do you put much thoght in starting a discussion?

Philippines
December 1, 2008 9:11am CST
hi there. i just wonder... are you like a churning, overflowing discussion starter or does it take a while to think of a discussion topic? do you really choose your words for the title? there are times that i find it like popcorn hot and there are times that i would simply stare at my monitor. and come up nothing. that is when i simply answer to other people's discussions or go back to my old discussions and thank people who responded. are you like me?
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@luvandpower (2048)
• United States
1 Dec 08
i see making discussions more liek one of thsoe" i got a good idea" momments. any other time i just comment...
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
yeah. that's a great strategy. happy mylotting. have a great day
@munhozmib (3837)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
1 Dec 08
Hello, shiloh_222. I have lots of ideas to create discussions. I can create many. However, I don't. I find it easier to respond to other's discussions than creating my own. I believe that I can earn more through responding, and I do not want to fill myLot with garbage. You know, just because I have ideas it doesn't mean I have good ones. I do create discussions once in a while, and perhaps I should turn it into a habit, but I don't feel like doing it. Respectfully, Munhozmib.
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@munhozmib (3837)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Dec 08
I believe that my most active discussion was called "How many responses do you give per day?". It received somewhere near 63 responses. Just try searching for it in my profile, but, if you wish, I can post the link.
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• Philippines
2 Dec 08
woah.. that's alot. hehehe.. well, won't be a violation to paste a link? i'm just curious. thanks
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hi there. that's a good principle to hang on to. thanks for the reply. question, what is your most active discussion ever? happy mylotting :-D
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@prasanta (1948)
• India
1 Dec 08
Well! I think in my case, I am highly observative since childhood. So, different observations of life come out of my mind, and I express those in this great platform.
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
that's good. thanks and happy mylotting
@Monkeyrose (2840)
• Canada
1 Dec 08
I do put effort into starting discussions. Usually I post a discussion when I want other's opinions about something I want to buy or a place I'd like to go. Its nice to have people's opinions here because they don't know me so their opinions are based on their own experiences.
• Philippines
2 Dec 08
that's great to hear. what discussion did you started that people responded with great opinions? thanks for the reply
• Norway
1 Dec 08
So do I. There would be time that i have a good idea or topics, as i sit infront of the computer; and there are times too, when an idea would just pop up on my head while I was walking or doing something else.. But most of the time, I would end up staring at the monitor after an hour of thinking of a nice topic for mylot. So, my last option is just to go back to answering my co-lotters discussions and wait for a time that something nice topic would pop up again on my head.
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hahaha.. you are like me.. though i would really like to have a continuous waterfall though. what's your most interesting discussion that you started? happy mylotting.
@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
2 Dec 08
Oh Yes When I started a discussion, I really think about the topic more than just thinking on how to respond a discussion. Starting a discusssion is like writing an unfinished blog where we expect it can be continued thru the response posted by friends...
@prasanta (1948)
• India
2 Dec 08
You are right. An initiation of a discussion on a serious matter needs plenty of thoughts. It's an unfinished blog. You know for me life is such that I think a lot but the finale episode never comes. So, when I put it in mylot it (as you say)remains as an unfinished blog.
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
hi shiloh! well, not really. i just start what is common to me. like what is going on in my life or what just happened around me or to other people closest to me and i want other people's opinion. if i have nothing to start, i just reply to discussions already started by others, especially friends. i don't really force myself to start something not significant because if it is just a common discussion, it might end up getting deleted by the mylot staff. take care and God bless you! :-) keep posting!
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• United States
1 Dec 08
Nope, no churning or overflowing here! I start very few discussions. I like responding to others. Sometimes something will pop up in my mind and I will start a discussion but not very often. When I do start one it will be about something that is going on in my life.
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hi there. thanks for replying. well, it is surely nice when a day here in mylot is full of inspiring sparks of light to start discussions upon discussions... LOL.. but i guess, it's a rare moment. how is your day? happy mylotting
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
4 Dec 08
I start a discussion only when i have a doubt about someething.Nowadays i'm hardly starting discussions.just responding to maximum discussions.When i just started at mylot i used to start discussions.I was very happy with the responses i got from mylotters.
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@vicky30 (4766)
• India
4 Dec 08
I start a discussion only when i have a doubt about something.Nowadays i'm hardly starting discussions.just responding to maximum discussions.When i just started at mylot i used to start discussions.I was very happy with the responses i got from mylotters.
@suntuu (294)
• India
1 Dec 08
the idea for the discussion can come at any time of the day and then i start it whenever i visit mylot. the idea for discussion is just instantaneous. thinking about the topic to start was just at the beginning of my mylotiing,and from then the ideas came just automatically
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hi that's great to hear. what is your most inspired mylot topic? thanks for responding.
• United States
1 Dec 08
I really do try to think of a discussion that will provoke an interesting response from a lot of people, so it takes me a bit of time. I also don't want to write something offensive just to get a response from people. My discussions are usually in the form of questions and often I keep them short on purpose to make them open ended and easy to read, so it might look like I haven't put much effort into writing the discussion even if I have.
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hi there. i find myself leaning to your way. i dont cram my subject details much. people will find it hard to read...since there are thousands of words. sometimes, i skip answering too wordy discussions. happy mylotting.
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
1 Dec 08
I really think on things before doing. So I don't start discussions real often. I can't just post random things. Thats why I mostly reply to things on here then start some. To me this has become more of a forum than a money maker. I love forum talk. I make friends online and have a way to escape my life for a few minutes of talk on a forum.
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• Philippines
1 Dec 08
hi there. being in mylot is more than the money.. it's a community. how long have you been a member? happy mylotting.
@messageme (2821)
• United States
4 Dec 08
Usually when I start a discussion it is because I have a question or an issue that I want help solving and I think the opinion of many is very helpfull. I think I have started a discussion or two just because I was bored, but it seems those ones never got responses.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
10 Apr 09
I love starting discussions and it's usually pretty easy for me...my trouble is trying to balance answering other posts also. I tend to get behind too easily. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
11 Dec 08
[i]Hello shiloh_222, I don't start a lot of discussion because I have some hard time thinking of a good discussions to post here. When I feel that I need to start one, I thought of the topic and title and post it here. Sometimes I think I have a good discussion in mind but after I am online I forgot it or feel like not posting it. Another reason I don't post much is I need to read each post and put some comments. It's time consuming and mind bogging sometimes. I prefer now to just post to discussions than starting one. Regards.[/i]
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
2 Dec 08
I don't start a discussion unless I have something to say, or at least a photo to share.
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@suruchi86 (1873)
• India
23 May 09
Frankly speaking, I don't like to start my own discussions normally and prefer to answer to the discussions started by others. This seems more interesting to me. However, if I have to start any discussion than I surely would think about the topic before start.
@cher8558 (425)
• Canada
3 Dec 08
Hi friends, I have to admit I do not start too many discussions. Before I start a discussion, I want it to be very interesting so it catches everyone's interest. I answer a lot of discussions. Cheers, Cheryl
• Romania
1 Apr 09
When I need to choose my words for the title, that means i'm not in the mood to start a discussion. so, i better don't. same thing with the comments. But I simply have days when everything comes easy, i feel like writing about all kind of things, I feel like being here. Then things go much better ... so, I'm just waiting for those days ... he he