Too many responses? Too little time? How does one handle such a situation?

When i receive quite a few responses, i don't comment on all of them at the same time. Firstly,i will comment on the ones where i know my answer is appropriate to the responses, then later on i will go back and respond to the others if and only if,my comments will not be similar or the same as my previous ones,since repeating the same thing over and over again is really not necessary. So,i would say yes, i do try to be fair to everyone even though it's not always possible to answer every single response.

I normally start a discussion only when I have time and I am reasonably sure I will be able to respond and comment further. When I am in slight doubt I will add a clause asking to be patiently borne with if I am delayed.

Hi there! I rarely start new discussion so I don't have such problem..Always comment back to any comments I received. I wonder the same too for those who like to start many as they really have time to answer to all of them but from my observation there will be only some of them who did so while the rest they usually answer the first two pages and leave the rest or they just select any post they like to reply.(^^) I always suggest to them to start just a few so they can reply to all the comments they have but decision is in their hands~(^^)

Hello Allknowing, It happens with me most of the time and i just can't do justice to the discussion as i can't comment back to the responses but though delayed i try to comment back to the responses.Still now lot of my discussions are unresolved and i have to comment back to the responses which i will try to finish of soon and that's the reason i don't want to start discussions now a days.

This is one of those reasons why I prefer to respond to discussions, rather than starting them...hehehe! Anyways, in reply to your question/ discussion here, I think that if there are just too many responses, then you have a choice of either responding to each one or to choose to reply to only those you feel that are worth replying to.

I think having a lot of responses is a good thing. This means the discussion you have made is very interesting for most members. Just try to entertain all the responses, whether it be negative or positive, as much as you can.

Sometimes I get many responses and I am always very happy when that happens, but it takes me a long time to comment on all of the responses. I love commenting on the responses and I enjoy talking to people who respond. If I don't have enough time to comment on all of the responses I postpone some of the comments. That doesn't mean that I have forgotten the discussion and don't intend to comment on the rest of the responses, it just means that I didn't get around to them yet. I don't think that late comments are a bad thing, and sometimes it not possible to comment on every response as quickly we want (if we don't have much time)

Heyya allknowing! I usually only start one or two discussions at once so that I am sure to give justice to all that responds. I love a very active discussion. I always answer all the responses. I feel like if one has taken the time to respond, the least I can do is let them know that I have read it and appreciate the fact they have found my discussion interesting enough to post in.

No allknowing, I don't have that issue as I get very few responses. That's okay though I'll just keep responding to others and get credit that way anyway. This ones I like to respond anyway so that helps my feelings. Maybe you won't have too many respond to this one and won't have to take so much time deciding what to do. Keep up the great work!

Hi there... I never leave any response without commenting. I try to be fair to all respondents but if it is too long and i have collected many responses then i give a break so that i have not to repeat my thoughts. It is a hard task and i admit that but most hard to select the best response, Have a nice time.

hello ak, That is one reason why I only posted one discussion at a time. I've tried posting 3 discussion and all got responses and I find it really hard to response to every comment. So, from that time on, I tried to start one discussion. That way,I am sure I can respond to every comment and also have a good inter-action with other mylotters. Have a good day

Yes I have experienced this before and I don't feel too good about it. I cannot be on here as much as I want to or used to be here before because of school. I really have a lot of discussions I haven't responded to and I do feel bad :( And also today I am back here after almost a month I think. The thing was I had forgotten my password and don't really have time for internet these days!

i have many responses today.hope this will make bigger earnings.....i just hope and rely with my responses..more lucks ..

this only happens to me every once in a while and when that usually happens you make Todays Top Discussions i made it 3 times yesterday on 3 of my discussions and the discussions got atleast 10-20 responses and my best answer for you my friend is try to reply to as many as you can its one of the only ways you get paid here.

So nice to see your beautiful Rose! I would like to believe, that I am "ever" the diplomat...and each response I receive deserves a quality reply! Easy for me to say...as I have never faced that dilemna (LOL) YOUR time is as precious...as I deem mine to be, therefore you deserve quality recognition! If there are time constraints (as I work everyday)...I create time, with my "unwinding" cup of tea...at day's end, to give creedence! There have been times (like recently) that I have had computer issues..and lost all my "incoming mail"...and I always feel so guilty, that I may NOT have responded to some-one I hold dear, here!

hi allknowing the answer to that is do not make so many discussions you do not have time to answer as its common courtesy to comment on all the responses also since you do not get paid for our responses if you want to earn anything on discussions commenting back to all the responses earns you big earnings. so its worth while to do it.

I know what you mean, and when I was a bit new here, I've had a hard time replying back on the comments I received from the topic I posted. I found out that it's also more difficult if I reply to them in one sweep. I mean, back then, I wait for a day then I reply to the comments. But now, as soon as I get a comment, I see to it that I reply at once. But I never choose which person to reply to or not. I think we should all reply to them. They exerted effort in reading and replying to our topic. The least we could do is to acknowledge their comments.

I think that if I know I am getting into a busy part of my life, where I cannot monitor a discussion if it blows up, then I will not be making many discussions or really any at all. There have been times where I have been caught off guard. Going to be with something like seven responses and waking up to twenty five or thirty. And that might not have been the most extreme example. I can respond to topics no problem. But given the fact that I don't feel like or have the time to actively monitor any discussions I have, there does not seem to be any point in making them. There are ideas in the back of my head, how good they will do will remain to be seen, but there is a chance that a topic that I might not think get many responses, will blow up pretty quickly. Thus is the nature of the myLot.

hi allknowing,my experience,i choose to active in response for other discussions

Yes i had one such experience with one of my post and i did justice to all my comments