, which, you are very good at, really!:-)

Usually when I'm about to leave I post and that way when I wake up I have something to do before school while having coffee before my kids wake up!