Would you let the 100th responder to involve well in your discussion?

You raise a valid point, abhaijith. A number of mylot members mark "best response" as soon as they get a response that agrees with them. I'm sure it makes a lot of would-be responders shy away and just not bother. Mylot suggests you wait at least a week after the last response before selecting a "best response." I think that is good. It is what I try to do. I made the mistake of selecting a "best response" too soon. Even tho a better response was posted, I could not take back my early selection. There are some topics that, after a while, you feel like everything that can be said, has already been said. In those cases it is hard to comment without repeating yourself. I try to keep in mind that each responder is different and deserves an answer. If I were face to face with them, I would not think I had said all there is to say. I would talk to them even if I had to paraphrase what I had said already.

When I start a discussion, I say "thak you" or nothing if there´s nothing to add. But many responses deserve a better comment. Some mylotters are not aware that they woný be paid for thank yous, but a good comment deserves something in your participation money each day. I am not seeking money only at mylot as I have a lot of fun, but it seems many lottlers seek only that. Happy posting!

Hi abhai, I haven't seen the same situation yet. It is not good to drop responses in between, this is my opinion. I got 104 responses only one of my discussion and I am doing the comment part still and yet to finish the half part. It is really a tedious task when getting huge number of responses which makes us happy but our responsibility is too high. The same person is writing again and again on the same topic, which may be feel us tired so I just stopped that subject and started another one. It does not mean that I won’t get back to them, definitely I will get back to them and give my comments. But I need sometime to refresh my mind.

I think if a person starts a discussion they have a responsibility to stick with it and continue it. Having said that, some discussions can get out of hand. The discussions involving controversial topics can lead to many responses, and responses to your responses. It becomes overwhelming for the original poster to keep up. If the number of responses is low, then they should keep up.

Hi abhaijith, I have never once commented on a response by saying a only thank you or anything similar, and if I bother to open someones comment to my response and see that I am just wowed over the great thought and effort they put into it - not. If one starts a discussion and makes it on a subject one is interested in and leaves more room in the introduction for more than a response which is going to be repetitive there is no issue in responding to all with the same attention. If someone has obviously responded with a quick one line through the digest they may not get much more back but otherwise they do. I had a discussion with 126 responses and the best response went to someone on page 10. I do notice many mylotters run out of steam with their responses after page one though which I think is rude.

I think since they receive many responses, it is not easy to catch up with other new responses. They may take some time even weeks and months to respond because they may want to resolve the first few responses first before moving on to comment on the next responses. However, if the 100th respondent does say some fresh ideas on a particular discussion, I guess the original poster should comment back on the response to expand it rather than just saying "Thank you for your response" or something like that. It will be unfair to the respondents as their responses become meaningless. As for me, I have never received responses above 100th, but each time I receive new responses to my discussions, I will always try my best to comment according to what the respondents are saying.

I've never started a discussion that got so many responses as that...I'd think it must be very hard to keep up with all the responses. I actually don't answer every response as "Thank you" type messages are prohibited, but I like to continue discussions when I can think of something to add to the conversation. I suppose I would aim to still involve even the 100th responder, but it might take me a week to get to that poster!

Its really great to see so many posts against self created discussions... Honestly,I had never recieved so any posts ever. I read each and every discussion and certainly try to respond each one of them.I try to thank as many members as I could,who took interest in my discussion.Still,its hard to post a long response to thank them.