How do you feel when somebody beat you to it?

Not yet really as I have posted much lesser.Defenitely it comes to mind when the same post which was in your mind has already been posted by someoneelse.It might have happened to a lot here in mylot.

Hi rosdimy! Yes that often happens. I don't start many discussions because there are so many out there and I don't want to repeat topics by others. So I have a thought, ponder on it, wait .... and wait too long! Someone else sets up the same thing that I was contemplating. Well, good for them as it was my own fault for dithering. Hopefully next time I have an idea I will be quicker off the mark Happy Lotting!

Hi rosdimy, Just too bad lol. It has happened to me a few times in fact. The last time was just yesterday. I had this topic drafted for days but I did not get to posting it. Yesterday, I finally decided to post that topic and while responding to some of others' discussions first, I stumbled upon a fresh discussion of the same topic as mine! Well, what can I say? Tough luck, be faster next time lol.

I've also had such an experience. When an idea occurs to me, I just can't make up my mind to start a discussion, sometimes, I even think it stupid to post such a topic. Just like you, I keep on procrastinating, and suddenly, I come to see a similar topic posted by another person. At that moment, I'd feel a little bit upset as if my thoughts have been stole by someone. But later, I'd try to calm down and read carefully what the person says on the similar topic, and ususally I intend to respond, letting him/her know my ideas.

lots of time!!.. but i dont mind actually,.. i just respond to that 'similar' discussions.. with so many thousands of members here on myLot, it is difficult to find a 'unique' discussion which only you might think of.. i think a lot of people actually have a lot of similar thoughts, problems and topics that they wish to 'talk about'.. sort of makes me realize - that no matter where we are, which country we live in, what background we come from.. we quite similar.. dont you think, so?

Yes I have had that experienced before. I am okay with it since it was due to my "lack of fastness". So I will go and respond to that person's discussion and would probably start my own discussion straight away and word it differently plus adding a photo maybe. I think this happens all the time in myLot because I do see certain discussions different title but contents are more or less the same like the other.

It happens with me many a times that I find a similar discussion on the dash board of mylot, which is just fiddling in my mind, before taking a final shape. It does not matter much, I can still start the same topic, there is no restriction, as such, I've my own set of friends, who will respond to my discussion, I believe.

Well, let me share my experience. Sometimes, I kind of see an easy discussion question. In my eagerness to answer it, I type a whole chunk of useful information and waste valuable time. As a result, those who just summarize the main points or post irrelevant information or links hog all the space and mine gets pushed to the bottom. Thus, it is hardly ever read by others and is often ignored. I try to write faster but it seems that someone always beats me to the chase.