When you decide to answer a discussion on mylot...
By camomile07
@camomile07 (1420)
Germany
July 9, 2010 1:33am CST
...do you read all the answers already given to this discussion, before you give your personal answer?
Or do you only read the discussion proposed of the mylotter who opened the discussion?
8 responses
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
9 Jul 10
I read them all and often add comments to the responses that are already posted. Then I add my own iof I still have something else to say.
We are told in the Guidelines to read all the responses before posting our own and I doubt that we earn if we post something already stated in a previous response.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
10 Jul 10
We can add our own comments while reading them too. We earn for everything that we type, including comments, so our day would not be entirely wasted 
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
10 Jul 10
Reading all responses before posting our own opinion would give mylot a better qualification, but sometimes we don't have enough time to read and respond to everything. There are many interesting comments to read and to learn from the other users that we could stay in most part of the day.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
9 Jul 10
i read some responses to make my post different from what they have said.i think we have to read all posts before sharing our thoughts but sometimes when the discussion is really full,like so many responses you might have not much time to read all of them.
for some i also like to comment on their responses before sharing my own response to the certain topic.
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
9 Jul 10
That's right, some discussions recieves so many answers that makes reading of all comments really difficult. We often need time read all of them. Sometimes I get lost reading and when I realize the time left, I already have to shut down my PC and cannot write any comment.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
10 Jul 10
yes,you are absolutely right,my friend! sometimes i want to read those responses to learn from other members here but seems like if i read them all i would have not much time to respond and give my own thoughts regarding the topic,so sometimes i just read the topic and the starter's speech then go directly to write my response.
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
9 Jul 10
That's a great point of view to avoid repetitions, so it makes discussions more interesting.
@carrie_023 (61)
• China
9 Jul 10
usually i will read the responsed discussions from the first one. some of them are intresting,some of them are reasonable etc. i can learn vocabularies and expressions from those well written responses.
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
9 Jul 10
Mylot is a right place to build up our english knowledges for those who are not coming from an english speaking country. Practising english and learning even others makes mylot so interesting.
@zralte (4178)
• India
9 Jul 10
It depends. For a new discussion like this, I usually read the replies before me to see if I can contribute more or just express my opinions. For older discussions with lots of responses already, I limit myself to read may be the first page and then if I am so inclined, put down my response. If I think it is really interesting, then I go back when I have more time and read the rest of the responses. I learnt a lot from these discussions and the responses...so I do try to read them through. But sometimes I don't have enough time to go through them all.
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
9 Jul 10
That's true, it's not easy to read through all comments and to post something new. We could spend a complete day only on reading the posts of some discussions, as they recieved so many answers from so many different users.
@offkey (313)
• United States
9 Jul 10
I do both, it just depends on the discussion. I do usually browse over them though to get the just of what they wrote. So I don't repeat whats already been said, unless I have the same opinion as someone and just feel that something needs to be added.
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@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
9 Jul 10
Even if we repeat sense what others already posted, we never use the same words to give our answer. That makes posting so interesting.
@crysontherocks77 (1273)
• United States
10 Jul 10
if it pulls up the responses for me I will read them and then try to respond to one that is already there. here lately it seems like they are not pulling up for me to read so sometimes it is after I post that it decides to show me the responses. i think it's just my browser. lol.
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