All Time Low

I always try to put thought into my responses because I feel like if someone takes the time to post something, then if I am going to respond, I should be sure to make it relevant to the topic. I think everyone should do the same thing, but some people are as you say just trying to respond as fast as they can. I hope I'm not your only response to this post hun. Good luck!! ~~Taz~~

hello...Unfortunately, well-written discussions almost doesn't get noticed. I know because I have seen very good ones that doesn't even have a single response. You're right though. Some prefer to answer discussions that are not that thought-provoking. Because it only means they don't have to spend too much time thinking of what words to put. It's kind of like a race for others. Too many discussions, too little time. So, in order to catch up to the limited time, they choose simple discussions. And one other reason could be, some of your discussions gets "covered" by other new discussions. I'm guessing the other users don't even bother digging up other discussions they might have missed. To be honest, sometimes I get tired looking at new discussions being posted. That's why I dig up old ones.Lately, I respond to really old discussions dating back months ago.

I am on the same boat as you Abhi. When I joined mylot I saw such stupid discussions like ‘what’s the color of your eyes or how many times do you brush your teeth’ and so on. And to see that such discussions had like 20 / 30 responses! I started my own discussions on various issues both personal and in general with detailed thoughts of my own, but like you I seldom got more responses than maybe 5 or 6. some of my discussions fared a little better but that was only after several months have passed by. So now I have stopped making any discussions of my own. Instead I search through the discussions and if I find anything interesting, I respond. I guess it pays more to be a good listener than a good speaker!

The law of randomness applies to myLot. A perfectly reasonable discussion can get ignored; a totally inane one can get dozens of replies. And then the next day the opposite will apply. The good thing is that you can't get any lower than having no one reply! I've still got discussions on here dating to last year without any replies. You just keep on trying.

Well, i checked out you profile and saw that you only have a few friends... most of the discussions here in mylot disappear fast from the new and recent discussions... and the best way to get a lot of responses is to have a lot of frieds who have a notify on... This used to happen to me when i was still new here... but i decided to invite a many friends as i can... then i was able to find ones who will really respond to my discussion with sense and sincerity...then i started a discussion about some of my old discussions with zero response... and those friends actually made way to respond to them...why don't you try inviting more mylot members to be your friends...

It's not about how many replys you have on a disscution but that the question gets answered. I'm sorry that it hasn't worked out for you but do you have friends that try to reply to your discussions?

i also exprience the same thing like you... i also don't receive much response for my discussions and i can't understand why... but i don't really think so much about it... i just want to have fun and enjoy myself here... so if people do not want to respond to my discussion, i can't force them to do that... i know how you are feeling... that's why i prefer to response rather than to post... hope you will feel better...

your dissappointment is justified. i hasve similar experience in mylot. whatever good and well thought discussion i start here, i get very very few or no responses at all.thats why I rarely starts discussion here. I only start when i really wants to. But there are some users, whose discussions, whatever be the topic just attaracts hundreds of responses.

I rarely start a discussion, unless it is on something that I feel strongly about. Even then, I hardly get any responses. When I started out in myLot I had a lot of requests for friends, and I accepted everybody. I went out of my way to make sure I responded to all my friends' posts. Sadly, very few reciprocate when I post. I do treasure the friends that take the time to respond to the discussions I start (you know who you are!), but mostly I just respond now. I agree with you, it is quite disheartening to think of a good topic that you think might pique people to put their thinking caps on, but it's really a crapshoot...no guarantees. Anyway, here's hoping you have a wonderful new year. And you are racking up a lot of responses with this one, LOL!!! Congrats...

Hi Abhi, I understand how you are feeling. In retrospect, I also got my fair share of people dejecting my discussions when I was just a baby here. It really isn't about the nature of discussions but about how people know you in this community. What I did was to keep responding and let my presence known to everyone. I will go to the topics posted by the popular users down to the newbies. Just kept circling and circling around until such time, I began to have friends. If you will check my profile, I have over 200 friends but only a handful of them are really supportive of me no matter what discussions I posted. Take heart, Abhi...your time will come when people will start paying attention to your discussion too. =)

I think it depends on the discussion....whether it is attractive enough to get people to reply to it... Most people here are more to helping others solve problems and questions....Maybe if you start a discussion in that direction, you probably get more replies... That's my opinion though....As for me, I don't bother posting discussions....I just reply as fast as I can

guess you are trying to say that people over here are not that creative thinkers or writers- yae