Should a myLot discussion be a place to rant?

It doesn't bother me at all. This is a community where we can "discuss" anything. Perhaps someone is ranting and someone else can relate. Certainly there would be room for THEM to comment about a similar experience THEY had...
Sometimes people just need to get things out of their system, and what better avenue than to rant on a social community such as MyLot? (better than going postal, right?!)

As I've pointed out in other threads of this nature, yes, you are being contradictory lol. However, I can complete understand the frustration. I also don't understand the types of discussions where people just put out long articles with no discussion questions. Mind you, I've started things based upon articles I've written but I always add in some starter questions to get the discussion going. If all you want to do is write your opinion and state it's gold then that should be on one's own blog or web page.

I also agree that if all you want to do is be negative but not have a discussion then perhaps you should keep it to yourself. I mean, it's one thing to start a vent or rant in which you want to hear other people's stories, or even get advise on how to handle something, but to just rant well take it to the blog.

Another thing that I've noticed recently is that there are many who want to complain or rant, yet don't like the suggestions. Just the other day several of us gave wonderful advise to a woman who asked for it, who blasted all of us for giving her advise and then telling us how we were wrong, she was right, and how she then found out from another she was right. I'm thinking, why did you ask in the first place?

Ok, I'll end my small rant on your rant.

Have a good one!

Anora

I guess people who rant need to let off steam. I guess if I needed to I might, more subtlely but I like coming here because people are people and every one has a trying day sometimes. I'd like to think I could be uplifted here if the time ever came for me.

i dont know what to say? but in some where you are right. we need much more room to share our frustrations. we can also find some other options.

Well I guess people feel, that this is good as place as any, to bloww off steam so they do it here, I don't post discussion like that here, I don't have time for stuff like that, I see a lot of post like that to, I don't bother answering some of them, I guess people have to get a answer, from someone they think why not Mylot.

maybe mylot should have a shout box?

I highly agree with you. No offense but if you noticed, most of them are seniors here in myLot. It could be that they've gone tired of the usual thing that it has become a boring routine for them. You're right, there are blogs to put their rants into place. Posting it here makes it limited only to the people who know them. The problem here is, we can't relate to what they are talking about.

I think it is okay to "rant" or share an experience that really irked you. Lot's of people need to do so to help vent the fustration they are feeling. They just need to say what is on their mind and here is a safe place to do it. I do not think it is okay to start a discussion of this type and not expect or want replies. Heavens, that is what we are here for. We like to share and comment. To start a post of this nature and not want replies really belies what MyLot is about.

I do not know what is your preference. But in this forum many people post different types of discussions. Rants are of one type. If some peopel want to be lighter, what is the harm

No I do not agree with you. Well for the most part I don't anyway. Yes there are some that just start "discussion" after "discussion" for nothing more then the sake of venting and those can get annoying and bothersome. That is not always the case. Many times someone is venting so that others can tell them they are not alone and share what they went through or are going through involving the same issues.