Why I write more than one post a day at myLot

@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

@Mike197602 Ofcourse I should be glad when I get one response as opposed to some who get more than 50 for even saying they have a cold

I see you are awake. Don't expect me to give up my sleep. I have not complained. Have I? I just gave the reason why others are noticed more. Thanks for staying awake and responding to my post.

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15504)

• United Kingdom

26 Mar 16

Be honest...considering the time would you expect someone from England to respond to this so fast???

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15504)

• United Kingdom

26 Mar 16

@allknowing I just think post what you want to, whatever the time then hope for the best. I do discussions rarely and on topics many don't find interesting but am lucky as I have a few people that support me. If I relied on one country or time zone I'd be in trouble....just look how many UK members there are, not many. I rarely get responses from UK people or anyone in my time zone. I'm just lucky that I have some people that look for my posts....same as I look for yours. I see them often but can't always add a nice response as I'm either ignorant of the issue or, to be absolutely honest, don't have anything to say. Like your earlier post about matrimonial sites....I could have gone there but I'd have made comments that may have been taken in the wrong way so I skipped it. Lately many people have been saying I'm very rude so I'm wary where I post now. I try not to be rude but obviously people take me the wrong way which has made me not post on topics where there may be cultural differences.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

26 Mar 16

I do agree quality content is overrated. It does help,but not as much as some make it out to be. With a site like this anyway, which is more about entertainment and socializing, as opposed to gaining knowledge or acquiring information to improve your life. While you can and will learn. More people seem to use it as an escape or to vent out their frustrations. More or less people just need to be them and if they want more likes and more people interacting with them. Then they need to interact more themselves and you do that. That is why you usually get a lot of responses and likes from what I have seen. Topics also do matter because I like politics and a certain kind of music which just does not interest many people. It really does not matter how interesting I make it sound or try to tell it from a different perspective. Most people just do not care about those topics. Plus, I am not nearly as active as many people on here. So I agree being active does help your numbers, but only if you have like minded people following you and you respond to them also. No one likes a one way conversation.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

I write on so many topics under the sun and going by what makes it here, as you said it has nothing to do with informative posts but who posts them. I know of a post where the user merely said they had a cold and that post got more than 70 responses. I have accepted that and so for me writing a few posts a day spread over a period of time does give me the satisfaction of having exposed myself to my followers. It is hurting when people say that it is the quality that attracts responses - that is hog wash.

In my post here I have given an example of how the same topic written by two different people got different reactions. As for your two interests that you spoke of, how about talking about yourself and see how it pans out. Just an experiment.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

@crossbones27 I have accepted all that and therefore for me writing posts on different subjects works.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

26 Mar 16

@allknowing I have had that happen before a few times on Bubblews. They most always did better and there is definitely a likability factor or maybe even a popularity thing. I know people who can make people laugh do the best, which is something I am terrible at.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

26 Mar 16

I am one of the members that has stated writing poor discussions and too many is a reason for low response, but this was never intended as a rude comment. I still feel that it is true, but it is a view directed at no member in particular and is an overall view. We have all seen the |Recent Discussions page flooded by posts from one member, which is usually a new member who is hoping to accrue rapid results. This eagerness to write so quickly often results in dull and drab material being written. I would not consider that you write a high volume of discussion because you do not churn out 12 to 15 in a 30 minute span like some have done.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

26 Mar 16

@allknowing I am usually quite content with one post per day and even do miss some days, but I would not suggest that members should follow that same routine. You do not post an excessive amount, so I cannot see why anyone would criticise that.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

One should look at what helps members here to survive, Survive in the sense if their posts are not sniffed at all then it becomes necessary for them to scatter a few here and there for them to be noticed. That is what I feel suits me. If I am to just post one and respond to others who will never come back and comment on my responses I will be doing nothing but watching others grow The recommendation has been one post per day by some who have been criticising. It is ok for them as they are in the thick of things and their posts get noticed the moment they are posted. I am happy with my approach and shall continue with it.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

26 Mar 16

I always find your posts interesting and I do check out profiles. I may not respond to some thing like Poems it is only because I am not interested in them no matter who writes them.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@allknowing I understand if you post a poem and no one responds but some do respond to others who have posted a poem. I do not respond to any poems so you know from me it is not you.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

@Marcyaz I understood you. It's just that you do not like poems. Fair enough.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

I have stopped posting poems a long time ago. Not responding to posts is fine but when a poem is uploaded that needs to be appreciated. It hurts if it is ignored specially when other poems get attention. In your case I understand when you generally do not like to read poems.

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19701)

• India

26 Mar 16

@allknowing I am rather surprised that you have to explain why you write more than one post a day.Even on those days you write many posts I see only around 7 posts.I have never come across 15 or 20 posts from you in a day.Or are you planning on doing that ?Quality of a post is over emphasized.Yes,in most cases it is the person writing the post that is more important.Then comes the thing about visibility. It does matter.So I suppose we have to write more posts hoping some at least are seen by many.(But of course,not 100 posts).I would like to cite a quote by Martin Luther King.Jr.''We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.''

