Discussion Topic Ideas... how do you come up with yours?

hi msfrancisco9369! when i first started at mylot, i really concentrated in just posting comments in the discussions that interested me. i also posted at discussion that were started by friends and those that have had a good deal of responses already. i started posting discussions in topics of interest like what you mentioned but didn't get the number of responses i wanted to so i started broadening my interest and reading what i can get my hands on. i also tried to looking at what topics generated a good number of responses so i can think of similar ones that i can start as well without duplicating the exact topic, perhaps putting little twist to make it different. cheers!!!

i agree with this one as well msfrancisco. a great title draws the attention of mylotters to the discussions posted. good call here msfrancisco!!! cheers!!!

...and making a catchy and intriguing title makes a difference too. thanks!

hi doris. that sure is a good way to come up with ideas for discussion topics. it adds a personal touch to your discussions and it keeps you grounded. also, most likely, other members of the mylot community will be able to relate to what you write which makes your discussion more fun to answer and be part of. thanks for sharing this tidbit of information. i'll certainly be more conscious about starting topics that are closer to home. cheers!!!

hi kdhartford! yeah, i also get my discussion ideas from news stories but i like to limit these to those events that actually affect me. so, really, i post about what is happenign here in my country and i seldom post about events that happen elsewhere in the world. i agree that getting the different viewpoints of other fellow mylotters will broaden one's horizon and in the end we can definitely benefit from this. cheers!!!

hi rg0205. sounds simple enough. yeah, random thoughts are great discussion topics as well. sometimes the most interesting topics are those that come out from left field. cheers!!!

hi yan. hmmm... seems like mylot is another venue for you to share your problems and worries. not exactly a bad way to do so. who knows, one of the posted responses might be the answer to your worries and you find yourself with one less problem to worry about. thanks for joining yan_blue8!!! cheers!!!

hi jpso138! i was like you when i started at mylot. i was contented responding to discussions and was never really interested in starting my own discussions. however, i think starting one's own discussion is a natural progression here in mylot. as a newbie, mylotters just post responses in other's discussions and then gradually get more involved and starts putting up his own discussions. so far i'm at that stage where i want to start discussions and see how many responses i can get. also, it give sme a great feeling exchanging views with my fellow mylotters. funny, that you should point out that you cannot be online due to your work. my work requires me to be online all the time and ithis gives me the chance to be at mylot a lot of times. proff of the fact... i'm typing this post at my desk. lol!!! mylot... another work benefit in my book. cheers!!!

hi saizo6. yeah, i was like that when i started. i was contented posting and responding in other discussions. the first few times that i started a discussion, i got very little responses and that discouraged me a bit but i figured that i'll eventually think of discussion topics that will get more replies. so far, it has worked as i've seen a good number of replies in a number of my discussions. funny, that you should mention psychology. that was my course in college. i finished with a degree in b.s. psychology in one of the city universities here in manila. i agree with you that the discussions in the classroom make good topics here in mylot. i'll definitely try to post a couple of those discussions in the classroom that i had before. it's one way of saying that what you learn in class, you can definitley use in the real world. cheers!!!

hi celticeagle. yeah, i'm just beginning to enjoy coming up with ideas for discussions, what can i say, i'm a late bloomer. lol! back to the discussion at hand, yeah, one's personal life can be a treasure trove of ideas for mylot discussions and i see that you have gone through your treasure chest and dug up a good amount of ideas and posted it in mylot. always lookign forward to reading your thoughts, celtic. cheers!!!

Ya, sometimes I wish I didn't have the subject matter I do have too. Thanks. I am alwys upfront if nothing else. Haha

hi singlemommy. agree with you there. sometimes something happens to me and i just have to make a discussion about it in mylot just to get the insights of others here in the mylot community. other times though, nothing extraordinary happens to me and i just breeze through the day but i still want to put that in mylot. lol!!! putting time in mylot is really one of the keys to be successful here. i usually do my posting at mylot when i'm at work durign the lull periods. also agree with you that one of the reasons i enjoy being in mylot is having the chance to communicate with other people half-way across the world about a wide variety of topics. cheers!!!

hi ritchelle! good points here ritchelle. if it is a bad topic, people won't post there and you can't get a good discussion going. posting a bad discussion topic really defeats the purpose. agree with you there, in times that there seems to be no topic that is of interest to me, i just buckle down and create my own hoping that it will spur interest in other mylotters and i can get a good discussion going. cheers!!!

hi eurekafemme. yeah. i noticed that you do post a lot in that particular section. good for you, i do hope you get the answers that you are looking for. it is nice to know what others think about a particular topic and the chance that mylot gives is truly great. agree with you that we learn a lot just by reading what others think about a certain topic. just goes to show that mylot is a great earning and learning tool as well. cheers!!!

hi rcombos! yeah, i was like that when i started at mylot, i was just posting replies to discussions and not really keen on starting discussions myself. i did start a few but only in topics that interest me. good point about lookign up similar discussion you want to start before actually starting these,it saves you the effort and time. who wants to reply to the same discussion for the 147,389th time right? lol! i was exaggerating. seriously, yeah, that's something that i did as well before starting a discussion although i did point out before that if i feel that i can put a new twist to my discussion then i do just that and hope that my discussion doesn't get removed and gets a good number of response. mylotting while resting from taking care of your 2 year-old baby... sounds like you're putting this time into good use. cheers!!!

hi raisinwine and joanna. yeah, friends are also a good source of topic discussions here in mylot. i would like to do that if i had any friends to speak of. lol!!! seriously, yeah, even just the banter that friends exchange with one another makes for good topic discussions here in mylot. agree that discussion must be of interest or at least really popular ones during the time of posting it to get as many responses as possible. cheers!!!

hi rosekiss. yeah, that was my concern before but then i realized that getting other mylotter's view on the topic i posted is enough reward for me. in return i try to get back to them like what i'm doing now. i also try to put a good effort in trying to think of original and interesting topics so everyone will chime in and share their opinions and thoughts. cheers!!!