Why everyone is so.......

Greece
March 28, 2007 9:14am CST
Hello friends. I am here in mylot since 3-4 weeks and have started around 5-6 discussions. But not yet attained 10 responses for any of them.Why it is so??Am I too bad in English or something else. Please guys help me to improve share your secrets regarding your successful discussions. also some tips,do's and dont's excepted. Hope this discussion gets many more responses than i had thought of.
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35 responses
• United States
28 Mar 07
Hey if you learn the secert let me know okay. lol:) I haven't been on here that long but I have posted some discussions some haven't even gotten one reponse, so I feel your pain. So I answer as many other discussions that I can with as much insight as I can, I am almost up to a dollar but than again I am not too worried about the money any more. I am having fun meeting new people and making new friends.
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@AdamMax (260)
• United States
28 Mar 07
You have the right idea. If you are here to make money only , you will be dissapointed.
@ydiwan (448)
• India
11 Apr 07
ok parag do not let this dishearten you that you are not getting replies for your discussion there are many factors where u do not recieve posts and if you do it right i am sure u can get a lot of hits 1)Discssions should be interactive so try to comment on your discussions hence people will visit you more to answer and see what u think of their inputs 2)Choose your categories well as to where u should put the discussion u have in mind as per the related topic 3)Try to remind your friends occasionally to answer ur discussions and they are ur friends and they will i am sure will respond once u request them So relax my friend and do not let it worry u as they say do your deeds and leave the rest to god and he will definately take care of it
• United States
29 Mar 07
Give it time. Don't worry about it. You are doing a fine job. Just post and respond back and forth. You will get more and more.I promise.
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@Phlamingho (7825)
• Denmark
28 Mar 07
Well I haven't seen your other discussions, but I guess they were not very interesting :-) If you post something that dosen't lead to discussion then you wont get a lot of responses... So think before you post, that's the best advice I can give you.
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• Grand Junction, Colorado
28 Mar 07
Their are several factors that come into play to have a successful discussion. It happens to all of us when we are new. Rarely does a newbie get a discussion that takes off unless it's how to earn here at mylot. First as said before you need friends, I checked out your profile prior to responding to this discussion and you have few friends. Request friends, but remember not all will accept you, the biggest reasons will be that you didn't respond to any of their discussions or because you respond to topics that violate the guidelines or you have no interests in common. Choose some more interests, add as many favorites as you can and keep adding them as you go. Certain times of the day could also have an affect on your discussions getting many responses, as your here longer you will know when the majority of your friends are on-line and that's the best time to start discussions. For me it's in the morning my time I seem to get the most responses to discussions when I start them prior to noon. The last thing, when choosing a discussion to appeal to many people it needs to apply to many people. If you start a discussion about "German Shepard's" it's more limiting than starting a general discussion about "DOGs". So if your looking for lots of responses then your topic needs to hit a wide audience. Once you have a topic a catchy headline is needed. Make sure that it pertains to the discussion, but something that will catch someones eye and make them want to open the discussion and respond. I also wanted to mention, your English isn't the problem. Your discussions are mostly about mylot so you should have had more responses to them. So the 2 things that I see for not getting the responses was that you have a limited amount of friends and possible the time in which they were started. Welcome to mylot and I hope this helps you to earn more while your here. I also hope this helps for you to get maximum responses. Remember to rate your discussions according to the guidelines and pick best responses so that your discussions get resolved. :)
• Greece
28 Mar 07
Thank you for sparing your time to have a look at my profile and writing such a big reply. Even i noticed the fact of considering the time factor in starting a discussion.I have started most of my discussions late nights so this could be the reason.And this is my first discussion i have started at noon time and i am having 17-18 responses
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
28 Mar 07
It could very well not be your English that is causing the problem. Try to pick a subject or topic of interest to yourself and other. Also, to improve your English, check your spelling and punctuation. This will make it easier for others to understand you better. Read the guidelines for tips and rules. Explore other people's profile pages to gain helpful tips. Respond to your friends discussions and go back to your own postings to select a Best Response on each one. Hope some of this helps.
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
11 Apr 07
I realize in mylot there are certain topics that you choose that attract or repel responses-select topical issues for discussion, occasionally get contraversial topics, they can attract more discussions
• India
11 Apr 07
but u can see now that u have good no. of response for this particular discussion though.........
