When On A Posting Spree

there are a few people I did that with, but they are people who don't post a lot, and also I'm really close with them. In general, I try to respond to at least a few of each friend's discussions, but I can't do all of them.

I can't say I can do each and all, although I do have a tendency to follow many. Reason why I can't say I can do all of them from one person is that sometimes there is really a discussion I can't add to it. For me to go into a discussion I have to really be able to relate to it. Wouldn't want to be accused of simply posting for the sake of just posting and sound like I am crazy and or off topic.

Hi, Tina....I respond to discussions to which I can relate and have some experience with the topic. I've lived a long time and have had much experience. However, there are some things that I just cannot relate to. If the discussion is posted by a friend that is fine. I don't make it a point to follow friends around and post to every one of their discussions. Fortunately, most of my friends do like I do; respond and comment and make starting a discussion a not-too-frequent event.

I never see who has created the topic but go by the interest I have in that topic. That way one is free to respond to any topic regardless of whether they are in one's friends' list. There are times when I do not respond to topics created by friends as they do not interest me.

Well, I wouldn't consider it. I have friends who could post as many discussions per day! That's why my email is always full of new messages. Lack of time is a hindrance. Also, there are topics they post that don't interest me or that I don't know of. Though I could name some friends here who post not so often but I reply to their discussion almost always because they post fun and interesting discussions. Also, I like discussions that seem personal to the person starting it as it gives you a clue of how/who he/she is.

I try to check my friend's discussions when there is nothing interesting topic I can find. I only answer those that I can relate with so I can share my opinions and experiences. I don't post just for the sake of posting.

Not exactly the same as what you are mentioning, but along the same line, I have done "research" on one friend or another, by going to their very oldest posts. For instance, I have a friend on this site and she is also my friend a couple of other places. I went back and read her oldest posts. One reason I did this was to see why she does not feel like this is an easy site, and another reason is that we are now friends in real life and it gives me some personal insight into her life.

I used to do this when my friend posted alot. They have slowed down now so I am able to keep up with their discussions as well as other ones too.

hi tina I stick to about two or three dozen of my oldest friends here then branch out to others and I love to also gather in some newsomers too but'first I always search out my oldest friends here such as yourself'for instance. it might be fun to follow one person for ahile bu t y et i feel like I am letting others down too. i used to do this occas onally with pikefish as hes so intereesting too but a gain I like so many on my mylot list. I cannot g et to everyone on my list as I have over 1000 friends as I hated to turn down newbies.

I have some great friends on here. Most of them are ones that started around the same time I did. I hadn't thought of checking to see if there are some discussions I have missed. If they seemed really interesting or there was a theme to them then I might just do that. I would consider it. It would also give me something to do on those nights when I have done all the discussions I get in my email, check the site and no more of interest to do, then I might check back and see if there are any that I have missed.

Hello my friend Tina Ji, Well, I have laid some 3basic norms for this, If at all I start any discussion, my firsat priority is to comment on all those responses. next anyone who nresponses me I also follow its thread. I know , for me it is difficult as I have limited hrs to devote here to maintain my links with you all. I may see you four to five times in my mail-box, but I wiould respond to one which is first infront of me deleting others to give chance to others. You are too my favourit these days, you may note, this is first ever time taht I addressed you as 'TINA' instaed of userID . Thanks. May God bless You and have a great time.

I am still learning the site I think once I learn it more I will reply to all that reply to my messages.

I'm new here so I don't have any friends to follow, however I am seeing some familiar faces and popular posters that I take a liking to, and comment on their discussions accordingly.

It is really hard to reply to each and every topic of our friends, we can reply to the topics whichever interested us as well as we have enough time to do it. I am interested in supporting my friends and participate in their topics, if i don't have enough time as well as not interested with that topic, i don't place my reply there.

I did that when I first started here, way back at the begining. Just don't have the time these days, (although I'm not sure why as I've now retired, and should have more spare time, but seem to be too busy). I've not actually started a new discussion for some time now either (mainly because the number of responses was so low). I have so many to catch up on that I would have to be on Mylot all day every day for months.

I don't really know what you mean by that...I answer all the discussions my friend start unless I am gone on vacation or something like that..until of course they cease to ever respond to one of mine....then I am history to their discussions too!

I can't, try as I might, respond to every discussion of any one friend. I don't know everything I need to know to do that. But I answer as many as I can.

I try my best to answer all discussions however, if I don't know about the subject or the discussion then I won't respond to it at all. I appreciate all of my friends very much but if I don't have anything to contribute then I don't see any reason to respond. It's not that I don't like the person or anything, quite the contrary, which I HOPE everybody knows that. If someone doesn't know that, then we have a problem, don't we? lol

When I was more active in mylot I would do exactly that after making a new friend. I would go to their profile and start reading and responding when I could, to their discussons and I would go back as far as 25 pages but after that I would give up. Some of the new friends I made were fairly new to mylot so they didn't have as many pages of started discussions so it was easier with those than most. But I felt it was a good way to get to know a new friend. I also liked it when they would do the same with my discussions I started. Most didn't but some did. Now I am barely active here anymore. I find it quite boring at times and can't find any discussions to respond to. I mostly only respond to the digest discussions now because they are usually pretty general topics and it's easy to respond to them as so many other people thought so too. I don't use mylot for the same reasons as some people here do. I used to use it to stay intouch with the good friends I made at the time in my life that I needed this site, to make some money. But now I don't need the money so much but I like the site for the times I feel lonely and need someone to talk to. You see, my life has changed a whole lot in the last three years and I live so far away from my family and I don't know very many people here where I live so sometimes I have no one to talk to so I use this site to have someone to talk to.

Hello Tina. I have actually done this a number of times. The most recent started in November 2010 and i completed it in march 2011 when i answered all topics (that i could) from the friends i had at that time. I have a few new friends since then, and i haven't been active 100% more like 1-2 days a week since then, so i might do a posting sweep to see what i missed in the meantime.