Daunting Discussions

I try to make sure I stay up to date with my discussions so that 5 pages are dealt with as they come in, or near enough, when I get behind for some reason (like I haven't had some reasons to get behind lately) then I do find it hard to catch up and part of why I have so many unresolved discussions...

Daunting is right. I had no previous knowledge that the idea was to get a good discussion going and keep it going and I have been a long time member. I'm with you in that if there are pages and pages of responses, I usually just dismiss my responding all together simply because guidelines have it that we are to read each response to a discussion before posting our own. Five pages of responses is far too much for myself. Of course this would entirely depend on the topic of discussion itself as sometimes I am into reading and reading, should I be getting a good amount of new knowledge from the majority of the responses themselves. However, I believe in quality has the utmost ability to over ride quantity, hands down. Not only that but five pages of responses makes it extremely hard to choose a best response as well. I don't really draw any lines. Time provided I can go on and on as well but I am most comfortable with two pages of responses max. After that it just gets to be too time consuming for myself, personally.

First I would like to say that I have read through all of the response and comments here before responding as I always do. I read for more than I respond too. I'm here most every day but will go weeks, even months without responding. Why you ask, long story. Suffice it to say that usually by the time I have read through pages of response I can't add anything new, but still enjoy the discussions. Now if i had dyslexia it would probably be a completely different story. So where do I draw the line, mostly if there are more than 5 pages I won't bother unless it's something that truly interests me. Some discussions it's just because I can't believe some of the responses to the discussion and have to read them all and am still utterly amazed at some. Other days I come on here and will only read the first couple of pages still doesn't mean that I will respond just depends on the discussion and whether I can put a different perspective on the discussion. Sometimes it's nice to come to a discussion like this that is older and already a best response has been chosen, so it's not as active, but I'm able to get a good understanding of what the poster was originally trying to convey. So in answer to your question 9 out of 10 times I draw the line at reading through more than 5 pages of responses to actually leave a response. Doesn't mean that I never read more than that just the majority of the time. I do enjoy good discussions with lots of interaction, especially the ones that I really can sink my teeth into. Meaning I have lots of room to jump into different boxes and leave my comments throughout the discussion. I'm sorry that you were so misunderstood in this discussion. I actually get more daunted by my own discussions when I get lots of responses that all say the same thing, it's difficult to comment back saying something different to 30 people. I think that's why I read through before replying, as I know first hand how difficult it is for the poster to comment. Happy Mylotting!!!

"I tend to go more for quality rather than quantity of responses." Are you implying that the responses on a topic that receives pages and pages of responses are not quality? I presume that when a discussion also has responses where many others post and debate in the individual response boxes, it also gets a thumbs down from you? This is sad because the discussions where there are many exchanges of opinion are often the most interesting ones. I don't draw a line anywhere. When I see an interesting topic I stop and start reading the responses that are already there (no matter how many pages there already are) and if I see a responses where I want to add something else then I will leave a comment too. When I get to the last page I then add my own response, unless what I wanted to say has already been said. I can understand that for many reasons (poor connection or those posting from their cell-phones) the discussions with many pages of responses might be daunting for some, but to suggest that a discussion with more than two pages of responses is then not a quality discussion is an extremely negative viewpoint

hi alaskanray oh come on do not be that la zy I would think you would want us to get more responses. no I do not mind re ading through pages as most mod ern young people do not write more than four or fivc liones in their responses so its shorter than reading a short story.And for G sakes what do you mean those responses I get because I get a lot are not quality responses?I do have the time and the patience as I am retired and also have almost 900 friends. I do get at least 24 or more responses on a lot of my discussions and so what? its my business and if you are not mylot police then what is it to you?And I do try to comment back to all the responses I get.

Hi alaska, It depend on the nature of the discussion. If it is an absorbing one you could read more than five pages but once again I am talking about the quality things. Most people here tend to make a short response and hardly take into account the quality aspect. Even for me quality counts more than quantity. But you can not check people from responding to your discussion.

in conducting discussions on MyLot does require patience, because we have to read the content of these discussions and we'll respond to the discussion. but if we be patient and continue to diligently respond to the discussion, we certainly will get the payment from MyLot for the results of our work during the discussion and respond.

Well, I think it's a great thing if one is able to setup a discussion that can last and last, I mean, this just tells us that it's a good subject with spread opinions right! For me, I think it's also quite a job to read through all the responses people post, but then again it's also good to hear from all sides what people think right?! I think a discussion should though be based on good arguments and not just people posting something that's been said 10 times already. I guess quality does go over quantity for me then!