Am i a rude person for delaying response to comments immediately???

@deodavid (4150)
Philippines
February 1, 2012 6:55pm CST
Hi guys, I would just like to say that i am very sorry for not replying back to your reponse to my discussions, a fellow my lotter was concerned about my being able to optimize earning and just told me about my mistake that i should not make discussions if i will not reply back since this is a discussion site. I plan to reply back, but it is just that ive put in a lot of effort trying to make tons of discussions, that my hand already hurts and i was opting to reply the next day. I just feel so bad and i think ive let a lot of people down by my actions, what do you think guys i need advice if my strategy is wrong. And thanks to the one that messaged me you know who you are.
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18 responses
@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
2 Feb 12
You are not rude, bro. You have your own right not to reply. I've also noticed a few mylotters here that they didn't reply. We understand that you are probably still busy busy with your work offline. Be cool, guy.
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
3 Feb 12
As soon as you are in the US, let me know about your new home. It's interesting to know many new places, you see.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Thanks bro youre won of my bask up's here and i appreciate it a lot, i'll try to be cool and not stress about it too much, you stay cool bro!
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
2 Feb 12
I don't think it is rude. In my case I have some time at night to respond to discussions and I try to respond to my discussions or if someone has answered a response of mine. I think there are some people on mylot that all they do is respond to discussions. I have many other thing going on in my life to spend more that a few minutes at a time on mylot.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
2 Feb 12
bob if you are short on time do not make a discussion until you do have time to comment back on the responses you get. a lot of us after responding and waiting for weeks now write off you who make discussions and never return to comment back. all people have some time problems but that does not mean to just make dozens of discussions and leave people's responses just hanging ,it means do not do more at any time than you can handle. I do not try to make a huge number of discussions in one day as I know I will not be able to comment back./
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Hey there bob and hatley, In my opinion i think i still want to learn about others peoples view's of what I right and i need to reply back because if i commented on a topic and the maker did not respond i think i would feel that he or she is not really thinking about the people commenting on the discussion that had been made.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
2 Feb 12
deidavud you went way over board on making so m any at once. did you not read the discussions warning newpeople here that if you make a ton of discussions and you get say one hundred responses for each one you still will nake little as you are not paid for the responses you get. so if you do not get off your butt and comment back on them you have wasted your time. get this YOU TYPE YOU EARN, I TYPE I EARN BUT YOU DO NOT EARN FROM WHAT I TYPE IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS.So do many less put more quality into a lot fewer and do comment back. you never earn from our responses so you have to comment back to earn on your discussions. a discussion will not really be a discussion until you join us and reply to what we think with what you think.then it becomes a real discussion just like a conversation is not a conversation if only one person does all the talking. you must get back and forth action going. listen to Mike he is telling it as it is.
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
I try to profile mylot friends in a family sort of setting, in that way i understand better and that is why i will listen to all suggestions and pick the best. Me i am like the youngest kid in the family that is very chatty and always wants to prove his worth to the point sometimes to a fault. Mike is like the intelligent older brother that is a know it all that i wont listen to ind the first place yet i will apply his words for life. and hatley is it okay if i say mom, you are so wise about life that i treasure your very words, even though sometimes my stubborness gets the best out of me. And everybody else who, are my relatives that listens to me and would hand me my behind if i say the wrong things to sharpen m up.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
Well some respondents might just find you rude but actually you are not because you intend to comment back. It is just that you don't have the strength to do it right away. Well this is the reason why I rarely create new posts these days. I'm afraid I can't really manage responding back immediately because of time constraints. I noticed you have lots of new posts so you really will be flooded with responses and by responding back to them substantially you don't just make them feel they are acknowledged but you also earn from this activity.
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
hey there salonga, i guess th words for this day is acknowledge,earn and dynamic. i'll try to manag my discussion and response better in the future.
@CRIVAS (1815)
• Canada
2 Feb 12
I think that it is pretty unrealistic to say that you will keep up with all of your discussions. It is important to try and resolve your discussions whenever possible, but I don't think that you should stop starting or responding to discussions. I think that it is a matter of finding a balance. Try to dedicate one day to doing nothing but resolving your discussion, use another for starting and responding and you should do just fine.
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
wise advice crivas, anyway I already have a format to make tons of discussions yet be able to respond to them, it is brilliant.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Feb 12
You won't get any extra cent form replying, anyway it does keep the discussion alive and dynamic.
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
hey rog, there is, i experimented on day and only did responses and you earn $ 0.01 per response. =
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
9 Feb 12
How about for a reply mike how much would the rate range be, i mean there should be some kind of a range and knowing you you night have the answer to this.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
2 Feb 12
Friendly... - Yes, I look friendly in this photo from 1993. I like My Lot as much as I do, because the people are generally very friendly and courteous.
I don't think you are rude at all, in fact, your message suggests to me a polite and considerate person. I've not responded to some comments here at My Lot, but I feel I ought to do this. Others I have responded to. Not everyone responds to comments, but it never bothers me, because so many do, and if they don't they have their reasons, and I respect that. In fact, one of My Lot's features is the general mood of graciousness. People are respectful to each other here, and I like that a lot.
• United Kingdom
3 Feb 12
You're welcome, David...
