Do you ever put off starting a discussion?

I get a lot of ideas! But I don't post very often by choice. I've had one discussion with 72 responses! Another with 32, this is to much, I learned to comment to all people who respond to my posts! It gets very boring replying to basically the topic over and over! I'd rather respond to other peoples posts. I can chose the topics I'm interested in and go at my own speed! I do well here doing it this way. It's just a personal decision! Thanks!

Ya know I feel like such an idiot now. Thanks for posting this because you made me realize the whole thing about "not everyone lives in the same timezone as I do so it really doesn't matter what time I post my discussion." I have had what I thought would be so many good discussions, at least one or two a day but they usually came to me in the evenings when I'm laying in bed to darn exhausted to get up and post them even though I could LOL. So I get up the next morning and remember I wanted to post a discussion but I completely forget what the discussion was supposed to be about. This has been going on for at least two months, can you imagine??? My own darn fault anyhow. So to remedy that problem I'm going to have a little note tablet handy you know one of those smaller ones and jot down my discussion ideas so that when I have time I can come back and see if there are any similar already posted and if not BOOM it's mine baby! So people learn from my mistakes never hold a discussion off until a later date without writing it down. I also recommend having one tablet used for the sole purpose of mylot discussion ideas otherwise you'll probably be finding little mylot notes all over you house for months ROFL!

I almost always wait. I don't start many at all because I don't always have the time available immediately after posting to get back and comment on the responses. I don't like the idea of starting a discussion and then leaving for work or going to bed so I don't start it until another day. The time of day makes no difference to me at all because sooner or later, if they are not already on when I post, Lotters will land from all over the world. If they don't find it interesting they won't respond whatever time of day it is Congrats on 4 figures!

Angie, Yes, I have put off posting a discussion because I wasn't ready to express myself. Sometimes when someone has more than 1 or 2 discussions, then for me, I read each one and pick one to respond to. I can't spend that much time at my desktop and because I have so many others wanting a response, I have to pick and choose. I have a suggestion, write down all the ideas that come to mind and spread them out. If someone else comes up with it, then maybe it was a discussion that wasn't unique enough. Also, it puts less pressure on you to try and catch up with your responses. What do you think? Leenie

Hi,here we mylot members are nearly 200000 and every second lakhs of different thoughts coming as Discussions and responses.Mean time there may be a chance of repetition.So we always alert and whenever you got good ideas you post them instantly.If your discussion is really attract members,time zone factor also has limited effect on discussion.This what i observed,i think you already well known of all this.All the best and have a nice time.

To answer your question,i do hold my discussion sometime.Then i realize that the timezone is not really important compare to which interest you post in.For some interest,there are similar but separated by two group like internet which have IE icon and firefox icon.Posting in the one with for people definitely give you different result if you post in the less popular one. What worst is when you have an interesting topic but you post in the interest that is not popular,nobody response to your discussion.Then you can't get any answer for the topic.To add on,you can't post the same post at another interest as it is against mylot rules.

Yes I have done so many times but Generally because I felt the need too.. I used to write them down as they poped in my head.. I felt like I was trying to hard to come up with a decent discussion Not some spare of the moment thing...I would rather post quality over quatatity.. I have had a few that I really wanted to start but put of due to disspointment.. Although on one particular discussion I wanted to start was rather personal and I didnt really feel like sharing at the time, or having people pity me but I knew I would have had the support even if I did.... So I took a Big break... There are so many discussions here and I think many are repetative too.. I find if I start searching a particular discussion which I was thinking of starting I soon get over it and think why bother... It does get harder to come up with Good discussions...

Hi, babyangie I have always put off starting a discussion here in mylot. In fact, it has been months since I have started one. To be honest, I am not very enthusiastic about starting discussions because, most of the time, I find out that I was not the first one to bring it up! Thus, I have given up. I love replying to other people's discussions here in mylot though. Most discussions here make me think and reflect. Have a nice day!

This happens to me too. I also tend to put off starting one. One of the reasons I do it is thinking whether it would evince the interest of many to respond. In all my discussions just one elicited a good debate, till date. Most other discussions have stopped sometimes just with one response, or two. Then what you have recounted happens: a very good candidate for a hot debate just moves around in my head I would only be formulating how to put it across then there, it justs melts away out of mind. It may once again re-occur, this time with less intensity of in a much less attractive form, and I naturally push it away!

It happens to me a lot of times. Great ideas for a discussions pop up in my head when I'm out of mylot and later when I do get the chance to myLot, the ideas all go away! And I end up putting off for another day the chance to start a disc. Some discs also seem exciting but when I start it and get responses, they just turn less appealing. :-(

Yes, there were several instances wherein I log into mylot thinking about starting a specific topic. But then, when I am about to do so, I figure that it is either too common, or in some cases the possible response is pretty obvious that there is no point in starting the discussion. I really feel that it is important to post quality discussions since I've been a proponent of the motto "quality over quantity"!

Yah babyangie you make me think so hard im havin a blackout, kiddin. that happens to me most of the time all you need to do is just stick to the current discussion you have but if you have some discussion in mind don't hold it back post it off right away. like the discussion i started "admit something" i think it will be fun i hope mylotters will enjoy that discussion.