What and how many similar discussions have you seen?

I have come across many repeated discussions in the one and a half years I have been here, but I am not surprised at all. With more than 1.7 million discussions started, you can expect repetitions of common topics. For those members without unique topics to throw up, the common ones are the easiest to initiate. I could do a dozen of that too in a day, but I refrain from doing so. I think those who start such discussions don't really bother to check if someone else has already initiated something similar of late. On the flip-side, the commonly asked questions are probably the ones people find easy to participate in, so repeated or not, such topics usually still end up getting a fair amount of responses.

It's my belief people get ideas for a discussion from discussions already posted. People will either put a whole different spin on the idea they got from a discussion which I think is a good thing....or they will just change the words around and make out it's their own idea. These people are just lazy and/or greedy in my opinion.

Hi dolce It happens because these are basic discussion as well and i too seen many discussion whenever a new member login they used to start "How to work in mylot I am newbie" and the discussions are reaching milestones like first payout (Even i have started)..These are like sharing with each other about our movements here and as you said there general discussion like sleeping,walking,first thing we see in morning..also happens

haha ,it would be a little boring to reply tha same questions several times .Since it comes from different people ,maybe it is inevitable .And perhaps we should really have some new and useful discussions to share .

Yeah,i also find that there are some similar discussions.Just like what ronaldinu says in the floor 9,"MyLot is a big community so double posts is inevitable".So do i think.In my personal,everyone who wanna post a discuss before should search that if there is a similar discuss.

Yes I think that you are right , we should not post topics like this which are common to previous threads.

You don't have to respond.Just sit back,relax and enjoy more of them like Dog or cat? Pepsi or Coke? Money or intelligence? Your favorite fruit? Color ,food,drink and what not. Favorite move? Favorite actor? on and on and on

Since Mylot totally changed formats earlier this year I haven't been able to find the similar discussions.

I'm with you, I have noticed the same thing. I also wonder if the discusion will be deleted because it's the same as another. I don't know and have found myself not responding to these repeat questions.

In the time I have been a member of myLot I have also seen the water discussion and sleep discussion appearing over and over again. There are other ones that appear often too. It's because new people join all the time and don't check to see if the subject has been asked before. I sometimes answer the same questions more than once, in slightly different ways, but at other times I think I will leave it to someone else to answer and I will look for more original topics to discuss.

Hi dolce_vita78, Yes I find that very boring and its not a discussion, it a question and I do see it time and time again, its gets very annlying so I just not response to it. at all. Tamara

I've seen quite a number too especially from newbies. Besides the ones you've mentioned, I've seen a lot of similar discussions too about how to make more money here in mylot. There are also a lot of discussions on what stars and their colors meant. OF course there is always about the newbie asking for help here in mylot. I think it would be good if they search first for discussions before starting a new one.

Hi dolce, I have noticed that they are getting to be more and more often and I am starting to think that it isn't a coincidence since I am seeing them on the same day or the next day! I really am starting to think that they are being copied! Yes I said it! Copied! I'm not afraid to speak the word! I believe that they are seeing the discussions being started and are starting them almost right away and word for word and I don't understand why mylot isn't noticing this! They are even putting them in the digest! This is really getting ridiculous! I have been noticing this and have kept quiet and answered them, but I am starting to get annoyed at this point. I am starting to find it hard to believe that these people are not aware that these discussions are there. I know that the population on mylot is quite high and that of course some discussions will be repeated, but in the same day or a day later. I am just thinking that it is too coincidental. Am I the only one thinking like this?

I also notice it. Yeah sometime I feel bore to response it too. But it's there right and i keep answering their discussion. So sometime I can make a response in the same topic but the different maker in one day. keep post happy myLotting...

My lot is a big community so double posts is inevitable. It is very difficult to avoid the same subject being posted over and over again. There are no means how to ensure that such things wont happen. © ronaldinu 2008

I have seen quite a few simliar discussions also but it really doesn't bother me a whole lot. they are different or uniques in their own way. It is more to respond to also.

I have seen a lot of discussions that are very much similar. Well, with the population of this site, this is not impossible. But what I have noticed is that similar topics go on and on. They may not really be considered coincidence at all. I am sure that those who post those discussions know that what they are posting are existing discussions and that they just wanted to post something. It really can get boring to see the same topics over and over.

Hi Dolce. Yes, I agree with you, several topics have been modified or even titled exactly the same as the others. I do not know if this is purely coincidence or what, it's up to mylot administration to review. I respond to these topics once or twice only. Have a great day!

Yes, I have seen many similar discussions here. At first, when i have something to say, I replied to the discussion, but as time goes by when i think the discussion is still the same, I got bored to answer the discussion similar to what i have responded. But i can't blame the members because mylot has a big population so no wonder that there are really lots of similar discussions here.