What do you look at when you join a dicussion on mylot?

I would participate based on the following (in order): 1. Topics started by friends 2. Topics started by people who will reply back 3. All other interesting topics 4. Those that are hot/receive no response/posted by new users

Hi dear, I have mown way of managing the myLot sessions. As it is now become a regular practice, firstly of all, if have already started a discussion, I will come to know anybody is commented on this or not. As it is my own discussion, I am eager to know my friends view on the subject. As I am accessing the mails through lotus notes, I will be getting all the myLot discussions with different heads. So it is easy for me to sort-out the categories. Next, I have a hand full of nice friends who are regular in contacts with their views and opinions. At present there are so many are with their posts. One person may come out with several posts and at many times, they never respond to my opinions. But I am impartial to anybody. Depend on my mood, I will be selective to respond. Some topics may be interesting and in that case, I will give preference to it and provide immediate response. As I am working full time and busy with my office works, I will complete all my works and then again turn to myLot. Also, if all my friends queries and discussions are got attended, then I will check today’s top ones and, not responded and my interest, etc. But the only sad thing is that sometimes I may put response to 25 queries and there may be 3-4 response to it. Also, if this is the trend then I will move to whoever is in regular contact and prefer to selective. I think to have healthy relation and smooth discussion, such kind of preferences may help in the future. But as of now, all my friends in myLot are my good friends only and all of them are nice to me and even I tried my level best to keep nice with them also. Best regards, Thank-s

Yes to almost all of your questions. I pick some discussions by topic, sometimes a find a discussion by the user. I also respond to SOME messages I receive in my email alerts. It has to be a discussion I have an interest in or a passion about. Or at least something I know an answer to or have shared an experience with. Yes, It sometimes does matter who starts a discussion. there is at least one individual person who I will not respond to. And I OFTEN, Very Often check other discussion a person has started and if they are the type that never reply to their discussions or start a hundred of them and don't get back to anyone.. THEN even if I liked their "discussion" I will not reply. Because what is the point. It is not a DISCUSSION if they aren't going to bother replying. and to those that start a gazillion discussions a day.. I know they probably are not going to get back to even half of their responders and they probably wont take the time to Really start any good "Discussing" if they do.. It will probably be a "Thanks for your response" line.. Ugh.. so yes, I am quite picky about where I type my words.. and you Got to be one of the lucky ones to receive my rantings.. lol

Hello reyachan, The first thing that catches my attention is the title, which i agree is common among all of us. I don't really care if the user is in my friends list or not, if i like the discussion, i take part in it. I go through the discussions my friends have started and if i feel like i can contribute something, i respond to them. Then i scroll through today's top to see which of those discussions i would like to take part in and after that comes the new discussions tab, where i like to be the first one to respond. And after all that, i have a look at the hot topics. Sometimes i do get bored too, so spending too much time here can be boring unless you are having an active conversation with another user, and it's really fun to do it. See you around.

I usually respond to the recent discussion. But the discussion has to be something i can answer well something that i might know like the back of my hand. You understand? If i dont know anything about it, it will be quite impossible for me to respond with something that is interesting and make sense.

Hello there! I look for only interesting topics here in myLot. I also try to respond to topics mainly on love, relationships and life. I sometimes get to answer some questions that can easily be answered. Most of the times I respond to topics that will make my answer a nice one and would not be able to offend or antagonize somebody because for sure I will be able to garner negative comments by posting a negative response

Hi Reyachan, when come across any interesting topic, I usually read the content of the discussion first. If I really have something to share with discussion creator I would type on response space without any hesitation. It doesn't matter the discussion is written by whoever. I don't want to put myself into difficult and miserable situation to task my mind hard just for squeezing something out to write I'm here to have fun to spare my leisure time. I enjoy the pleasure of writing whatever which interest me. Yeah, I usually seek the right discussion from my mailbox, followed by my interest, myLot digest, no responses and ....If I couldn't find any appropriate discussion that interest me, I then would try to pick some from users that usually leaving their responses received blank without any comment. I have great interest to read the comment that left in my response box. I would continue the comment if I still have something to share with. This is the real fun to participate in the discussion here Happy posting

I search the discussion list. I rarely consider if a person responds or not. I read various discussions and if I have a response in mind quickly, I respond. If I don't have a quick thought, I don't.

hiu Reyachan I find that most of the discussions I started were triggered by something said in other discussions. I do not mean I use the same topic but something is said that triggers an idea and I must put it on paper before it does the fly away bit. I have never had a discussion deleted as I am very careful not to use someone else's discussion. whatever I write good or bad its from my own head, my own ideas and thoughts. In picking discussions to respond to I look for things that grip my attention and that I know enough to be intelligent in my responses too. The users have very little to do with, although I will go to my friends first as I owe that to them, but I browse and respond to things all over. If I can help or am interested or knowledgeable then I will surely respond to it.[em]cheering[/em

I respond to all those topics that I know interesting and i can share my experienced so that it may help to others. I never look of who started the discussions as long as I know that it is a good topic and everyone will be benefited. Because I am also needs and searching for those information that help me into my daily life. Every discussions are good.

I won't really care about who the person post that topic. I just focus on the topic of discussion, and whether it interest me or not, that is all. I simply just answer the topic that interest me, or caught my attention, that is all.

I check to topic. If it is interesting enough i will respond. but sometimes the topic is interesting, but the discussion isn't. lol so i will not comment. I only add something to a discussion that i think will benefit the mylotter asking. anyway happy mylotting to you too!

The very first thing I will see is the topic of discussion. If it's something to my interest, I will definitely be joining it. However, I won't be searching all the discussions under the same interest as I will be bored after some time. Thus, I'm always hanging around in "today's top" section, hoping to find some nice posts. Other than discussions to my interest, I will be looking at others to my knowledge and also being able to share what I know abt that particular topic. There are still so much to explore in mylot and I need more time to get myself familiar with it.

Well when I started I filled out a whole bunch of interests. Then they have a thing for my interests so that helps me figure out what i respond in and such.

I don't check the mail lists or specific categories. When I'm here, I search through today's top discussions to see if there is something interesting. What attracts me is the topic of a discussion rather than a user even if he/she is in my friend list.

I look for the discussions that interest me. If i feel that i would like to add something, those are the discussions I like the most. I usually don't look to see how many responses a discussion has. If I want to join in with the discussion, I will.

I pick a discussion based on how interesting the discussion is PLUS if the discussion is attractive enough to make me comment on it. But the question is, how do you select a discussion, since there are so many good discussion at the same time? Well, the best thing is to reply to all of them. This is what I do.

I look at the topic first so that I'll know what to say in the discussion. It's hard to join a discussion if it's not within your interest.

i browse random discussion here in mylot..i don't stick to specific topics.. as long as the topic is of interest to me.., i make sure to drop a comment and interact with fellow myloters.., But most of these topics fall in the categories of relationship and life..=)

Hi Reyachan, I usually go to the home page and see what are the latest discussion with regards to my interest. Either that or I simply look up to the top of the page which would list my interest and the timing of the last post. Usually if the title is interesting to me, I will read the discussion first and then decide if I have anything in common. If it does, then I will post a response. Otherwise, I will just skip to another discussion!