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..good discussion? Today has been a pretty strange day in the day of Mylotting for me.. I find myself getting just as annoyed and irritated by those who have been members longer than I, about people asking the same questions over and over again. Don’t get me wrong, I am not an FAQ lover, not in the slightest! I would rather push pencil leads through my knuckles than sit and browse through a page of instructions and guidelines and rules. I much prefer to learn from doing, or learn my asking someone. I too have fallen into the trap of starting a discussion to ask someone something.. and I suppose when I did it I thought to myself, well how else would they like me to learn? Well that answer should have been simple back then. They would like me to learn, the same way I now expect others to learn.. but reading the FAQ’s, or browsing through previously started discussions about the same topic. Many people I feel, use the question asking approach as a way to start a discussion. I think a lot of newer members find it hard to generate a discussion based on a topic they feel will interest other members, and somehow starting a discussion about a basic Mylot question, will in fact increase their earnings, and also, maybe, make them more friends, then in turn getting them more comments? This could be a little far-fetched of a conclusion, and possibly they are just merely asking the question. Who’s to know really? I do like knowing what I’m talking about though. Obviously within reason. I haven’t been here very long this time around, and didn’t really stick around long enough the first time to even kick my shoes off, so I myself am still learning. I know my do’s and my don’ts so far, and I think I’m going well. But the most achievement I’ve had in the time I’ve been Mylotting, is that I am now able to answer these questions on these discussions! I am able to notice when a discussion will get deleted, answer what the star stands for.. que chest bursting with pride? Haha! But then if we shouldn’t ask questions about our general Mylotting use, because it’s clear in black and white for us if we look at it, then what does a good discussion make? I myself use Mylot as a journal type thing. I talk about things I have seen or done that day or the previous, and things that have happened in my life. I’m not entirely sure if that’s the right way to go about it, but it works for me. I get things off my chest, I rant, and I have wonderful constructive comments from my Mylot friends, and people sharing hints and tips and previous personal experiences of something similar. It gives me so much more to interact back with, considering I was obviously interested in what I wrote about in the first place, considering it was actually my life and not just a general topic, and I really enjoy all the communicating backward and forward, adding to my Mylot rating, and also to my earnings, lest we forget them. I’m still learning myself, and I will try to be more understanding and less frustrated with those who haven’t quite grasped it yet, and I must understand I was them once. And they will get there with their discussions, and be able to have the confidence to post something constructive and interesting, and I’ll be the first to read them when they get there!