Keeping Dead Discussions Alive!  

I'm trying to get my response number up so I can get a star next to my name. If the topic of interest was still pertinent to my understanding and liking I would still respond. I actually saw someone respond to a discussion after four years and the original poster was surprised and very happy.

I am an equal opportunity responder. No matter how old it is If I feel I can add something of substance, I am going to respond. I have a dream of actualy there being no need for a no response section, I'd love to be able to get rid of a lot of the discussions there but first I need to go through and do a lot of cleanup for myself here on mylot!

I only post if I'm interested in the topic, I don't even look at the date it has been posted. If there are many topics all about the same thing I generally post in the more active of the topics... I also check the other topic to see if there are any interesting comments I may like to respond to. :)

To be honest, probably not. I try to respond to new discussions that don't have any responses and some semi-old ones but when a discussion has been dead for more than a year I just don't know if it's worth it. The person who created it probably forgot all about it, or maybe they haven't been on mylot in a while so if you reply your response might never get read. However, I do like to see new responses to my old discussions, so maybe I should come out of my boxed mindset and reply to old unanswered discussions.

I have responded to those kind before, but not lately. Frankly, I think the ones that don't get responses, just aren't interesting enough to post a response to. If the discussions aren't interesting enough to me, then I will just leave them, regardless if they have responses or they don't. I have also seen some with responses, but no comments as they have been let go, and that ia a big waste of time to do that. I have had a hard time coming up with good topics myself, however, none of my discussions have 0 responses, so I am glad of that, but they really didn't get as many as I thought I would either. It just depends on the content of the discussion. I have responded to some that are over 2 years old, but not lately. I prefer the newer discussions to those. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.

So what have you been doing while you have been gone? I will respond to anything that strikes my fancy. I think some of those with no responses really should be deleted, if they are against guidelines, but I am not sure admin will see that until after they gain a response.

Hi zeethegr,

I do check "no response" tab once a while. True that there are a lot of discussions that might be interesting if we can keep it alive but most of it too technical and I do not know how to give my response. But there are a lot more unworthy discussions to reply. The same old discussions.

I will response to any discussion that get my interest. It does not matter if the discussion is new one or have been posted a few years. As long as that discussion is still applicable to today situation then it is worth to response.

If it is worth answering then why not? right? Some discussions don't get answered because they were never appealing in the first place. Sometimes though I would do it inorder to help out a friend.

Hi zeetherg,

Fortunately I don’t have any zero response topics yet and thank to my friends. Secondly if I see any of the topics with zero response I will have a look on that topic and if I know the answer I will give my reply. But sometimes I failed to give my reply as the topic is unfamiliar to me. I really feel bad to see the no-responses topics. Presently I am busy with the current topics by my friends and I could not see any older topics with no-response. In case I go through any I will respond (if I know about the topic).

i could say i am a bit luckier than the others that because i have lots of good friends here, i never left with a discussion unresponded. there could be some with less responses and there is one or maybe two left unresponded due to system errors that occurred at that time... with the others discussion left unresponded for years, i would bother myself digging up them. i guess, it's best to attend to new and up to date discussions.