Why Have you become Choosy with "Discussions"

ever since i only answer to topic or participated therein when I know I got to say something.

hi letran I have learned the hard way to stay away from discussions from one poster who made a new one every five minutes and of course he could as they were all just one line. four of them were deleted that I might have responded to. we are all getting a bit wiser as what is going to get deleted as sure as God made little green apples. I used to just try to respond to as many of my friends as I could but so m any are being deleted now days.

I think it happens when you’ve been here a while. There is nothing wrong with taking more care as to which discussions you want to respond to. Sometimes you might find that you are in need of a break from here or it could very well be that the quality of the discussions has dropped a bit. Take some rest...

For me, I think is because the motivation diverts. Initially when I started myLot, I was keen and eager to reach my first payout. Thus, in the event of doing that, I ended up with responses not 100% tally with the discussions or discussion answered purely based on what was asked (where the replies doesn't leave much room for further discussion). When I finally reached my first payout and verified that I got paid, I was happy but that's it. I reached my objective and that's when my motivation changed/diverts. Rather than replying for the sake of replying to reach payout, I was more energetic in finding the discussion which will motivates me to share my thoughts or opinion. Thus, I am guilty of being "choosy" but because I have something to share rather than just throwing replies in discussions.

Hmmmm...lately I am not able to respond even to my friends discussions which is my priority here in mylot. It's because I can't even use computer that much.

every person has his/her own interests, only some subjects touch him/her or the similar sutiation he/she ever met or he/she just think this topic is very interesting and is worth discussing with that , that syptom do exist on almost people not only the newbie or the oldbie sometimes people register these website ,their aim is not to earn money quickly but make find something useful or share some skill they have gained

for me, it has nothing to do with friends but everything to do with the topics. i only answer ones that i am interested in.

How I wish I can relate to the many discussions here so I can be a favor to many but my intellectual strength is so limited and I can only grasp few which I think is within my knowledge. It is not being choosy but it all boils down to my capabilities. When it means pennies who wouldn't want to earn as much as possible and being choosy is out of the question.

Well, we all go through it one way or another, sooner or later. It happens to any interest that we get to have our attention to. We can't always be active in doing things that we were so active before. Perhaps we end up doing other things as they take much of our attention. When it comes to this site, we also grow and develop our own taste and preferences. Before, we might just keep on participating on any discussion that we get interested in. Then, as time goes on, we some how see similar discussions that are not exactly the same with the ones that we have participated before but, somehow duplicates a discussion that we have already posted a comment on. It would be a hassle to go back to the previous discussion, retrieve the post that we posted there and simply post it again on the similar discussion that we have recently found. Of course, that's not always the case. We just end up not liking discussions. Perhaps the title just didn't catch our attention, maybe after reading the initial post, we lose our interest in participating due to grammar issues, wrong use of words if not bad spelling, or the ideas are not that clear. Anyway, that's just an idea.. I too have fallen to this state. (¬_¬)

as of now i can not log in at mylot everyday, i am quite busy with errands and relatives. my mother in law is here with us for she had a mild stroke a few weeks before. she is mostly alone at her house at cavite so my wife bring her here so we can monitor her. i always open my email first so i can respond on discussions that my friends started. then if i still have time i will go around mylot, if not then i will just log out. so there are times that i am fast and there are times that i am slow.

Well, we have no obligation to answer every single discussion that is started. I'm not gonna lie, some discussions just do NOT catch my interest, and therefore I can't really contribute anything thoughtful or original to the discussion. So I am definitely pick-and-choosy, but it's for a good reason I would hope. I used to also fire off 50 or 100 posts a day, and now I'm finding less and less time to do so, and less and less interest. Probably because I'm working on ChaCha now instead. My MyLot experience has definitely been slowing down for the past year or so too, not like in the beginning, when everything was fresh and new and fun for me. Oh well, what can you do? Maybe someday we'll find the motivation to fire off 50-100 posts a day again, but if not, oh well!

I have slowed down postingt too, as I just don't do as much as I did, as I have other things to do as well, and other sites. I am not here for the money anyway, so it is okay. I am here more for fun and sharing with others. I have found that most of the discussions aren't all that interesting so I just skip them. I need to respond to my friends discussions as well, as I can find a lot there, at least for the most part anyway. I am happy to be here though, and I will always be here, but I just won't do as much. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.

while you being choosy in selecting post it is clear that more people will repond to you,

I comment on anything that I feel I can contribute too so I'm not picky. But I'm new so at this point I'm just going along and not even thinking about money. It would take me thousands of posts to buy me a new TV.

I've answered a similar post and will always stand by to what I said. Mylot didn't force us to answer any discussions that has been posted - or else we will be restless if we did. LOL. Just like the other response here, I only respond to the discussions where I know I can participate, relate or be of help to. So don't feel guilty about it, LK. If you did answer all the post here and you didn't feel like you have to - it's like taking your free will right out of you.

I am guilty too, recently I lost time with Mylot as I am busy on some other sites, but from time to time I join my friends like you that have a discussion here. You, my friends are my priority everytime I visit here.I check on the notifications if ever I received on email. However, some discussion my friends started, is i either have no interest to respond because of having no knowledge in regard or I totally do not know what they are trying to share. This reason answer that question that I am not choosy, i honestly do not have a knowledge regarding those discussions.

LetranKnight25, Can the lack of response solely to be blamed on the decisions of members? I don't think so, because I just feel that it is the originator's doing that is equally responsible. I mean how can one expect non fellow countrymen to respond to a political issue of the poster's country issues? Or, men responding to discussions meant for women or retrospectively? Besides, of late there are posts that are hanging by a thin thread for violating the guidelines here in myLot. So, I do not think the choices and decisions are to be blamed here. People are just being more discerning for themselves and for the discussions as a whole. So, to each and his/her own. Take care and have a nice day.

For me I think to respons or not depends on I know the answer or ..like the discussion or not.if I don't know the answer I won't respons abusolutly and if I like that discussion though I don't know how to answer but I will respons anyways.. ah..this feeling is vary from people to people...answer or not ,ignore or not..but anyways hehe.I am new here..though last year I already sign up here but last year were so busy with school's works..phew

The main reason reason i can think of is a newbie (majority of them) stumble upon this site in their quest to earn online. Well, that's how it was for me then. Although, i have no doubt that this site pays, i had that feeling of excitement to reach my first 10 dollars. The only way i can reach that is to post more. A newbie normally has a lot in his mind thus the number of discussions started. As go long along and stay with this site longer, you just feel that you already posted all your concerns and posting it again just for the sake of starting a discussion seems like a joke (at least for me) and it's not everyday that you can think of more than 10 topics to start a discussions. That's as far as myself is concerned because there are still members here (thanks to them) that seems to never run out of discussions on the other hand veterans are just here (like piranhas ) waiting for something to post on. But i must say that veterans are like piranhas with a taste, because if the topic is not good they will just ignore it. Well this is how i'm feeling and does not reflect other members own opinion.

I'm a bit choosy to respond posts especially if I think some mylotters just wanted to earn money and submit senseless thoughts.. I don't know it was just my observation. I really admire my friends here who can posts discussions more than 5o and responded to 90 discussions... I am envious because they can do that and I couldn't. I have a lot of things to do. But I enjoy very much my stay here in mylot.