I think I am losing my touch!

Hi there mummyofthree I don't take it personally either, I was just wondering where I was going wrong or even if I am. I like to think that I start really good discussions and maybe like you say they get lost umongst the tat!! Thanks for your response, I am feeling better about it now

I am glad!

Hi ya AbbeyB Yeah it's either that or everyone is still getting back to normal after the Christmas holidays. The only way I managed to get back to normal was by deleting nearly all my myLot emails in my inbox and start afresh. I felt bad because it did mean that I didn't respond to a lot of my friends discussions but I started a discussion to apologise to everyone about that! Thanks Abbey

Hmm, can't promise anything, but most of the time you post good discussions, so I think you will be in my top list Have a nice day

That's why I can't understand why responses to my discussions have been low as of late hahahahahahaha Nothing like blowing your own trumpet is there? Hahahaha

Hi ya bieke81 Yes this is true, now you are back I might have one extra response a day if you choose to make my discussions umongst one of your 5 a day!! Cheers bieke81

What college course are you doing? I am just too tired these days to sit in front of the computer for any length of time so a less less active than normal. Huggles. Ellie :D

ECDL. I did the first part last year and finished in June but then there weren't enough people to do the 2nd part of the course after the summer holidays so I am finishing it off now even though it was very short notice of my tutor to tell me and it might still be cancelled because only three of us turned up this week!! All the arranging of childminders and pre-school, parking etc might just go out the window but I really do hope not!!

Hi ya ellie333 I think you are right ellie!! Alot of people that respond to mine are also not on my friends list and I can only think about how many responses I would get if most of my active friends responded too, apart from those that have done of course. I am not taking it personally as I understand that a lot of my friends are probably busy with other things and sometimes it takes time getting back into the flow of things again when the new year starts. I know it took me a bit of time to get back to some sort of normality!! I have started my college course again so I will have less time than before but shall still be fairly active!!

Hi there cynthiann I must admit I do think about the discussions I am going to start quite a lot and they are normally about my own daily life and experiences that I think are amusing and would be just as amusing to others. I try not to start discussions that are like which do you prefer pepsi or coke cola but these sort of discussions get a lot of responses because nearly everybody can relate to this sort of question and it is easy to respond to. The discussion I got 115 responses to appealed to a wide audience and I genuinely wanted to know what others cooked in their microwave because I was thinking about getting rid of mine or was looking for ways to use mine more to justify keeping it!! It is strange that you don't get emails direct to you informing you that I have started a new discussion if you have put notification to 'ON' by my name in your friends list!! Thanks as always for your response my friend!!

Hi agrim94 So then I should kinda apologise to you because I didn't respond to your discussion but let me explain why. It was in fact because I had replied to the other persons discussion and here on mylot they don't like you to repeat yourself and you can lose earnings for doing so. I am sure that if you had started your discussion a few days prior to the other mylotter it would have been you that got 50+ responses! Thanks agrim

Hmm I am sorry I really don't know what happened there then! I do sometimes put my emails into alphabetical order when I have a lot and sometimes when a new email comes in I answer that first if it easy enough for me to respond to. I really am not sure what happened there - sorry!!

I did start a few days b4 him... i started it about 1 week b4 him but then may be i m not very active here so i dont get back and it is not that i mind if u reply to mine or not as i know i m not very active but it is just my feeling that ppl get more responses who reply more to their friends.. may be i am wrong but i do have this feeling.

Thanks for the useful advise. I hope, with this I'll be able to increase my response rate.

PS this one seems to be a winner. lol

Go for it!

Hi dawny Yes it does seem to be going quite well, just anther 65 or so responses to go before I beat my all time best!!! I think that was a fluke though!! LOL Cheers dawn

Humbug, I appreciate you responding to that particular discussion. When I wrote it, I thought sure there would be lots of people in the sports section that would respond. Man, was I ever so wrong! I had forgotten about that one discussion where I got so many responses, but most of them are 1-15 and it just doesn't seem to be getting any better. Maybe my thoughts are not good ones for discussions?

Hi there Barb42 Well I was intrigued to see what discussions you start and to see what problems you have so I had a quick look via your profile and eventually found a discussion to respond to that didn't have any responses. You even had a discussion that got 80 responses so a bit like me you are probably not doing as badly as first thought when you look over the discussions you have actually started! Keep up the good work! Thanks for your response

Thanks, Humbug! I do need to increase my list of friends........... That's why I sent out a friend's request to you! :) Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

Hi ya kellyjeanne When I first started out in myLot I barely got any responses but I increased my friends list and that seemed to help no end! I think things will pick up again soon. Cheers kelly

Hi ya aisaellis22 Oh believe me I have had discussions where I have only got 1 or 2 responses but I don't think that has happened for a while. I find it a bit frustrating when I want advice or something and genuinely need as many responses as possible to help me make a disicision about something!! Thanks for your response and your support too

well, I do admit that sometimes, you have some discussions where I am not able to respond to because I know nothing about it...plus I went to a vacation for 3 weeks so I was not able to come here..but really as much as possible I tried to answer to your discussions...

Hi messageme I think you are probably right some of friends might well be inactive. Do you want to be my friend? lol Thanks for your response

sure why not, you know you will get a response from me! Well most of the time.

Hello there funtasy and welcome to myLot I think you have to start discussions that appeal to a wide audience and is relatively easy for them to reply to. I always start with a brief story and then ask a question or two after the discussion so people can see what experience I have had but can respond to my questions. I would advise you not to make the discussion too long or else people are put off by the amount of text before they even know what the discussion is all about. Oh yeah and it is good to come up with a good title to your discussion and get lots of active friends so they can respond to your discussions! Good luck, I hope this helps and you enjoy yourself on myLot

well, thank's for this helpful reply, i'll be more good after this! happy mylotting!

Hi there dmrone and welcome to mylot! It does take a bit of time to get comfortable with a site and I would advise you to just invite a lot of people to be your friend, put the email notifications to 'ON' and answer a fair few discussions before you start your own and get the feel of things. Once you can see what everybody else does you will have the confidence and know how to start your own discussions. Good luck and happy mylotting!

By the way if there is anything you want to know or need any help with then please don't hesitate as most myLotters are more than happy to help a newbie and that includes me!!

Hey there wolfie34 It is always comforting to know that you are there/here!! Cheers friend

Hi ya Sissygrl Do you not have me on notification 'ON' then? All my friends are all on! A lot of my friends are not active though or else I would never have time to start discussions!! Cheers Sissygrl

I dont actually, because.. when i was away i was getting like between 100-200 emails in my inbox everyday about discussions and i would let them pile up for a while and then i'd have 1000's of emails to delete lol. and its only 25per page you can delete at a time. whoa. But i always go to my friends discussions page.

Hello gtdonna I don't think I could have put that better myself!! LOL Thanks for your response

Hi dandan07 I think if you read through this discussion it might help you a bit as there are some very good points made about starting discussions and getting response. Good luck and thanks for your response

Hello UtopianIdealist I think I probably will and I have made some new friends from this very discussion too. Thanks for your response

Hi ya JOIEMARVIC Well things do seem to be picking up a bit and I have invited some more people to be my friends. It's just a bit of a shock when you go from getting loads of responses to barely getting any! Thanks for your response