What does it for you?

Usally one that I can understand and know what I am answering. Or one that talks about something I know about.

The first 8 months I was here... I was very selective about what question I would answer... because I was trying to make maximum payout for each one of my answers. And maximum payout is 3 cents for an answer of between 12 and 15 lines. So the question needed to provide me with enough food for thought in order to write 15 lines. But I don't do this anymore. However... I am still very selective about what I answer. Stupid questions or even simple questions won't get an answer from me. I have a dozen friends in my list who only post questions about making money online. Those are no friends of mine... and I have turned their notification off. Any friend of mine who post half a dozen simple questions in the one day... will get his notification turned off. I stay clear of religion as my views get me into hot water all the time. The fact that I answer most of your questions means that I like your questions.

Well, I'm one of those boring people that likes religion and politics.. in that order.. And philosophy, spirituality and all deep subjects. But! I long ago realized ya won't please all the people all the time.. not even some of the time.. so I don't even try or worry about it, but have fun saying what I want to say..

Seriously, it just really depends on the mood I'm in. I look at the "help" ones and if I feel that I can help them, then I lend the support, if I can't then I leave it alone. I love the funny ones, and serious ones, but I try to stay away from religious ones because I'm not that knowledgeable in that category and I'm personally sick of those types of discussions because it just leads to name calling and bickering and others bashing other's religion. But to be completely and totally honest, I really only respond to my friend's discussions. I know that here lately I've been mute, but when I'm talkative, their's are the ones I respond to first. By the time I'm done, I don't have time to get to the others. Every once in a while I'll venture out into the ocean of other discussions, but that isn't very often...my friends come first.

look it will be always some people's comments here. some long post are so confusing that i get lost most of the times.some posts are really one liners. i do not understand if anybody is pointing at my discussion. i do not mind. But i like brief, not one liners, not too long and very very clear language discussions which are not religious and race based.

If a title catches my eye I'll take the time to read it. Then if there's anything I feel I can add, even if it's only a giggle or some light hearted humor , I'll respond. Unless it's one of my main interests there's nothing to say whether or not it'll get my attention or not.

If a discussion is stupid, shallow or a waste of time then move on! Not everyone can create wonderful, interesting discussions 100% of the time, maybe they've had a few great ones, but instead of praising those, they will comment on the boring and time consuming ones. If a discussion doesn't appeal to me then I won't respond simple as that, you can't respond to every single discussion. I like a wide range of topics, there are only a few topics I won't respond too because they are highly controversial but generally I find most of my friends discussions interesting even if I just read them through and don't respond.

I can't say that I have a certain type of discussion I like responding to. It depends very much from my mood at the time I read the discussion for the first time. Maybe a discussion I don't find interesting today can be interesting tomorrow... I really don't like long discussions. If I see a long discussion and the title or the first few lines are not conclusive, I don't respond... Also, discussions on personal topics are main candidates for discussion I won't respond.

There are really some posts that are way too dang senseless, I've seen it through and through as for my experience here. Some are really desperate to earn, while others are feeling like they are in a race or something similar to that. I know that you'll come to notice them, once in a while and as you actively participate on other posts. For me, the quality truly counts. No matter how long the post is, as long as most of us could understand and relate to it then I would consider that a good discussion. We also have to be a little patient on searching and looking for discussions posted everyday here, I avoid those negative posts and those that ask for an opinion and yet the thread host already made a verdict on what side they've chosen.

I don't like very long discussions it makes me fall asleep reading them especially if they are not very interesting..I like discussions which are also in my interest file..I get to relate to it because I like it as well.

It really depends on my mood everytime I log into mylot. Some days I can't be bothered answering discussions that require you to think and put a bit more effort into it, those I leave and come back to, and then there are days where I just want to answer as many quick questions before I have to leave. Today I have a lot of time on my hands since the hubby is not going to be back today , and I'm in a reasonable nice mood, so I am answering any discussion that I can give my opinion on, and some of them have been detailed and some have been short and sweet. I try to get to my friends discussions first and then look around for others to respond to if I have time. I am not fussed on whether its an easy question to answer or a detailed one. If I have something to add I will. Some of those quick easy questions actually end up quite funny in the end with some of the responses people give.

So many types I can't narrow it down! You know if I like a discussion as I will respond to it! If I don't like a discussion I don't moan about it but I don't answer it either! xxx

I like many different kinds of discussions. If I can relate to it or add something useful to a discussion I will. If a discussion confuses me, offends me or I just don't have anything to add; there is a little X in the corner of the screen. I make use of it. I don't see the point in people starting discussions complaining about not liking someone else's. If they think it's stupid, they have every right to "walk away." You know what they say about opinions...

Hmm, I like pretty much all discussions. I always try to put in my opinion, but if I don't understand the question or it's about something that doesn't interest me I don't. I wouldn't say that I don't like those topics or questions, they're just not for me. I bet if I really sat down and read through something I could understand it, but I don't always have the patience.

I don't think people should make those kind of remarks anyway. They have the different categories and you choose what you want to respond to. I don't think any discussion is stupid no more than I think a person who is asking a question is stupid. No matter what the question is. If a person thinks a discussion is long winded doesn't mean it is not a good discussion. The bedroom talk if you don't like that than don't go to that interest field. I like just about any discussion. I am interested in everything. The discussions that are too deep for me I just leave them alone and let people respond to those kind that have better knowledge than me. This is a place where a wide range of people with different thinking as well as same thinking. Think about all the people who come here. There are a wide variety of types and that is what makes this site so interesting to me. So there is not any specific type of discussion that does it for me. I just roam around until I find one that appeals to me. I love mylot and all the people who come here.

I really like it when I see discussions about the sort of discussion that we post. I am a complete butterfly, the only sort of discussion that I do not respond to are ones that are obviously intended to be offensive, are racist or sexist in a non light hearted way. I don't mind personal information but it can be difficult to relate to sometimes and whilst I am pretty much an open book myself, you will have to PM me or get me off myLot if you want all the juicy bits. One of the issues that I have with discussions is that some people respond very briefly and you never get a real feel for what they do think. Similarly, I don't like verbose discussion starters that are impossible to build up any kind of dialogue over. Long passages from the Bible. Technology reports. You can do nothing with them. I also feel that discussions need to be phrased so that the point is made, but so that people can actually respond. A good discussion is great, but when the starter gets upset because someone has disagreed and both parties become unable to maintain an objective stance, then we have misery on our hands. I love a little controversy - not Obama is better than Clinton type stuff. But "what is it with teachers. When will they get off telling our kids what to do." I love it.