This member is placing discussions in totally inappropriate categories.
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
July 12, 2009 10:27am CST
I have been a member here for quite a few years now and thought that I had seen every possible misuse of the site. However, this member has created a couple of discussions under computers that have no relation to the topic at all. There is always going to be grey areas as to what belongs in which category, but these are ridiculous.
I would not have been concerned if it was a single discussion because it is easy to make mistakes, although 2 in rapid succession is unlikely to be a error. I suspect that this member is deliberately choosing a popular category to attract attention and responses, but it is not useful for those who are using the category properly.
Am I overreacting, or is this unacceptable?
The discussions are:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2066521.aspx
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2066527.aspx
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10 responses
@submerryn (1304)
• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
I placed a discussion about roaches in LOVE once. A total blind error on my part. People do tend to be careless once in a while. I do hope I wont repeat the same mistake though.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Jul 09
This type of thing does happen and is perfectly understandable. If this had been a single incident then I would have simply ignored it.
I remember a member posting a totally unrelated response to a discussion of mine a few years ago, although I realised that it was intended for a different discussion that I had also created. Knowing that it was a genuine mistake I not only accepted it but also posted a reply for the benefit of others pointing out the mistake.
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
14 Jul 09
Sometimes it does happen by mistake where someone will start a discussion in a wrong catagory, but it is obvious with the one discussion that still exists that it is really way off target. I feel that this person is probably one of the many Trolls or spammers here, and I am sure we will end up finding many other inappropriate things posted by them elsewhere as well.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Jul 09
Both discussions now appear to have been deleted, along with another that I had noticed shortly after posting this discussion. It would seem that Mylot have also considered the practice to be inappropriate or they would still be active discussions.
@calyxus (825)
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
What did you do to the poor guy Asylum?
I think he came from an "asylum"? lol 
Those discussions are really out of the interest, and to think, he deliberately makes a title that is suited to the interest but the content is entirely different!
The poor guy even argues on what he's talking about.
Those discussions are really out of the interest, and to think, he deliberately makes a title that is suited to the interest but the content is entirely different!
The poor guy even argues on what he's talking about.@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
13 Jul 09
I have seen several discussions about the internet under the computer category, as well as software subjects etcetera. Nevertheless, these are acceptable because the subject is related and could reasonably apply.
As for the asylum that he came from, it is not the same madhouse that I belong to. I may be insane but I still recognise computer related subjects.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
13 Jul 09
Hi Asylum, I think that person does not care whether the category is appropriate or not.
Anyway not my concern. I only reply to those discussion threads that I am interested in, regardless of what category the discussion happens to be in. I think most mylotters share the same thoughts. They will not join a discussion just because it happens to be in the category they have an interest in.
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
12 Jul 09
No, you're not over reacting. I accept that some new members may be beguiled by the large orange 'start new discussion' in the topic box, when they should use the button at the top of the page to select an interest, but that only explains one instance. The member concerned is doing himself no favours, because most people will not respond to someone who can't even put a discussion under the right heading, and the quality of the posting leaves a lot to be desired. It is unacceptable, in my opinion.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 09
Hello Asylum,
I did make mistake before since I opened many tabs to start my discussions and one of the discussions was really out of nowhere under the totally different category. But I did apologize to the respondent when I realized I made a mistake. Unfortunately, this person purposely did this for unknown reason. How could he started a discussion about a topic which is not related with the content at all! Maybe the person is really a great fan of McDonalds... Sometimes it's just get mad here with all these unreasonable people...
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 Jul 09
I can understand the mistake that you refer to because this type of mistake will happen. This is why I specified that I would not have been concerned about a single discussion.
We all make mistakes, but this person appears to have been deliberate.
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@Palmerhusky (843)
• United States
12 Jul 09
i can definitely understand your suspicion here. Something to me seems off about this as well. Even though i don't really use the category feature, i just browse new ones that pop up on a daily basis i know if i were looking for something category specific and i had to sift though 100 discussions that has absolutely nothing to do with what i was looking for i would likely have just given up. true mistakes happen i think that people should be putting their topics in the right slot so to speak. and if they cant find the right spot then just make a general post and not topic it out if they can. Just my opinion.
@kumarpslv (3216)
• India
12 Jul 09
I don't think so,if he tried to get more responses, then he could have opened under " Make extra money" or " Money making " interests because only those interests are getting more responses and in fact, "computers" is the interest where we can not find more than 5 0r 10 responses except for the discussions related to the type of browsers or OS. It seems that the member is very new and he has registered here just a month back and he may not know the procedures mylot. Hope he will be familiar with the mylot procedures soon and just respond him with the procedure to be followed. I happened to see so many discussions two days back related to "life" , started under money related interests and I am sure he/she has tried to get more responses as the member is not new to mylot.
