How many discussions SHOULD you start at myLot each day?
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
March 25, 2016 4:56am CST
I guess technically, you may start as many as you can, since there is no limit.
But how many should you start?
Well, I guess that depends.
Do you actually have something to say/discuss, or are you just telling us what you had to eat, or what your favorite color is, or any of a thousand things that most people really won't bother responding to?
If you start 100 discussions, are you really going to make 100 interesting posts, or are you basically just 'spamming'?
I like what Alex (GoAskAlice) said to someone..."Just because you can do a thing, doesn't always mean you should do that thing."
I might start 5 in one day...and I might start one.
Now, I can't speak for everyone else, but when I see 15-20 or more started by one person in the same day, I tend to just start ignoring everything they post.
And if you look at those discussions, you'll see that normally, they have very few responses.
25 discussions with 1 or 2 responses each, versus 1 or 2 discussions with 15 or more responses each...pretty sure I am going to go with the smaller amount started, which normally will end up with more back & forth exchanges between people, and make you quite a bit more per discussion (if money is your thing here).
But it's up to you...no one is going to stop you from posting 30 discussions a day...but you might want to watch your total number of discussions listed on your profile...most likely, you are going to see a percentage of those discussions deleted, because they really were just generic 'posts'.
Just something to think about...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I know of some users that have been around for a very long time, and they don't even start an average of one a month...and if/when they do start one, you can bet it's usually worth reading.
I've said we each myLot in our own particular way, but you'd be hard pressed to find a 'veteran' user making countless discussions each day (not saying it's impossible to find, but once again, when you look at the activity they receive on them, it isn't much at all).
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I've found that if I have more than a couple, I have a hard time keeping up with commenting to the people in them...plus, I feel like I am spamming if I post too many too close together, and that bothers me.
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@sjvg1976 (41979)
• Delhi, India
25 Mar 16
That's right. Presently I don't find something interesting these days. People just discuss about what they did means not what they want to discuss. I am a person who don't start much of the discussions but the present algorithm has motivated me to start more still I am not able to do that.
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@sjvg1976 (41979)
• Delhi, India
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake that's great I also respond more than what I start.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I start 2 or 3 a day on average, but I respond to 6 times more than I start.
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@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
25 Mar 16
I would like to discuss my discussions with others here and also discuss their discussions with them before I post or start another discussion to discuss.. 
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@epiffanie (11325)
• Australia
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake I've come across a couple as well ..
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake I also saw a lotter who does not interact to the commenters of his post, and I try not to go back to them anymore, like you
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I've noticed two members starting several discussions a day, and not bothering to come back and comment to the people that respond at all...they are on my 'do not respond' list now...
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Mar 16
Milti-discussion-starters are getting on my nerves..one after another - they don't 'get' it...I did one yesterday that I spend hours replying ti comments...who had time for more than 1 or 2 a day.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Mar 16
@Asylum Yes that's true and if they look at the number of views/comments they get they are usually small.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
25 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill It still tends to happen from time to time, but the novelty usually wears off quickly.
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@rina110383 (24491)
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25 Mar 16
I find it hard to start even just a single topic because you have all my attention. I like reading all your discussions, comments, responses (including the old posts) and I love looking at your pictures.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Mar 16
@rina110383 The myLot dating site in action LOL
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Mar 16
I just post what Im co mfortable with as its better to have four new ones with responses than ten with hardly any responses. T oo I really try to i nteract so I cannot make a lot of discussions. too if yo u start making a whole slew the less interesting they get b y tthe time you are finished and they will not get any attention, I like the way we are doing in the New mylot no stars for people t o get jealous over.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Mar 16
I do the same thing. I will ignore those that haved postend several discusions in one day, espcially if they aren't all that interesting anyway. I have posted 2 a day already, but they have generated a lot of responses, and still getting them, so you are right. I know that things that I post, not every is interested in responsing too, and that is okay, as we aren't going to like the same things. I am just thankful that I have reaponses to my discussionss. I have at least 30 responses on my discussions, and some have more than that. One, awhile back, got over 70. I guess I am doing something right, but unless I can come up with someting interesting to discuss, I will just not start any. It works much better that way.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake I certainly agree. I have seen a lot of meaningless discussion out there, and of course thwy were from the same user. I might respons to maybe two of them, but ignore the rest.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
Some users can't understand that when you say less, people are more interested in what you have to say
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
Yes, and he doesn't comment back to the responses...personally, I don't even think he reads them
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@LadyDuck (476652)
• Italy
26 Mar 16
@JolietJake I cannot write 5 discussions a day, for me 3 is the limit.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
The 'perfect number' would be different for everyone, but myself, 5 is pushing the limit...
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@PainsOnSlate (21849)
• Canada
25 Mar 16
Funny how some new myLot members think more is better. What they don't seem to understand is comments should be returned. If you comment on one of my discussions, you can bet I will be doing the same for you... Those who ask to follow me usually never hear from me because "THE STATS" on the newbie's profile page says they have been doing nothing but writing.
