grr just did a response and found best response had been done in 8 hrs?

People can mark best response when ever they want to, it is best to wait for about a week or so, because their are people that will not respond if a best response has already been chosen. If best response has been picked already and i think that i can add to the discussion i will respond. it does not matter to me one way or another.

I had a newbie give me one the other day in 8 minutes! LOL! I always wait 1 day that's the advise I was given by someone when I first started! If it's already given out when I go to respond I'll leave, isn't that the point? tdemex

I agree that to some user it may be unfair. I wait at least 2 or 3 weeks to give a BR. As far as receiving one I do not care and it certainly does not deter me from posting a response. I never check to see if BR has been "awarded?". Most of my responses are from my email notifications and it is not visible when using this method to post.

Hatley - I've seen people give best responses in less than an hour!!! I still answer if the discussion interests me, but dang!! And, here I have discussions that are a year old or more that I still haven't gotten to for a BR. I'm just bad at it, although I do try to get to them every few weeks! I don't know what a BR does to benefit us, but at least give the world 24 hours to turn so everyone has a chance to respond!! And, again - I am really glad to see you back!

that is something a not so good practice, i guess. with my discussions, it's not that i am not giving BR's but i wait for sometime to award it.

Hello Hatley, unless the topic was a specific question which you wanted advice on and the answer comes right back in and you don't need any more responses to it, then I wait. I usually wait a few weeks until I'm certain the topic isn't going to crop up again and then give the best response. If I open a topic and it has already been given the best response then I'll still answer it. I do feel guilty though when I get a best response straight off after a couple of hours as it has been given too soon and the poster should have waited to review all the responses. I'm suprised though if you open something quite old up though to see that no best response has been given at all, I think we should all give them as a matter of courtesy to those who have replied.

i can perfectly understand what you mean... unfortunately, it is really up to the owner of the discussion to decide when he/she wants to give the best response... and if the person is impatient and decide to give br after a few hours of posting the discussions, then it is his/her decision... there is no specific rule actually of giving br... take care and have a nice day...

I hardly ever notice if a BR has been given in a discussion unless it is because I was given the BR right away. I'm sure it is mostly new people that do that, the rest of us generally wait so long that by the time we do give a BR the person we're giving it too has forgotten all about the discussion

I would say that eight hours is awfully early to be giving a best response rating. I usually respond to discussions rather than start them, but when I have started them, I usually wait a week or two before giving a best response. And, if there isn't a response that I think is worthy, I don't give a best response rating.

hello pweety_princess This is some thing new for me.@ cents for good response! Thanks for informing all of us.I generally stat discussions and mark good response whichever i feel is appealing.

I have only received one best response so far. I think 8 hours is way too short.

Maybe the thread starter didn't know much about giving the BR. I guess they needed to know that they have to give chance to other members here to participate so that giving BR is not biased. I do see most members give their BR after three hours of posting their discussion. But it is really up to them to close their own discussion, close in a sense that you won't have the chance to get it once they selected the BR. I do give one week or days to give my BR, so that I will still get more respondents to my topic and at the same time give chance for other members to point out their views by participating in the discussion.

Hi Hatley. I think it's mostly newcomers that give out the best responses real quick. Thanks for reminding me...I have a couple discussion I need to give BR's on. On my old account, I always forgot to do it.

This is a great question especially for the newbies. Although I did read the FAQs, I was wondering what BR is all about... I'm glad I did not dive in yet to choose a BR! Next question: is it necessary to always choose a BR, what if there's none? Cheers!

A discussion should not be resolved too fast as it will slow down your responses. For me it will take me months to give my BR as I believe a discussion will draw in many more responses if it has not been resolved. I am in no hurry to award my BR.

I wait ages before awarding it as many of my discussions bumpback to life again. I have see users on here awarding it 'between friends'andthat is totally wrong and not what myLot is about. We are told to wait at least a week and so they should - but they don't read the FAQs and make their own rules up

I have noticed that some people give out br's far too quickly. After all it is rare for me to see a discussion in less than 8 hours as I am in a different time zone. I tend to wait a week at least and sometimes a month before I give out any on my discussions. If a discussion interests me I will always respond regardless of the br as I just like giving my opinions. Not that I post all that much these days though. I do find that more people will respond if the br has not gone out and if the discussion starter bothers to come back and respond to the responses. Some people do not do that at all and I find it very annoying.

Hi Hatley! I have seen people give the very first response the best response! Now that is really strange! If I see that a br has already been given it won't stop me from giving my response, but I can see that it would stop some people from bothering to respond! I think that different people and different discussions can sometimes make the difference! I can see that if once in awhile you get an absolutely incredible and unbelievable response within a day and you want to give the br, at least you have waited! I try to wait, but then sometimes I wait too long and forget to do it until I go back and see that I have unresolved discussions! But, then sometimes I have given best responses and find months later that they have suddenly become unresolved again! Another mylot mystery!

I've given out a best response before only to find that the next response posted was better then the last. I think a person should probably wait for a few days before giving the best response, however if you are forgetful, it may be best to post sooner. Better to give a pre-mature best response then no best response at all... don't you think?

I tend to mark the responses after at least two weeks from the time i have started a discussion as that way it gives everyone the chance to reply to my discussion that i have started.I have also noticed that some people do not do the responses at all.I tend to do alot of the responses to the discussions i have started all at once as i tend to put time aside to respond to the best response.