Why can't I say thank you in my lot??

who said you can't say thankyou? i don't believe that for a second.

That rule should be rephrased in my opinion as it is very misleading it is not meant to tell us not to say 'thank you' but to inform us that only saying 'thank you' will earn us nothing. When we comment we can add something else and then say 'thank you' but not just 'thank you'. MyLot is a discussion site so if you stop and think a minute about the discussions we have offline you will see the point. When you start a discussion you ask someone their opinion and they give you it and you say something back to them depending on what they said. If it is a discussion you were having with them and not just asking them a simple question (which myLot is not about) then you would not say 'thank you' at all. Does that make sense?

I had no idea that it said that at all. I guess they want quality posts and not just a few word answer or extra "filler" in our replys. I wish that Mylot would come on here and explain better or rephraze the guidelines. Am I really not aloud to say thank you like I would in normal conversation?

I have no clue why we are not allowed to say thank-you either...I can't help you with that one...I do however agree with you that it's a form of gratitude and appreciation to the other person for helping you! I say it too...The only thing I suggest is contacting mylot and asking I have thought of that myself...I'm just a curious!

You may get a thousand different answers on this subject....all different. I've heard this said in a ton of different ways. In my personal opinion....and it is ONLY MY opinion!!! myLot is saying DON'T make a comment of just thank you to a response as you won't be paid for it. I'm convinced, if your comment is of any length & at the end you say thank you, then it is OK. I'm not a member of myLot's Admin so I could be wrong...but I'd bet a month's pay that I'm NOT!!! So, never make a comment of just thank you. Say what you need to say to make it a discussion & then, if you want to say thank you I think you will be safe!!! I find it rude not to thank people for helping me earn!!!

I think it's probably to encourage people to write quality posts without padding. That's the only reason I can think of. I agree it may sound strange, but think of it this way. Your posts on Mylot are mini articles. If you wrote an article for a newspaper or a website you would not say 'thank you' at the end, would you? It would be unprofessional. That's my take on it anyway, though I may be wrong. It's a good point to raise, because not only are you clarifying things in your own mind, you're helping others to write better posts.

I think you can say thank you. As long as that is not all you are saying. I like to say thank you when I get a best response and then add something else new to the discussion that I had been having with the person. I think they don't just want you to do a two word post. Or, if it is your discussion, don't just thank someone for responding. Add something extra to what they were saying. Or comment on what the person said. Make it interesting in order to prompt more discussion from that person or someone else.

What they mean is that you cannot just say thank you alone. And really if you are making a post it is redundant. It is like saying "thank you for reading this, I did not expect anyone to, I am so unworthy" You could when someone replies to your post, and you love the suggestion, say something like "I want to thank you for the help you gave me in dealing with --" and then mention the problem you had. But what myLot is not you just saying thank you. It has to be included in the answer.

I really didnt know that is it true?

We don't get paid for comments, we get paid for responses, so I'm not sure why it matters. I guess maybe they don't want the page getting flooded with a few words? If you want to say Thank You, I guess you have to expand on it and write a few sentences a long with it .

Hello JellyMonty, That's ridiculous! Seriously? Where do they say that- in their terms and conditions? I think the only reason they MIGHT be disallowing it is because they don't want self-promotion of information / trading of sites or similar. "Thank you" might emphasize that someone was doing you a "favor" that was against their guidelines. But yes, I do have to agree with you- it is a little harsh to be taking away someone's earnings because they say/said thank you. Might I suggest that you "duke this out" so to speak IMMEDIATELY with the MyLot staff, because it really is not fair to take away earnings and stop people from having manners. ******** for starting this discussion! Hah- now I guess I have to censor it...:) -Fresh Writing

I'm glad i got the information today. luckily it's not too late. however I don't know to what to say just with you good luck. I do remember not make same mistakes any more.

Thank God i read this post. Or did i made a mistake here in mentioning "thank" word?!.. lol.. I'm new in mylot and i didn't bother to read the rules and regulations. I have responded by saying thanks many time. Its really weird. Never thought some forum would prohibit user from using such an innocent word. Well.. I'll keep my gratitude to myself from now on. Hope i will like it here.. Happy mylotting to all !!

It just takes up room most of the time.

I don't even heard of this thing.Now i'm aware of the thing.

I went in and read the rules, it isn't that you can't say thank you its that you can't just say thank you to each response that you get from a discussion that you started as a reply.. meaning JUST saying "Thank You" and thats it..

Is there anything else like that we CAN'T do? this sounds ridiculous but ok..

i really heard it for the first time but i dont know why they dont want us do write that word may be because they think that we all are helping each other for getting money or whatever. But it looks really odd anyways from now i will not add that word in my any comments or posts

New?who?

Oh, I have already said "thank you" many times in the discussions that I started. I didn't thoroughly read through the guidelines. I will start to avoid this phrase since now. But I can't understand this rule, either. Why did mylot abandon us to express our gratitude?