Before publishing a discussion do you think about how much interaction it will get?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43080)
Staten Island, New York
September 17, 2018 11:39am CST
When I write a discussion I just write about whatever it is that comes into my head at the moment or I want to share.
I don't stop and ask myself "will a lot of people reply to this?" before I publish something.
I just do it and hope that I will get some interaction on it, preferably with more than just a few responses...
I prefer many responses of course because getting no responses or just one or two of them makes the discussion "dead".
Although I realized the other day, thanks to another mylotter, that you can have a lengthy conversation going in a discussion within a single response thread.
So, while it may only be one response the conversation can still keep on going and going and going.
Before you write and publish your discussion do you think about whether it will garner a lot of responses?
And though there is no guarantee of it happening, do you only write those discussions that you think will get a lot of interaction?
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
17 Sep 18
I don't 'think' that a certain post will get many responses. I hope it. Yet, I've erred so often that I've given up more or less. Posts on which I've worked for some time and which I consider brilliant bomb and shallow ones written on the fly flourish.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
17 Sep 18
@lovebuglena Think of the reaction on a 'What I had for breakfast' post and a book review and you know that I speak the truth! Not all of my book reviews have reached 10 reads. If I write on breakfast or a topic concerning myLot proper, 10 reads are easily reached.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Sep 18
@MALUSE Seems usually anything to do with mylot or online earnings will get many responses. And what someone had for breakfast/lunch/dinner too.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Sep 18
It may not be the case all the time, but it does seem like "on the fly" posts do better than thought out ones, which we've actually spent a good deal of time writing.
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@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Sep 18
@lovebuglena No, they wouldn't, and they only write one line sentences and about a dozen of those an hour expecting they will earn a lot by writing a lot. That's not how it goes here. You need interaction and a good post people will want to respond to.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Sep 18
I think that's the way to do it. For someone who is here solely for the money they may not agree.
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@FourWalls (62165)
• United States
17 Sep 18
Good grief no. Have you seen my discussions about songs from musicians nobody's ever heard from? Gotta make my own kind of music (thanks, Mama Cass) and write my own kind of discussions.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Sep 18
I am not sure I've come across those. But then again, I might have but just don't remember.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
18 Sep 18
No, i just write what i want to say and leave it at that @lovebuglena
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
17 Sep 18
No, I don't think about the number of responses but I like get about 20 but if I don't it doesn't matter.
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
18 Sep 18
@lovebuglena I've seen some with over 100. The more we do the more we get.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Sep 18
20 is a pretty high number of responses to get. I think I've seen discussions that had 40-50 responses.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Sep 18
@1hopefulman With over 100 responses? Wow! Wonder what that discussion was about.
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@tammys85 (29952)
• Baltimore, Maryland
18 Sep 18
@lovebuglena I pick and choose what I share on here. I wouldn't share anything I wouldn't want the public to see. :)
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Sep 18
Using mylot as a journal is actually a good idea, as long as you don't mind that it is public for all to see.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Sep 18
This happens to me sometimes as well and I wonder why.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
17 Sep 18
I try not to post anything too obscure but generally I find it very difficult to predict how many responses a discussion will get on here.
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@franxav (13603)
• India
17 Sep 18
I hope to get some responses but can'the say how many I Ightfield get.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Sep 18
We can never know how many responses we will get. We can only predict the number.
@1creekgirl (40529)
• United States
17 Sep 18
No, I just love to write about whatever's happening in my life or my thoughts at that moment or whatever.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Sep 18
Same here... There are times when I write something and get a feeling it will not get much responses but I post it anyway.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
18 Sep 18
@lovebuglena Yes,I expect to receive a lot of responses on a discussion that I write by heart,but often my expectations don't come true.
