Are your mylot friends discussion stealers?
By dizzblnd
@dizzblnd (3073)
United States
May 13, 2008 9:45am CST
I don't mean this in a spiteful or mean way. Have you ever thought about posting what you thought was a great (possibly original) discussion, only to check your friends' recently posted and active discussions only to find they have beat you to it? 
This has happened to me on many occasions since I have joined. It's funny how so many of us are like minded. Today in fact I responded to a friends discussion that I was just going to start. It made me laugh to see it right in front of me as I was trying to think of the "title" of the discussion I wanted to start. 
How often has it happened to you? Does it "freak you out, (in a good way). Do you respond to those discussions, or go ahead and post your own? I leave well enough alone and have fun responding to those friends discussions who have a great mind... like mine 
This has happened to me on many occasions since I have joined. It's funny how so many of us are like minded. Today in fact I responded to a friends discussion that I was just going to start. It made me laugh to see it right in front of me as I was trying to think of the "title" of the discussion I wanted to start.
How often has it happened to you? Does it "freak you out, (in a good way). Do you respond to those discussions, or go ahead and post your own? I leave well enough alone and have fun responding to those friends discussions who have a great mind... like mine 5 people like this
10 responses
@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
13 May 08
I haven't started that many discussions to be in the position to "steal" anything yet.. I can't even keep up with the emails that I get to respond to all of the discussions that have been started by people on my friends list.. I have answered emails that were almost duplicates, and in the same day, but I feel as if I am so opiniated, I have enough of my opinions to go around.. If I thought of somethinig and thought that it wouldmake a good discussion, then I would go ahead and post it.. I am sure there are enough people to answer all of them.. Great minds think alike..
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
13 May 08
Dizzblnd You must be faster with your trigger finger LMAO.... yes it happens all of the time. What's better yet is when you are responding to one discussion it will give you a spin off to another of your own. You must at that moment stop and do the discussion at once because if you don't 9 times out of 10 someone is going to think of it too! LMAO
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@anonymili (3138)
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13 May 08
LOL good one, this has happened to me several times and it only confirms the fact that the people I have added as friends are like-minded individuals - you know the saying "great minds think alike"? Well I won't include the bit about "fools" hehe! When it's happened to me, I've just gone in and posted my response and left it at that, it would be silly to deliberately go ahead and post the same discussion unless, of course, you wanted to pose different questions to other myLotters which your pal hadn't already covered in their discussion, in which case, the discussion wouldn't be that similar to yours :)
@anonymili (3138)
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15 May 08
Yes I take your point. I see some discussions started by my pals and they seem to have very similar viewpoints to mine and I think "there's a kindered spirit" :)
@dangnabit67 (2021)
• United States
13 May 08
I had a friend that had a discussion that I responded too and I came up with a simular discussion not the same. Not sure he noticed-lol And it was unique-lol
I think we all do that. Where else can you find so many interesting ideas?
I think with so many people here it is bound to happen.
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
13 May 08
My friends and I talk about alot of the same things but then we have our "originals" as well. I usually just go and respond to theirs and tell them they beat me to it.
@roxanne271 (2034)
• Trinidad And Tobago
13 May 08
lol dizzblnd,
that's quite an interesting way to put it.
Simply put, I see other people starting discussions I had intentions of starting and I think..."Oh, okay then...well maybe they read my mind
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Actually it is amazing to me how people from all over the world can be thinking the same things or pondering about the same things you are/ Whether it be common topics or weirder than weird topics
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Actually it is amazing to me how people from all over the world can be thinking the same things or pondering about the same things you are/ Whether it be common topics or weirder than weird topics
@recycledgoth (9894)
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15 May 08
LOL yes it does seem like that doesn't it. When you think of the thousands of members here, there will always be similar discussions being posted and no mattrer how hard I try to be original, I'm sure there is at least one other similar discussion here.
It is quite true, great minds do think alike :-)
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
13 May 08
yeah i guess. 2 of my friends just have the same idea about the certain discussion that i posted 1 week ago 
i don't want to point fingers on them, they just know who they are. but i feel upset whenever i saw some of my discussions that are being "remaked"
i don't want to point fingers on them, they just know who they are. but i feel upset whenever i saw some of my discussions that are being "remaked"
@Adelida2233 (1005)
• United States
13 May 08
I have only had this happen once so far, but i have only been on here a month. I generally get my ideas for posts based on what someone else has written, but it a totally different topic.
If I see someone has posted something that I was thinking about posting though, I do not go ahead and post it, instead I just answer whatever their question was.