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

I have accepted the situation and so for me writing more than one post seems a solution so that at different times in the day I get some of my followers to see them. I do not think I post more than 5 a day. I doubt it. If posts are spread out that could be a saviour for people like say from India. It is not the question of disappointment but how to go about given the situation so that it is worth being here. It is not a happy situation to see so many rallying round a few and neglecting others. Not something that augurs well for a site like this. There has to be a balance. Some get 70 plus and some get none

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502345)

• Italy

26 Mar 16

Are you mentioning the post with the "igloo kitty", I saw both and I replied to both. Of course you should do what is best for you.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

You and a few look for my posts and I do not expect that from everyone. I should be there when the community is alive and online which I cannot do because that is the time I sleep and so my strategy to post more than a post in a day at different times exposes me to a few of my followers and I am happy with that.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

@LadyDuck But it is not bad as India. We are 12 hours ahead of the US and you are about 8 hours.That makes a lot of difference.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502345)

• Italy

26 Mar 16

@allknowing I also sleep when most of the US users are active. I have the habit to check the profiles if I do not see new discussions, because I know that it's possible I missed some.

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Curlann

@annierose (21977)

• United States

27 Mar 16

I would like to respond as many as I can in mylot. Even I do not get a comment back on the thread I posted. I just think that maybe my friends are not always online so they cannot respond to my posts. Anyway, thinking of a topic to post here is quite challenging to me. I worry that someone already posted the topic I posted. I usually post about my life experiences to make sure it is a unique one.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

They get notifications for every single activity This site is nothing but interaction. It's your post and as long as you do not copy/paste you can post anything even though others may have posted something similar. .

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Curlann

@annierose (21977)

• United States

27 Mar 16

@allknowing I agree. But as much as possible I would like to have something unique because base on my own experience, I feel hesitant to answer in almost similar topics. Do you experience such when you are participating here?

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

@annierose In this post I had made a mention of two similar posts and how my post got neglected even though I had posted it much earlier. You are right there. When similar posts are posted responding to both would be difficult. But it is not a violation here.

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weird_oh_me

@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

26 Mar 16

My routine is to check first the discussions of those who I follow (who are following me also), after responding to their posts I will then check the most recent discussions and comment up to the last where I stopped the last time.

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weird_oh_me

@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

26 Mar 16

@allknowing Oh I see. I guess you should try to post at hours where you think most people would be active.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

@LdeL0318 My contention was to justify why I post more than one post and nothing else. I cannot possibly stay awake just to myLot.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

I first attend to all my notifications every single one, and just like you respond to posts that interest me from the recent tab and also from my follows list. But as I have said in my post my posts are not visible the way those are when most are online. That is the time you get the most attention. It is 11 am here which is late night for the majority of the community who are from the US and Europe.

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Toni

@toniganzon (77121)

• Philippines

26 Mar 16

Each of us have a choice and you just made yours. Mylot is a community where I think people interact to posts that they could relate to, but that's just my personal opinion. So mostly I post about something that happened to me and nobody could post the same because it's my own unique personal experience. i don't like to talk about trending topics. It's inevitable that we may post something similar to others. I don't count the likes, the views and the responses that I have. I just enjoy when somebody interacts with my posts. Have a great day.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

26 Mar 16

It's like a give and take here now a days for me. I stop responding for people who don't respond to mine.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

I just participate regardless of who responds to my posts or who does not. My statistics will tell you that. They are rude if those whose posts we respond to do not come to our posts. They have no manners

And also those who do not comment on our response to their posts - they are worse

besweet

@besweet (9831)

• Ireland

26 Mar 16

I haven't noticed the posts that you have mentioned (my time zone is somewhere between the USA time zone and yours). Personally, I am not selective with discussions and I respond to everyone who writes something that interests me. You mentioned the amount of responses to two different discussions with the same topic, I am thinking that maybe the views are related to the word tags. I am not sure how the interesting discussions are selected but I am guessing that the tags may be relevant as well.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

I still maintain it is visibility. I wrote that post 4 hours before the other post and at the time I wrote it there was not much activity I am ok with this and I know if I write a few posts a day I should be able to connect with many of my friends. who are seen at different times in the day.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

@besweet That is exactly what I am doing now and I am fairly happy with the results.

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besweet

@besweet (9831)

• Ireland

27 Mar 16

@allknowing Some days it is hard to keep up with all discussions from friends so I think that it is good to post in different times during the day. This way you can interact with people from all time zones!

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ida123

@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

26 Mar 16

You did a very good move and I understand why you write many post in a day.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

Then there are those who depend on their Bubblews followers. They cling to each other like leeches and help each other with their participation. I have no Bubblews followers here

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ida123

@ida123 (6206)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

26 Mar 16

For me, I never cling to anyone, I just respond to my notifications and also check their discussion and comment also and after that I go to the recent discussion, commenting them.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

26 Mar 16

You should do what's best for you. And whatever works, works. It sucks more people didn't read your poems.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

26 Mar 16

No more poems here. They do not deserve them

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

27 Mar 16

@allknowing awweee

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

26 Mar 16

I think the quality of a post is not of much concern here, but I noticed that if you are active, more people will also notice you, which means you need more time here to attain it.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Mar 16

If I am online at the time the main community is online that is how it works but time zone factor plays a role

joy

@MGjhaud (23228)

• Philippines

26 Mar 16

i have a daily routine here on myLot. i check and respond to my notifications first then go right to the most recent discussions. i wont stop til i get to the one posted approximately 15h-20hrs ago. then i end my day with another round of my notifications. i do it that way hoping im not missing a discussion i like to be part of.

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