If their statistics look something like this Discussions 45, Responses 15, Comments 0, mentions 0, likes 0 , and followers 0, Following 300 They should pay better attention on interaction. But some don't.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
There's one here with over 200 discussions and less than 30 responses...less than 40 comments as well, which tells me pretty much all I need to know about them.
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake They leave after they are paid then they came back again once their money reaches the minimum, right?
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake I think they just want to make discussions without interacting and they think there is already passive income like in Bubblews when their posts get many views and likes. This is my idea why many don't come back anymore.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
Yes, there are a few like that, they seem to not have much 'depth' to their 'discussions'. Of course, they are free to use myLot in that manner if they feel that works best for them, but I've seen over the years that those are the people that normally leave after a while...
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
25 Mar 16
nothing to add really so I should have liked and gone
I think loads of discussions per day isn't a great idea but if someone posts loads that I like and they get back to me I don't mind
I think loads of discussions per day isn't a great idea but if someone posts loads that I like and they get back to me I don't mind3 people like this
@vandana7 (101974)
• India
26 Mar 16
@Mike197602 ...Exactly. If we need to sound as people with some brains we can't be putting up 100 for sure. lol
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 16
@vandana7 I'd have difficulty putting up 100 discussions but I think I could put up a lot that may get some interest.
My definition of loads is over ten.
I've just found a notebook where I wrote possible discussion ideas back to 2009.
I think I could put up quite a few in a 12 hour period and keep up with them but it wouldn't be good for me to do that.
In 12 hours I've no doubt I could post 100 that are relatively well thought out but keeping up with them and making true discussions is a different matter.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
25 Mar 16
I have been seeing a lot of posts saying what they are having to eat. Some are just that. Some go into more about their day too, which can be interesting.
My posts get around 7+ comments. When I get more comments I am delightfully surprised. Not everything you post will get comments.
I too tend to pass over posts by someone that has posted many discussions in a day. They lack content and I would rather read something that is fun or interesting.
Have a good day JJ! I am off to dodge the raindrops.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45942)
• United States
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake I enjoy your posts JJ and sometimes have to go searching for them. Wish there was an easier way to find posts.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I get anywhere from 2 to 70...just depends on what everyone else feels like discussing, I guess. I did find that posting 5 discussions back-to-back didn't gain me anything in the long run, because they only gathered the same total of responses among them combined that I would normally get from just one or two.
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I am really very slow and i post only when i have something to say or share. 
@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake 
oohhh... I'm never going to post anything about my going to the hmmm... comfort room
or doing my laundry 
or whatever else 
oohhh... I'm never going to post anything about my going to the hmmm... comfort room or doing my laundry or whatever else 1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
But..but...how am I gonna know when you have to poop, or do your laundry, or whatever? 
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@crossbones27 (50781)
• Mojave, California
25 Mar 16
I say let them type until their fingers fall off, but probably would be more productive for them and the site if they interacted with other people more. You write that many, probably not paying much attention to what other people are saying and writing.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
Some of them think 'more is better' I guess, but I personally don't think so
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake A good point--How many discussions should we post in a day. This needs thinking.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
It's different for everyone, I guess...I just think there is such a thing as too many
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@Juliaacv (53809)
• Canada
25 Mar 16
Although this is good advise, members are going to continue to post what they think is interesting, regardless of how many they put up in a day or how many members actually partake in their discussion. I think that a discussion such as this is a good reminder, not just for the new members, but there are members who will discuss a lot of "thoughts" that cross their minds during any given day. And thankfully, I don't have a lot of thoughts that cross my mind, so I post very rarely, usually daily at the most.
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@Juliaacv (53809)
• Canada
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake That is right, I have found that when I go to the recent discussions and there are more then 1 by any given member, I will choose just 1 to do, based on the title usually. We can only devote so much time to the site and so much time to each member's work.
I can't get over when members post what they are doing or how they are feeling and they do it repeatedly thru a day, and members actually comment on these discussions! That just floors me.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I have a second discussion I would like to post, but I am going to wait a bit to do it...posting too close together is something I try to avoid, along with too many.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
@Juliaacv I believe some people would rather spend time on things that don't require them to do any real thinking, so they gravitate towards discussions such as those. Personally, I have no interest in what they had for breakfast, or hearing about their latest trip to the bathroom or whatever...
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake,I would like to start one discussion with 14 or more responses.And that's exactly what I am doing these days.Now I keep interacting for two or three days and then start one discussion if an idea occurs to me.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
25 Mar 16
@JolietJake Absolutely right.I have observed it.There was a time when I used to start two,three or,sometimes,even more discussions in a day in old Mylot.Gradually wisdom dawned on me.Now I give preference to interaction.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Mar 16
I think posting fewer discussions actually gets you more (and better) responses, because you are more likely to make that discussion a bit more interesting.
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