Friends in myLot

I've checked that option to notify me because I usually don't look at the "friends started" section, so it's good I'm getting e-mails when someone from my friends list posts a new discussion.

I only have a few notifications turned on so I don't get slammed with new discussions my friends started. I like to see what they're writing about first but I don't consider it a division of any sort. I start with my friends when I come to myLot, and I don't answer all discussions. I only answer discussions I'm interested in replying to. No one seems to mind and the same goes for me if I start a discussion, I really don't expect every one of my friends to participate in it. Right after I start with my friends, I go to my interests, then to no responses, and sort of pop around all over the board. I'll answer any discussion, whether it be my friends or not, if I'm interested.

I go for everything possible. I use all of the tans provided but I am also extremely happy with the notifications. If I am not here but I am online and a notifier arrives with a discussion by a particular friend (maybe they were missing or their dicussions are of particular interst for example) then I am aware of it as soon as they post. I do have some of the notifiers turned to off but those ar emostly users who post rarely but then spam with multiple topics in a short space of time. I use the 'no responses' tab a lot and all the discussions as soon as they are started go there but I also am happy to have the notifiers so that I can immmediately be aware of discussions started by friends when I am not logged in. Once again myLot give us a choice We can tunr them to 'off' and we do not receive them or leave them 'on'. It's up to us but I feel that it is not something that should be removed at all.

Hi friend you are right to a certain extent that this is a sort of discrimination.However if you try to look at the broader picture then you will find out that the fact is a bit different.It's true that we are notified about all the discussions started by our friends however participating in discussions is our sole priority and no one can be forced to take part in a discussion even if it's started by a friend.At the same time you can always search discussions and find out other interesting topics and can participate in it.No one can prohibit you from doing that.The reason I believe a discussion started by a friend is notified because it is assumed that as friends we fall in the same wave length.So it is not that bad.

I realized much later that we approve even those friends whose interests do not match ours. There is no point in having a friend whose discussions are not in conformity with our interest. Now I am reluctant to delete them from my friend's list. The best thing I can do not is to create a filter so that all notification concerning friend's discussion automatically goes to spam mail.

The notifications get annoying when a friend start multiple discussions in a day. It just clutter the inbox. I turned notifications on some of my friends off because I know they start multiple discussions in a day and not some of those I have no idea how to respond to, or I don't see how I can contribute. I usually look it up on Friends Started Discussion on myLot to see if there's any of my friend's discussion that I want to respond to. I also respond to discussion started by any member if it is under my interests, or I find a discussion that is interesting, by any means. In conclusion, I don't respond to only my friends, I respond to any member's discussion provided it is interesting for me and that I think I can contribute something to it.

I don't know if I like this feature, it clutters my inbox and I mostly delete them straight away. If I want to know what my friends are posting, I will visit their profiles or look under the tab 'friends started'. Some people might like it as it reminds them that they could go spend some time on mylot and it can be a motivation to come here more often. For me personally it doesn't do anything extra.

I do not see anything wrong in getting notifications, when our friends start new discussions. In fact it is helpful for the users to get more motivated to participate here in mylot. Now to avoid getting divided here in mylot, let us not just participate on the discussions our friends started,but rather let us also check out other discussions as well. There are so many things where we can participate here on mylot actually. One is reading the news and commenting on it.

hi allknowing I sort of do both, I respond to others besides my friends and also respond to those of my friends that I can get an intelligent response to. I just delver all over the tabs responding to any that interest me too. But I do feel some responsiblity to try to keep in toudh with my closest friends here as they have all been most kind and responsive to me too.but I do skip around and we all should do some og that but I have over 700 friends so help.

Hi allknowing! First of all we don't just get notifys from all our friends. I have over 500 friends here and I don't get anywere near that many notifys because the notifys don't ever work correctly! I always do what I'm doing now and that is to go into the "discussions of the day" or the "hot" discussions to see what else I can find! And I think that is what most people do too. I am always interested to see what other people are saying and to meet new people. That is how I found your discussion!

I go to any discussion that strikes my fancy. I don't have enough friends starting discussions. Perhaps, I need to work on finding some friends. Will you be my friend, I'll be yours?

hi there,allknowing... it depends on you,it's all up to you my friend if you want to respond on your friend's discussions,it's your free will. sometimes i prefer to check homepage of mylot so it will be better also to start responding to other users not on my friends list. yeah,you can say it can divide people here cause of just focusing on friends' discussions.you can always explore yourself and have fun! all of us have freedom here,right? and there's nothing wrong if you respond on users that are not on your friends list! it's also a way of reaching out to people.especially those who are new here. that's what we are here for,to help each other out,right? what matters here,is it's all up to you! enjoy!

hi... I agree that many people use myLot.There are some discussions from my friendsI always looking forward to. I have some friends in mylot. Thanks Mylot.

I don't really know why there are friends on mylot lol. Most people who come on here treat it like yahoo answers. But thats just my personal opinion. I've used the friends updates to answer their questions before but I rarely have done it in the past. I agree most people do update way to much. Thats what this sites for though. Asking a ton of questions and getting payed for it. So i really can't say im disappointed in people for trying, just don't expect me to post to everyone and we'll be great mylot friends lol! Thanks for posting! -Scott

There are some discussions from my friends I always looking forward to.These notifications help me to respond to them immediately as they always do respond to mine dutifully.This helps me to be decent enough to respect their responses to mine.And it is always a pleasure to interact with a person one we have chosen for their wit and substance. And we can always scan for the good discussions by others all the time.