What is standard etiquitte for myLot.com?

Although I do not start many discussions, I am one who does comment to each and every responders. The only time I can honestly say that perhaps I have not commented is that maybe I accidentally overlooked and or did not get the alert. However, because I do not start many and far in between, I do visit my active discussions frequently. It is certainly a preference and if there are some responses that seem to be duplicated, I can see that at times some members have difficulty in commenting, but I feel that it is because they are going in too many directions with way too many started discussions in one sitting. See I and many others diligently try our best to provide useful, helpful and well thought out responses and there are many like me as well. Therefore, I find that it is my duty and responsibility to acknowledge the responses. I can certainly understand if a member runs out of comments however, with time if the same members do get ignored they will stop responding to discussions. Therefore, use your judgement as there is no rule that says you must comment to all, however, keep in mind that when the responses lessen then there is no one to blame as think of it as offline conversations where someone responds with something and the person it was directed to turns their back and speaks to someone else. I don't think that person will continually put themselves in this type of situation, continuously. What I can suggest is that if time is a restriction that one stop posting so many discussions in one sitting and dedicate time to the one started. Best of luck and know that the many of us active here, have seen this happened to numerous times. At some point we expect to see a discussion that says, why are members not responding to my discussions, so I thought I add this here as we see it happen daily.

I do not think it is really proper etiquette to complain all the time. It is nice, and to your advantage to comment back to every response, with something other than "thank you for participating" or whatever. I do not think anyone can answer all responses, but give it a try. That allows you to keep on earning from the discussion and it lets people know you are reading their responses, even if you do not always comment. It is appropriate to comment in other boxes, or on other replies when you have something that you can say about them. A lot of us enjoy the interaction. Once in a while you run across a grumpy person who will tell you to stay out of their discussion, but that is few and far between. Think of it as if you are talking in a group. I would never say that you cannot talk about what I have said. You also are not going to just end things in mid air without discussing them. Participation is the key.

There is no right or wrong when it comes to commenting on those that respond to your discussion If you can comment then do if you have the time and if you cant then thats fine too you are not always going to have something to say to EVERY person here. commenting on other peoples responses is actually encouraged If you read a response and want to discuss it them by all means jump right in and discuss it thats what this site is all about

Basically there isn't any etiquette but we should discuss. So that means to me that we should comment on comments, and do whatever is humanly possible to carry on a discussion. Of course it isn't always possible. Sometimes I haven't got a clue on how to answer a reply. I might not even understand the reply! Again, it often isn't up to you. People leave a comment and then never come back. In that case, it's like talking to yourself. When you start a discussion, just stay with it and see what happens. Some take off like rockets, some just fizzle out! Hijacking another person's discussion is actually permissible and good fun!

Hello Kizzy and welcome to myLot! I don't know how you came to the conclusion you can't answer every reply. I rather say you should answer to every reply. There is no rule about this but it is in your interest to do so. First, there is the respect you show to those who took time to respond to your discussion. If there is somebody whose answer you don't comment back, maybe they'll feel discriminated and disappointed. Secondly, if you don't comment all the responses you got into the discussion you started, you loose a good chance of increasing your earnings by discussing a subject that you like. About commenting other people's replies in other discussions, there is no rule to forbid that. As long as you have something of substance to say (or you're simply having fun with your friends) I don't see any reason why you can't do this.

I think everyone can understand we do the best we can. Some people have more time than others. Some people can work for hours in front of their computer, others (like me) have to come and go and multitask. I try to answer all the replies in the subjects I start but often have to go back and respond days maybe even weeks later. We all have various things to do in life and this is a hobby. I think we are all grateful to fellow members and feel some obligations, but have to balance that with what must be done in our private lives.

Alot of people here, expect a reply but that is not always possible. It is proper to respond as much as possible though. Just do as you can here and you will be fine.

hi Kizzycatfish welcome let me one of the oldest users here try to help . yes we really owe it to our friends to comment back on their responses to your discussion.just do not make many discussions as you will not have time to properly comment back. try to do more responding to others discussions instead. yes really we owe it to our friends to comment back on each,how would you feel if you make good responses to a discussion and the discussion poster never ever comments on your response? also we can comment on others comments too as this is part of the enjoyment of friendships here, its very proper to do so and remember you type you earn and I type I earn.you do not get paid for our responses to your discussions. we do so to make good earnings yes comment back to each response. do not get carried away trying to make a zillion posts a day as that is not the way to make good earnings. the way is to slow down and make thoughtful well worded posts that are quality not one sentence crap that will not get paid,. here the key word is quality not quantity and above all have fun and enjoy interacting with us from all over the world.

I think if you beging a discussion is your responsibility to keep the discussion on, because a dicussion is not a discussion where there is only one person talking, so you can't beging a discussion and just abandoned the discussion to begin another and another and another. And about commenting in the reply of the others I think is proper because maybe that person have a question and have the experience on that so you can help that person with that answer. So feel free my friend mylot you can do it. And welcome to mylot

hmmm... I think it was our right to reply all of the respond. But, at least we should reply one of the best respond one, or if there's something not right about the respond. As long as the comment are correct and connect with the question, I think it can be appropriate. Maybe this will help a little. hhe Thanks ... :)