Are the discussions on mylot loosing their quality?

i think u are right. some of them are so silly that people start. alot of nights i can't find an interesting discussion to even answer. i think people are just trying to make money & don't care what they start.

I don't agree with that assessment. Some probably prefer serious discussion only, some may like more enlightening topic for discussion, so it depends on individual member own definition of 'quality', but in mylot, every one is entitled to freely express own opinion and free to engage in discussion of his or her choice, there is freedom of choice here. Cheer, Happy mylotting!

Hi ronnyb! I have heard the same complaint too from some friends. I have been here for two years and during those time, there were times that you will see discussions that are recycled in a way and you can see some repeats also until this time. There are a lot of topics here that you can choose from but there are times that nothing interests you. I have realized that what really makes me feel interested in discussions here is when I am feeling good and I am in the right mood. If I am sad, nothing interest me but if I am happy, whatever discussion my friends have--I appreciate them. But of course, I can not deny that there are really some discussions that really won't interest me at all. Just my personal thoughts my friend. Take care and have a great day! lovelots..faith

I think they are changing thats all.I find some of the younger ones want to discuss music or sport and that leaves me in the stalls. I think people are running out of ideas,it is difficult to keep coming up with subjects like you do.I do not make many discussions because when I check someone has already thought of almost the same thing.I don't think it is right to copy someone else.So I just tend to respond don't dry up ronny you keep me busy.xxx

I try to start good discussions, and answer good ones, but I have little knowledge on some things. It's not fair of me to try to answer those when all I could say is, nothing! I know my interests don't mesh with a lot of people, so I understand the not answering.

I dont think the quality of discussions are going down, but I have only been here going on 2 months, not even a full 2 months yet at this point... but I have seen a few people make discussions regarding the quality of discussions.....and my question to you is what makes the discussions so downgraded?? If in fact they are... and what were the discussions like before??.... and where are the people that made those discussions? and why are they not here to make more of those discussions? I know there are quite a few discussions on making money, but we have to consider the fact that people are not able to find work in the outside world as the economy has dropped, I mean here in my state the unemployment is up over 10% the highest since the 80s --and they are still laying off people, eventually everyone is going to have to leave in order to find work and that is in my opinion why everyone is questioning making money online... I dont know does that make sense?

I do not think the quality is necessarily going down but I do find that I usually only respond to my friends discussions as most of them have been here for quite some time and they post discussions that interest me. I find that so many of the discussions posted by newbies have been already posted over the years and I get tired of the same old thing. Then there are the other ones that are only posted to earn money and are usually inane.

no, i beg to disagree on this. always, the discussions that come about is relative to the experiences that the mylotters have gone through or are going through. this could be first hand or second hand ones. now, if what you mean to say is how they are being phrased, there is nothing that we can do about it. there are some of us here who are not good at converting our ideas and feelings into words. another obstacle to hurdle will be the language barrier. there are a lot in the community who hardly knows the english language. let us just appreciate the so much effort that they have mustered in order to be participating in the discussions. i am sure that it is never easy to express oneself in a language so foreign that there is a need for a dictionary nearby while doing so. although we might wish that all the discussions are worded so well, we can never help it if there are others who find themselves having constructed only a sentence after minutes of contemplation on what they are trying to say.

I've been here since last June, and I have noticed there aren't as many good discussions that there were back then. There are a handful of the friends I have that actually have great discussions. I do look around under my interests and occasionally find some good ones, but they are few and far between.

I wouldn't say the quality is going down but I have not been a member as long as you. Within my friends I know a select few that generally post discussions that appeal to me. The discussions I start don't always receive a large number of responses but I figure that it is difficult to predict what will be popular and if I produce an unsuccessful discussion I'll try again with something different. One of the things that I prefer about MyLot is the large selection of topics compared to other similar sites.

I have only been here a few months so you can guage my response with that filter in mind. I have seen a member or two leave through some harrassment and they tended to be some of the more controversial posters, and I might say in a good way, and I have seen people take the position that they do not want to be controversial because it gets their posts banned. Even though the post was not against the rules someone took offense because of disagreements being on the other side of the argument and as myLot seems to delete without making a value judgement, they stopped posting anything controversial. The result of this is a dumbing down of the general tone of the posts. There are also the ones that are just trying to post as much as possible in order to achieve payout and I suspect quality might take a back seat to quantity. When you combine the two with the fact that some of the newness is worn off for you and some of the questions you have seen before, you might think the site has changed. I doubt it has changed as much as you think it has, I suspect it is more in your perception that reality.

I haven't really paid much attention to the quality of discussions. I know that for about every 10 discussions that people on my friends list have started I only find something to say on about 5 of them. Then there are those rare few that are so good that even the comments from other members inspire a response. So I guess it evens out.