Number of responses

I make it a must to get back to all of those who respond on my discussions. I feel that I am very rude if I don't. Offline I would not start a conversation with someone and then walk off without acknowledging their response and to me it is the same here. No matter how many responses my discussions receive, every single one will receive a comment, sometimes later if I am tied up and the response has arrived a long time after the discussion was started but whoever posts it will always hear back from me eventually. Even those who only leave a one line response will see me get back to them and sometimes a short response will eveolve into a very active box over time too. I realise that not everyone reacts like this with their own discussions and that is their choice. I prefer to respond where I know I can have a bit of banter in the response because the user enjoys that type of activity

Yeah, I'm happy if people respond in my discussion. Sometimes it's hard to think of something to write and it feels good to know that someone gave time reading it. I don't usually respond to the responses, only if I have something to add or say.

It is so natural for us to get exited about the more number of responses to our discussions as it clearly shows that more people have found the discussion interesting enough to respond.I always make it a point to dutifully respond to all the responses I get as a token of respect for the pain these nice people have taken to respond to my discussion.

if i started a discussion, yes, i'd be glad to receive several responses. i'd be happier if i get honest answers and those which are relevant and helpful. though i can't promise to add comments to each and every response, often i try because i appreciate the effort responders made. when i respond to a discussion, and my response was not commented to, sometimes i get a little bit disappointed, considering i only do very few posts everytime i log into mylot. so few that sometimes i only make 1 or 2 posts each time or none at all. i don't even make discussions these days due to lack of time and perhaps inspiration. so when placed in the same position, i do understand the feeling of responders when they see in a discussion that some responses are commented by the discussion starter while some were not. but i think it's pretty acceptable too that not all responses will be commented on. it would be nice if they do but it's not a violation if they don't.

Hi allknowing, I do always respond to everyone unless I have a particular reason to ignore one response, such as it being rude. I had one discussion which generated about 120 responses and that was ok to get through whereas some with lesser responses in I may lose interest in more quickly, the one time I did that I called on help to get them finished off. The number of responses though is not the issue, it is if they are quality responses which inspire you to comment back rather than bedraggled one liners which can happen if there are too many response. The best thing to do is put a discussion in an area where it won't generate too much additional attention and that way it keeps the numbers manageable and as is most likely to be seen by friends first has a higher level of quality responses.

Hi allknowing, I have to admit that after learning about the fact we had to comment on all responses our discussions got, I started really appreciating the smaller and more intimate discussions I started because they were far easier to reply to. I have always found it hard to maintain interest in something enough to keep responding to comments, especially if the earlier ones have given me the answers I seek. Because I do know I have this weakness though I stopped creating new discussions unless something really important came to mind and I had the time to devote to responses. I felt too guilty to know I started something and didn't do the work that is my responsibility after I began . I do imagine though that sometimes because some people are responding to 40+ discussions a day, they won't mind too much if I don't respond, especially since the responses I skip do tend to be the short two or one liners that had no time put into them. The long thought out responses are always responded to though because I appreciate the time the responder put into their response and so want to give them my time in return. When it comes to that I don't think the one line responses are all that bothered really, I don't think they would even remember they replied! All the best and good luck keeping up with all your comments Dranz

Hi allknowing, Yea sure! I would be happy if I get many responses to my discussions. That said, I tend not to start discussions anymore unless I am quite sure I have the time and energy to comment back on the responses I get. I just feel it is a bit wrong if I do it like a guerrilla warfare warrior i.e. hit and run... just keep posting discussions like a troll and not making responses. Anyway that's just me.

Hi allknowing, Getting more responses always make us happy. I will give my comments to everybody but sometimes I may late to give my comments. It all depends on my time and mood. My highest number of responses was 114 and I have commented to all of the responders. It is really a tedious task to get back each and everyone. But I felt happiness after finishing the same. Still I have two discussions left for comments.

That is the dream of each Mylotter isn't it??

Of course i will be happy and most of the time, the discussions that i created gained 60+ - 80+ responses, and i am really happy cause it means that the discussion i posted is an interesting one, i always read and reply on the responses on my discussions that is why maybe i gained such number of responses. Have a great day.

hi friend sure all will be happy if they get many responses. i used to comment to some of the responses,really for some responses i don't know what to comment so will simply leave it.i think mylotters wont be disappointed for such things.i too respond to many discussion some of them don't comment i am not disappointed friend. you are getting good response for this discussion.i think you will also be happy friend. have a nice day :)

I will be very happy if i get alotof responses over the question i started. I will try to answer all but it take time for me to write in english.

I've only created two discussions yet, but I think I've answered every reply. I thought that was the polite thing to do, at least when I managed to think of a sensible reply. Just posting ";-)" isn't that interesting, maybe someone does it to get to 500? I'm posting on another forum, at some point we used to be able to vote on eachothers post if we had more than 100 posts on a forum. Some posters went crazy with the smilies to get those posts.

yes I will be happy if i get responses to my question. It will help me to find out the solution. To comment to those response is very important which help to communicate with the friend very well.