Do your older MyLot posts ever get "reborn"?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205771)
Walnut Creek, California
November 19, 2017 12:03pm CST
There's a normal cycle for my MyLot posts. Either they get a handful of reads and die a natural death, or they catch on, get a decent number of reads, and then die a natural death.
But recently, one of my "older" posts has had a Renaissance, and has been generating some interesting comments and discussions. I think I know the reason: My hunch is that it was written at a time when I was really busy. Because I was busy, I responded to the first 20 or so comments, and then forgot about it.
The other day, I responded to the comments that I hadn't gotten to on that post. And Voila!, more comments started coming in, most of them worthy of comments in return.
The lesson (for me): It's worth your while to check your own posts for comments that haven't been responded to. In some cases, as many new and interesting conversations will occur as with writing a new post.
Has this happened to you? Do you ever search older posts for comments you never got to?
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov 17
doesn't happen to me as I generally delete all of my old discussions.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov 17
@sjvg1976 I get bored of them and after a while I run out of things to say to responders.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Nov 17
Sometimes I'll see a comment on an old post which surprises me @TheHorse . Usually it is someone 'new' who I've responded to on a post they've written and they decided to follow me and looked up some of my older posts.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
21 Nov 17
@TheHorse Show me the money! Back money that is.
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@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Nov 17
So do most of mine. Interestingly, I HAVE been responding to 2016 posts recently (not mine--the ones that show up to the right) when they turn up. Sometimes there's a flicker of conversation before they fade back into obscurity.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Nov 17
No, mine go to the myLot graveyard after a few days.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Nov 17
No, but I do occasionally get responses on old discussions.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Nov 17
@TheHorse - I do wonder, but I've never asked.
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Nov 17
Well, too, myLot will post links to older discussions along the right hand side of the screen.
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@carebear29 (31961)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
20 Nov 17
a few of mine have been for sure showing up.
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@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Dec 17
@carebear29 It's fun reading older posts that I missed now and then.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Nov 17
No because I'm a lazy biotche sometimes
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
20 Nov 17
Just recently so many of my older discussions got resurrected. That made me notice the responses and comments I missed and had not replied to.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
3 Dec 17
@TheHorse I think some of them saw them as suggested discussions (those that appear on the right side of the page). But it could also be that one member responded to the discussions and other users then saw those responses on the Recent Activity page.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
20 Nov 17
Now and then I will get a comment or two on an old post, but not often.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
19 Nov 17
I have searched through older discussions and responded to them, but not recently.
Discussions got resurrected easier in the old days because new responses would bring them back onto the first page, but nowadays that does not happen.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Nov 17
I haven't looked at my older posts but I have discovered in my notifications some of my older ones float up. Then I have to check the date and see what I wrote before I can make a response.
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Nov 17
Yes, I learned this just recently. When I check back on my older posts, there are sometimes four or five responses, that I hadn't read or answered. Now, I check quite often, to make sure those additional comments don't get overlooked.
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@TheHorse (205771)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy It really is. One of these days, when my semester is over, I going to really "catch up."
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Nov 17
@TheHorse I got behind on Sunday, we were out of town for the day. It's hard to catch up, after missing time on this site,
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