Responses to discussions.

There can be a lot of reasons which perhaps includes, timing of when the discussions are posted. Also DoctorDidi, you do not participate in your own discussions. We have told you time and time again, and there was this once I believed you understood. If you ask for help and many apply the help yet hear nothing back from you then many feel that it is being posted simply for the sake of posting and not truly asking for help. There are many of us who wonder if any chance you are even reading the "help" response. Therefore many give up and do not help anymore. Do keep this mind and if you do become active here, you will see what a difference it makes. Good luck.

its because doctorDidi you never reply to us back i have seen many discussion of your where many mylotter have suggest you to come to to the discussion you have started but you never do may be that's why not many mylotter like to take part in your discussion but you can always change its never too late hope you reply this time

Personally on this one, I think it often depends on the type of discussion you start, the time of day that you choose to start this discussion, the amount of friends you have getting your alerts interested in responding back to this discussion, and the Interest section you start your discussion in as well. There have been discussions I have started in the past that are lucky to get 5-6 responses back ever, while I have others that have over 100. In reality for the most part, anytime I choose to start a New discussion this thought is usually farthest from my head. I usually just start a New discussion as I have time, and hope for the Best from there.

Maybe you only get a few responses because you don't make your posts a discussion

Well, the only thing I can come up with is maybe the responses to the more indepth ones are done at night time when people are more tired. I know that when I am tired, I tend not to answer deep posts. I go for the easier ones. I also know that when I am awake and fresh, I can get deeper into those posts.

I think the reasons for this are: (1.) People aren't fond of deep topics too much. (2.) They might have gotten overwhelmed with the verbose words that you might have used. (3.) They're looking for discussions which are easy to relate to. (4.) They think that discussions which are superficial are easy to answer as they don't have to think that much in order to do so.

I think there are many people who are not looking for conversations of depth. They are seeking to post as many responses as possible with the time they have available. So, I would imagine that those people are attracted by the discussions where they don't have to think too much about what they want to say. They just type a response off the top of their heads and move on to find more like that. Everyone has different goals and different ideas about what "discussing" really means.

yes docdidi, i too have noted the same thing.However i don`t blame our friends because it is quite possible that they may find a particular discussion not to their taste or liking or maybe they do not have the right answer for it so they ignore it and go to some other discussion which,even though inane, may be much easier to respond to.After all one is in mylot not just to respond but also to make some money.Many times i have skipped discussions which are too personal or not to my liking and answered only those which i feel i can do justice to.

I have noticed the same thing. Topics which are easy to relate to and easy to write about usually get more responses than deep and complicated topics. Some of my discussions got very few responses even though I personally find the topics more interesting than my discussions about very simple topics. I think that many members avoid long and serious discussions because their first language aren't English and they find it too hard to write about those topics or because they are impatient and want to respond to as many discussions as possible.

I know where you are coming from! It happens to me all the time! I have no idea why this happens! It is frustrating! I try to come up with good discussions but then I get little responses! I have always been envious of people on Mylot who have dicussions who have responses over 30 or more! On a regualar bases! It'll be always be a mystery to me!

I have to say that I agree with your opinion. I think the main reason that this happens is because a lot of mylot users are just really busy, therefore they can't respond to every discussion posted. I find that there are times when I only have a few minutes to be online, and if I don't feel that I can give a good enough opinion in the time I have, I choose one that is easier and then approach the others later. It could also be that you aren't placing your discussions in the proper category and therefore, people just aren't coming across your discussions, try entering in a greater number of tags, you might be surprised with how many more people come across your discussions and therefore answer them. Good luck and Happy mylotting.

Hello, To respond a topic we must have some knowledge of that subject. So if you post a easy topic than you get more response than a serious topic. But as for me it is try to respond on all the topic if possible. Some time I recd. topics on which I don't feel easy in replying.

I do not think as the way you think, I only answer every of my friends' discussions which some some of friends do not do the same. I rarely post discussions, but I keep busy with posts of my friends like you as others. So for me, I am a faithful friend of yours. I noticed that not all posts are answered by friends and sometimes it makes me think whether to answer the post of those people who never answer my post, you would feel it as unfair.

i am new to the site but i am associated with TOLUNA which is also a good site. In this also you need to crate topics & write opions form the experience of toluna i think you need to create quality topics rather than the quatity.Please follow this & see the differences.

I find that the closer you hit to home the better the responses are. Like if you talk to housewives about chores or child rearing you get alot more responses than you do talking about politics or high powered internet. Learn who your audience is and you will have alot better chance of getting alot of responses.

I don't even want to think about it. I too have seen how frivolous topics get more responses but those responses that you get though few could be well thought out responses and that matters than having responses that have not contributed to one's knowledge.

I am one of those people who really try to to think of a deep but relevant topic to a lot of members here. I try to post them in the friendliest and most meaningful manner to attract response since mylot appreciates 'deep and intelligent discussions.' However, there are many times that I have been getting only one response for my discussions - a good reason for me to be frustrated and think twice about posting a discussion even if I had a very good idea to discuss. I have a theory that many of the members here appreciate the more mundane things because they don't want to complicate their answers or be labelled as the 'wrong answer' to the discussion. So it is better to do the easy and the popular versus the not. This situation also prompts me to leave the posting of discussions and reply to discussions created by others instead. That way, I won't holding too much hope that somebody does respond and if they did, they have a meaningful response to what I have posted. At least in replying, I won't be disappointed to see that no member here has the same interest or point of view or even bothered to hear (or read0 what I have to say.