Do i take my mylot friends too seriously

Oman
February 5, 2007 5:29am CST
Today i sat and answered one discussion of each of my friends. It takes time because i have to find something i know about and can respond to. I also always take the time to rate my friends whenever they have a discussion and i always rate everyone who responds to my discussions with a +. Does anyone else even bother to try and answer their friends discussions or have we been added just to make a large list of friends? Best part is i dont know any of them but they are all my virtual friends now. :)
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• Australia
6 Feb 07
Aw, I think that's a nice thing! I try to answer discussions my friends have started, as much as I can too.
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• Oman
6 Feb 07
thanks savingstargirl, a + for you
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
6 Feb 07
I'm pretty picky about my friends. I will answer yes to any request, but if the quality is not there I soon delete them. I much prefer quality friends over quantity. My list is growing, but those on it have all been very loyal and do take mylot seriously.
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• Oman
6 Feb 07
oh thats so sweet since im on your friend list. thanks thats a nice thing to say. you have brightened up my day
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@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I feel the same and do the same. I always make sure to go through my friend's discussion. I always respond to their discussion. If I am not responding that's mean I don't have knowledge about that topic. Like lots of my friend post discussion about children and I don't take part in those discussion because I don't have children and I don't have knowledge about children related topic. My friends are also good at responding my discussion.
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• Oman
7 Feb 07
even i dont have children and i dont know the first thing about them so i dont respond to discussions about children but im glad there are helpful people out there
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
6 Mar 07
At first I would spend a lot of time reading my friends posts and I wasn't having the time top respond. Most of the posts I simply could not relate to or think of any response or comment. I wasn't achieving much. I have quite a few friends who I keep bumping into all the time ...we obviously have much in common...lol. While I certainly do'nt expect my friends to respond to everything I write, I also don't feel compelled to answer all of them all the time. I've selected my friends because I've been moved by what they have to say or how they express themselves. If someone requests me, I check them out to see if they are suitable...lol, cheeky me. I must admit, some of my first people I added because I liked their name or avatar. Some are good friends now, some have become inactive. It goes without saying that I always rate them a '+'. Some of my frinds are more outgoing than others, I try not to judge. I'm happy to sit in the background on some of my friends lists...sooner or later I can respond to them or them to me.
• Oman
7 Mar 07
Yes I think I had started off with a little too much zeal. I used to respond to all my friends discussions and it used to take a lot of time because I had to really search for something I could add to but Ive calmed down a bit now and only respond if I can add something. Ive also figured out by now the friends that take the time to respond to my discussions so I mostly respond only to theirs and ofcourse any other discussion I find interesting.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
6 Feb 07
I try to respond to discussions my friends have started. BUt I try to only respond to discussions that mean something to me, or where I have something useful to add. So sometimes I have to search for other posts to answer, but I do give my friends' discussions first dibs.
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• Oman
6 Feb 07
i know what you mean. it took me the whole day yesterday looking for a discussion under each of my friends that i had something useful to add. everyday when i open mylot i check my friends discussions first. when im done there i move on to the rest. anyway glad ur my friend :)
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• India
7 Feb 07
yes..you do have a lot of commitment with your mylot friends...i also answer my friends posts whenever i get time.i hope to continue with tha same commitment with you and all of my friends:)
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• Oman
7 Feb 07
thank you! i have a small list but im sticking with it, otherwise it would be very difficult to keep up with my friends discussions
• United States
21 Feb 07
i always try to respond to each of my friends discussions but it is hard since i have so many. it takes a few days and spending all day to respond to each of my friends discussions. i try to do as many discussions from each friend as i can. that way i have already seen the ones i'm interested in or know something about. then i can go on to the next friend and so on. i also rate their discussions. i also rate everyone that responds to my discussions. i don't know any of them either but they're all my virtual friends as well. i don't think you take them to seriously as i do the same thing. i don't want anyone to feel left out and what do we have to lose. we're getting more points, getting paid, and sharing our opinions with our friends.
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• India
5 Feb 07
Thats good of u .. even i feel that .. but i have almost allmy frends who respond to atleast one discussion per day.. i rate them + .. and i dont think making frends over here would mean anything else .. u can help them just by posting messages and would be answered or replyied by the same .. what do u think??
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• Oman
6 Feb 07
thats great i have some friends who have not responded at all but most of them are nice enough to respond so its ok. and welcome my new friend
@ginagee (843)
19 Mar 07
Yes I do try and respond to my friends discussions, as you say it's not always that easy and it does take up a lot of time so I tend to put one day aside to my friends only. I must admit though that I haven't been on here much lately as real life seems to have got in the way but I shall endeavour to be a better friend and try to work harder on here. Did I say 'work'?? I think mylot is the furthest thing from work anyone could do, just sitting here having 'conversations' with friends, oh it's a great life!! And yes I do always rate each discussion plus each response, as I think that's really important.
@winky73 (1404)
• United States
6 Mar 07
It's nice if you can answer all of your friends discussions....but sometimes it's just impossible.I would rather not say anything than post something unrelated or stupid if I don't know nothing about the subject.I go through my friends discussions every day and if I find something I can answer to....I will....if not...I won't.Seems to me that most of my friends do the same.
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• United States
6 Feb 07
I always answer my friends' discussions. Well, let me put it this way...I read every single discussion of my friends', but I don't answer if I have nothing important to say. I don't want to just answer just so I can get a "+" or a mark for a post. LOL
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• Oman
6 Feb 07
thats great. im glad ur my friend :)
@Sasselle (698)
• Australia
7 Feb 07
I really try to comment and rate all of my friends discussions. If i don't complete it I definately make a good stab at it. I have found a lot of people on mylot who i have a lot in common with and i find it easy to comment on their discussions and get to know them that little bit better. I like to think that they do the same to me in return.
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@bluewings (3857)
19 Mar 07
I think you do just the right thing.I ,too, respond to my friend's discussions first.I try to respond to all of them, unless of course they don't want me to:-P .But if there is a topic of a kind that I can't relate to ,then I have to look for the others.Yeah,even though I don't know my friends very well, knowing how they ''think'' somehow gives me the impression that I am getting to know them a little better with every post of their's.