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
28 Mar 07
More friends! You need more friends because it is your friends that keep the discussion shuffling back to the top for others to respond to. But you also need to respond to many of those that you are requesting friend with. Most often, if you request friends with a person and you have not responded to a few of their discussions, they are not going to know what type of person you are and will deny your request. It is nothing personal because if you have not to responded to a few of there discussions...there is nothing personal for them to know. Also, even after you have become friends with people...be sure to put the notify on and respond to your friends discussions. If they find that they are responding to you and you are not responding to them...it is less likely that they will continue to respond to your discussions. Hope that helps! And welcome to myLot! :)
• Greece
28 Mar 07
nice idea of being in touch with your friends
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
11 Apr 07
I don't see anything wrong with your words or your English. I know there are some of my posts that don't have alot to them also.
@minty3 (592)
• Nigeria
11 Apr 07
congratulations! you finally had what you wanted. was it planned?
• United States
28 Mar 07
i have a few discussions that have 0 repsonses in them. dont let it get you down. alot has to do on the topic. like i love the book the stand and i asked a question under it and well no repsonse yet. i have one in hamsters too that has no reponse. i had 1 that only got 1 response and it took about 5 days to get that. watch what you are listing your discussion in. make sure you are putting it in the best place for that type of discussion. good luck
@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
11 Apr 07
Well, I believe this is the first time I seen you around here at MyLot; glad to have you,and I will answer your question; It really depends on what is jumping off at the time; Is your question something that makes folks want to answer it right then and there? or it could be a question that they don't quite understand because after all, we do have some folk here that don't use English as their main language, so you have questions that sometimes don't seem to make sense. Not to put you or anyone here down. As for me, I have more responded to questions than anything; I asked a question and to be honest, I haven't gotten a lot of response until yesterday when I posed a question to the group and since then, I've gotten more answers off that one question that I have with all the ones I have had before, so don't give up hope, check out other posts and see how you can do your posts better, and Welcome to MyLot!!!
• India
11 Apr 07
more response depend on the topic u choose .Go for the best topic where evryone can come and discuss open heartely.GO for short and simple but attractive headind for ur topics
@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
Hi there!(",) Just be patient my friend. Look at this discussion of yours, it earned so many responses already. Congratulations!(",) It could be that your topic doesn't interest others and maybe you didn't tag it appropriately.Don't you worry because I'm pretty sure that in the coming days others will notice you and they will start to answer your discussions. Havea great day! You are doing well!(",)
• Canada
29 Mar 07
I really don't think it's your English. I've seen people with much worse. Sometimes it's all about the topics you choose for discussion. Try to choose something that we can all relate to, and I can guarantee you'll get more responses. Also, I had a quick peek at your profile and you have 19 friends. You're on the right track there but the more friends you have, the more responses you'll get, so try sending out some friends requests to people who you think you have something in common with. And finally, keep posting! As you keep posting, people will notice you more and will start responding more. I had a few discussions that didn't generate a lot of responses, then I started one about me quitting smoking six months ago and I had well over 100 responses to it - so you see, it can be about the topic you choose to discuss. Good Luck!
@sweetsue (758)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
I have the same resentment. I guess they were never catchy to some of our friends here..huhu.In anycase, I respect them if they don't feel like responding to my discussions. At least I've tried my best.
@aissha (2036)
• India
29 Mar 07
hi parag i guess this is ur name,don'tworry keep posting ,gradually u'll get people knowing u.lol
@vogelvrij (196)
• Netherlands
29 Mar 07
There are just so many discussions going on here on my lot at the same time that it is hard to touch people in the way they would en mass answer your questions. Everyone is doing his or her best to do as much as possibly can. You can not answer yourself all the discussions either, can you? So is it with the rest of our community. If you answer a lot of discussions you might learn at the same time what kind of topics the discussions have that are getting so much replies. See it the other way, if you dont get much replies, you dont have to comment or answer on them too. And so you can go your own way in making some money by answering other discussions. But I understand the frustration. You came up with something and nobody seems to listen........
• China
29 Mar 07
then you have gotten what your want ...many responses!congratulations