Do you respond to each and every new discussion your friend has started?

@comfort55 (1574)
India
May 29, 2008 11:26am CST
If you ask me I've so many friends here on mylot and receive emails regarding new discussions from my friends. I do try hard to give response to the discussions, but get very little time hence it becomes impossible to respond to each discussion. What do you do?Do you respond to each new discussion started by your friends?
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
1 Jun 08
You know, I used to respond to all the discussions from my email notifications. I have so much less time here now, I'm just starting at the older discussions today and working my way to the newer ones. I have to do a little more picking and chossing. I have a hard time responding to the discusions that are quite lengthy and quote a lot of news article info. I simply don't care to read that much I guess. For me, I'm hear for chatting about all kinds of stuff and some days what will appeal won't on others. If I had more time, I think I would be doing a little more heavy thinking and answering more discussions.
@Gollywog (1092)
30 May 08
I do my best to answer as many as possible, If I fall behind then I just answer what is relivant to me. I do not answer any post where I feel some one is up for causing trouble?
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 May 08
No i do not respond to every Discussion specially if I do not know how to respond to it so I just rate it and then move on, but it does not mean that I do not like their Discussion it means I do not know what to reply
@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
30 May 08
Usually I'll try to response to discussions from my friends via email if I'm interested or know the answer to the discussion or I give it a pass.
@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
29 May 08
I respond to the ones I know something about. I think it is wrong to respond if you have no clue. Just my opinion.
• United States
30 May 08
Certainly not. I do read them all as they come through to email, but I don't have something to say to every single one of them. Even my closest friend here (who I know outside of myLot) posts discussions sometimes that I just don't have any response for. Like I said, I do read them all...but I certainly can't respond to each and every one. I don't think anyone could do that realistically...
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
29 May 08
No I don't try to respond to all of their discussions. There are some I just don't have an opinion on or could offer an intelligent comment. I prefer to answer discussions where I can contribute something. If I don't think I can then I won't respond. It's that simple. So when I get the notices in my email I read through them. If I think I can add something I save them, if not I delete it. Then once I've gone through them for the day I start to reply. Of course I do go to the actual discussion first to read other responses first before I reply, this way I can make sure that I can add more then what has already been stated.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
29 May 08
As long as I have something to say about it, I tried to response to all they have started.But, if the topic is not applicable to me, I will just escape from it!
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
29 May 08
I just respond to discussions that interest me, when I come upon them. It seems there are pages and pages of discussions with no responses, so I mainly try to concentrate on them because I think people deserve a response if I can think of something to write.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
29 May 08
No I don't. I don't have that kind of time to spend here. I do my best to post to as many as I can. Not only that, there are times when I just don't have anything to add to the discussion; even if we are friends.
@twallace (2675)
• United States
29 May 08
I comment to discussions that i like not just cause they have been added to my friends. Sometimes i don't pay attention to who starts the discussion. I just have a comment if i like what the topic is.
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
29 May 08
That's one reason I try to keep my friends to ones that I have alot of in common. When I first started I tried to get alot of friends as grew here I've deleted a few and turned off their posts. On my sortie I get alot of info (i feel) on whats going on with me, my friends, my interest,and what my friends are posting. At least that's the way Ido it. Happy Posting tdemex
@curious888 (1212)
• Malaysia
29 May 08
I don't respond to all the discussions that I received. I choose some that is interesting and those that I can answer.