'Modus operandi' of some users here

I comment to eberyone who leaves a response on my posts. Everyone has a right to their own opinion regardless of whether it is like mine or not. In fact I admire those who are not 'sheep' and go against the grain if that is what they think. I have also never used, and never will use, the block button. That is for childish kids games in my opinion and not for a community. I never understood why people here asked for it years ago and understand even less the reason for it being implemented

Personally, I take every interaction here with a grain of salt. If someone doesn't want to respond directly to me, that's their prerogative. I honestly don't keep track of the discussions I participate in, unless someone comments on my response or mentions me. So I probably wouldn't notice that I was being snubbed unless it happened to be a really interesting topic that I was following. Even then, I doubt I'd call them out on it. I'd leave my two cents on other users' comments, figure that maybe the original poster didn't see eye to eye with me, or hates usernames that end in the letter 'I,' shrug and move on. But, to let you in on a little secret... I probably wouldn't come back to their discussions if I knew I wouldn't have meaningful interaction with them. (And this is the point where the people I've accidentally snubbed through laziness in keeping up with my own discussions pop out of the woodwork to remind me that I'm guilty of that which I try to avoid... *hangs head in shame*)

to me this trend is childish like two school kids you did it wrong,no you did, no, I'm gonna tell the admins on you, no you told a lie,did not, did too., they need to g ow up and stop childish behavior and stop blocking thats so pettty

I have been ignored, but as far as I know, I have not been blocked yet. I am not sure which is worse being ignored or being blocked.

It happens to me sweetie. Sometimes there are so many notices and I just tend to come briefly and stray...and may be enjoy myself too much in some of the posts...when I return...I find new comments under my post...so I try to do a catch up..but you have to agree my posts are awfully boring. I merely put them up there as rants..private thoughts kind. Let us just say...quite often it is an effort.

It is indeed unhealthy. I have had a few responses deleted, sometimes several days later, because I was not agreeing with the starter, and in my mind it is worst than to be blocked. I have blocked only plagiarizers, to be able to give a link to the original post that they cannot delete (It happened), but I have never blocked a regular member and I think it is childish and that this feature should not exist in a discussion site. If a member does not comment back several times to my responses, I tend to not respond anymore to this member, that's all.

First and foremost - you should not complain and respect if the OP does not reply to you. If you do, they do have the freedom to block you and so, that again, I dont see anything to complain about - it is evident, they do not need you on their discussions and practically so. Personally, I dont care if anyone blocks me - Always their loss never mine. On another note - Speaking of unhealthiness, well, at the first place, that "block" thing should never have been here once they reverted back to making MyLot a Discussion platform. I have been against that Block Feature from Day One.

They don't have to do that actually . They can simply skip or ignore it but not block the person. However , if you have warned that person that he is getting to be an irritant already but would still continue , then it's time to block him . I did that to a mylotter here months ago.

To block omeone is childish. Everyone has a right to their own opinion.

I reply to all the comments that need a reply. It happens that I only like a comment, when there is nothing to reply. We know that Alex do not appreciate to see a "thank you" as a reply.

Oh dear, did that happen to you? I wonder if it was that member whose post you suggested to me? If so, they did come back later. Anyway, whoever it was, they reacted stupidly by blocking you.

I see this a lot. I think at times it is on purpose. If this continue to happen more than once I quit commenting on their work. I ignore them like they ignore me. Plus a lot of times I don't see them comment on my stuff either. One time I talked of this and a person said to me. I don't respond back to all my comments because I don't find it necessary to repeat myself over and over. So I just give a like and move on. Well that isn't nice to people who do comment on their work.

I try to reply to all comments. Sometimes when there are a lot of comments I will reply to many, run out of time and like all the rest. Then later (it might be a few days) I try to reply to the remainder. Some comments don't require a reply.

Personally, I'm not that sensitive on here. If the person doesn't want to respond to my comment that's their choice. I'm not going to send them a message and ask them why they didn't comment. That seems silly. I don't always comment on the responses on my discussions. Not that I don't appreciate them, I just didn't have anything to say and there's nothing wrong with that. If somebody sent me a message and got all offended because I didn't respond to their comment, I would be a little upset. I wouldn't block them though unless they kept messaging me.

The whole approach is totally puerile. It is all too easy to miss a comment, which I have done on several occasions, so it is usually very late by the time that we find it. If someone pointed such an omission out to me I would be glad and more likely to apologise for the delay. To overreact and block a member has to be due to misunderstanding the intent and viewing it as a complaint. If someone is so easy to upset that they actually block you then I cannot understand why they are using a site like this.

I don't get involved in much interaction. I do like to comment on posts however.

@allknowing I do not know why some people do this.May be they do not want to interact with you and ignoring the response was deliberate.Let them do that.Please do march on ,never mind them. But I have to say that it IS an unhealthy trend.

yer response got ignored 'n then somebody blocked'ja? what the heck? perhaps they're thin-skinned? jest keep smilin' 'n leave such nonsense'n the past, hon. big hugs!

@allknowing I've always believed that blocking should be reserved for severe situations. I think with the amount of discussions coming out about the childish and misuse of blocking fearure, myLot should consider changing how the feature is used.

If he is a "troll" and keeps on irritating you, you can ignore him or completely block him, but if his response is good, I see no reason why he should be blocked.