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Thanks Carl, Well i'll try to keep an open mind into things about that replying or not but i guess it is better to reply, ive already deviced a way to be able to make discussions and at the same time reply quick enough so it doesnt seem that i dont care for commenters.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Feb 12
If you were out with your friends and they asked you your opinion on a certain topic, would you ignore them for a day before answering? MyLot is a discussion site and in the same way that we discuss imediately offline when someone speaks to us, we will also get the best results if we acknowledge those who respond to us here too. Did you know that tagging our topics with our username is not allowed?
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Good thing I have you to tell me that... Gotta read more on those guidelines...
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
2 Feb 12
To me it's not rude and I understand. Life happens, you get busy, junk happens. I don't answer back to every single poster, but that does not mean I didn't read what they said. Sometimes I have already answered them in a previous response to someone else, sometimes I just don't know what to say, sometimes its not necessary to say anything. Then sometimes no body replies to my discussion for a long time so I forget that I even created it and don't discover the response until a year later.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
i Think i should live by this words, it makes lots of sense, thanks cupkitties.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 12
You make the discussion too much, so you do not have time to respond. If you chase earnings, not by making too much discussion. You respond again, the response you get, you will also get earnings. MyLot pays what you do, not what others do. You will not receive earnings, if your discussion does not get 2 responses.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
9 Feb 12
really now well i guess , i just have to work on making good discussions and always keeping tabs on those who reply thanks a lot indafth, and take care. you are very straight forward i like that.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
First, why make or post tons of topics when you cannot handle to response back. Second is, you are earning by starting discussion alone. You will earn by commenting back to responses you received. So, yes,like what the other mylotter wrote -better not to start a topic if you do not have time to respond back Because, mylotters will noted you as "response collector" and they will not comment to your discussion next time.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
makes sense!
• United States
2 Feb 12
I usually don't reply to my discussions unless I see an interesting post.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
mike is right, lets get more money and have some discussinnn...
@kundanraj (660)
• India
2 Feb 12
I thin it is not good for you to just make more and more discussion withoutreplying them. I wonder if you do you will get negative response from mylot and most of them will stopgiving response as if you are not giving reply to them. Here you will earn too much if you will give reply to them i thinking replying give more oppprtunity of sharing views and hence earning. Always used to reply do not make excess discussion daily. I hope you will understand the things, go with it to make huge money online.
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@phillyguy (3005)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
starting many discussions and not coming back to check and reply to the responses tends to annoy fellow mylotters, mylot is a discussion site and it encourage us to further the discussion so we should at least try our best to reply to majority (if not all) of the responses. And earning wise merely starting discussions that gets many responses doesn't help a member earn more, one will only earn more from his/her own discussion/s if she/he will comment back to the responses and initiate a longer conversation with fellow mylotters who bother to respond in his/her discussion.
@phillyguy (3005)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
but you are not rude maybe annoying for some but at least you realize it now before you get fed up with what you are doing and then complain about your earnings, that usually happens when some members keep on starting many discussions and ignores the responses.
@phillyguy (3005)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
LOL..(for nr 3)
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Goodness i didnt really made any response to you now did I, sorry man, i'll try to do better next time lss discussions, more replyin.
• Canada
2 Feb 12
You wouldn't exactly seem very polite for doing it. Cause people who reply probably want to hear back from you to see what you think. If you can't find the time to do it then that's probably forgivable. It happens to me sometimes.. although not much cause I hardly post discussions anymore. Anyways if you can't reply to everything in one day then don't. Leave it for when you do have the time. It's better to respond late than to not respond at all.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
Thanks pumpkinpie, it makes me feel that someone understands my dispositon. take care and i will always reply.
@Lhenni (1242)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
As long as you replied to all comments then I think it's not rude or anything. It's tough to post many as you should comment back to all those dropping by friends in there. Good luck deo!
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
Thank you so much Lhenni i feel so much better i think i'll try to focus again but atleast still b courteous enough to respond in a decent time, take care now.
@syoti20 (5293)
• Philippines
18 Feb 12
You have all the time in the world to response to what topic you choose. And no one can harass you to reply to this and that on the dot. Because they are not the one who will pay you, its mylot. They are not the one who pay your month billing its your parents or its you not them. Therefore you have all the right to reject and response to the discussion you like and dislike. Its doesn't mean if you create a discussion of your own they will receive a response from the creator on the dot. Because they too have to consider the time of each other especially if you are in different time. What you can do is to reply back once you are ready to not busy.
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
2 Feb 12
When I was new to mylot, I began discussions without commenting back to responses. I did not realize that it was expected. I thought that it was ok just to begin discussions and read the responses. I was told differently by veteran mylotters. It probably is best to begin one or two discussions at a time. And then comment on responses that you get before beginning another discussion. It is good mylot etiquette to comment in a timely manner although immediately is not necessary. There are different time zones and people get busy. I have been told that you do not earn from beginning a discussion unless you comment back once or twice. I do not know if that is correct or not. You get paid for posting whether you begin a discussion or respond to a discussion. But if you begin a discussion, you need to comment back once or twice in order to earn from that discussion.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
Well said boston phil and i think i am going to be more courteous now before setting up discussions, i will earn more and at least have th respect of my fellow lotters. cheers...