how come some people get a huge number of replies?

I start very few discussions but the ones that I have started have many responses. Not all the responses are from those on my friend list. I always make a point of commenting back to those who take the time and effort to respond and I never start another until I have given a comment to all of the responses. Also I make a point of going and responding on at least one discussion by all those who respond. The discussions which I have with the most responses are also topics which will never go out of date and some of them are quite old, even over a year since they were first posted but they still keep receiving responses. When I commnet on them they get to the top of the list of 'similar dicsussions' and it hapens that someone who has not responded will then find them.

haha.. coz they are easy to reply to interesting, something that many could relate too. Some have their own friends to help each other reply to your discussions topic. You could also do that.

I always wondered about that myself, maybe it is friends responding regularly to each other. But I would rather not have so many replies; just one or two pages will be good enough for me. So far my "best seller" was http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1933881.aspx - "Plagiarism in web articles" with (gasp) 11 replies as of 2 JUN 2009. Though I have a few with four to six replies, most have zero to two. The "zero" discussions are definitely the most frustrating, considering how much effort I put into them. When I get one or two, I'm so freaking thankful it's hard to be frustrated.

it all depends on what the discussion was all about. sometimes it also depends on how many supportive friends you have on your page. but based on my experience its all about what the discussion was all about. i have a few discussion with huge number of replies. i guess so far the highest number of replies i got here is about food. har har har. people all around the world eat so i guess we all have the same interest when it comes to food.

Well said.I've also noticed this,I can't say what the reason is.I think that the topic which really has something to write about recives greater responses.I've recieved maximum 7 resposes in my discussions till date.

the discussions I started got little or no responses and that is so frustrating. I am thankful for the responses I did get though, as I wasn't sure how many I would get. I always post a comment back, but never had that many to make comments to ol. that is one of the reasons I don't start my own discussions as I just don't ge the responses I was hoping for. I think the ones that get a lot of replies, either have a lot of friends, or their discussions were very interesting. It could be acombination of both though maybe. I just wish I had what others have, but I am thankful for the friends I do have. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.

i think that this happens for a combination of reasons. a) the person has a lot of friends. b) all those friends have their e-mail notifications on, and see the message when it comes in. c) The person's topic is popular d) the person posted it under a very popular interest.

To get big replies it not depend to our friend.Many replies come if we make a good discussion and can make mylotter interested on it.Have many friends will not guarantee you to make get many replies on your discussions.But try to appreciate your friends discussions by response on it and they will replies it back by response in your discussions too.Thank you.