Reporting cheaters.

The member was new from China and I wanted to give them a chance to straighten out their account practise,but they ignored any suggestions and continued this act.At least s/he was reported before too many others lost anything.

Okay, maybe I missed something, but where did lonewolf mention anything at all about people from China?

Ugh! I didn't realize I was on the third page of this discussion. Please accept my apologies for not having read through the entire thread.

kkerix,I worry about cheaters as they take a portion of the money MyLot sets aside for the members.As for labelling,the post in question mentioned how "the chinese" were notorious for cheating and I do not agree with that comment.IN THIS CASE,the person who posted the discussions put their country of origin as from China.That is all I meant.How could I say that all Chinese were cheaters based on a few on MyLot?I agree with you that labelling is wrong and just another form of prejudicism.I hope I have cleared any confusion I may have caused.I also hope I have explained why I worry about cheaters or scammers on MyLot.Thank you for responding and I hope you can enjoy as much fun as I have from being a member of MyLot.I would really hate to see MyLot fold because a few people abuse the system.

I had a large comment to this but I hit the wrong button and cleared everything.The only time I put in a discussion is to get people's opinions on something.If someone replies with their opinion and a link to show me,it is a bonus!But if someone copies and pastes an answer from somewhere else,to me it takes away from the discussion.An example is with recipes.I like the idea of sharing new or unusual recipes (being innovative) but if the person is just pasting it from another source,I would prefer the source itself.Thank you for responding and I hope Mylot looks at your suggestion as I feel it is valid.

Well said.I would like to think when I do send a respond to someone who is not following the rules that I guide or nudge them towards the guidelines but they still have to accept the responsibilities of their choices.Thank you for your insight.

You didn't lose the points for reporting them. You did the right thing. You lost the points, because you responded to them (in trying to help them understand the rules). When myLot deleted their discussions, you lost the points you had earned in responding. I hope that makes sense. Good job. Let's keep myLot on the up and up.

You are right in that I lost the points for trying to help them understand MyLot rules.I accepted that I would lose the few points but in the long run all of us would gain .Thank you for replying and explaining this to me.Muchly appreciated.

I think the real reason I figured out I lost a few points was because I had just broken the 2400 mark earlier in the day and then found myself below it again.We do lose a few points,but in the long run we all win as the money is there for the honest members to receive.

I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and try to help new members as much as possible as someone did with me when I first joined.Copying seems to becoming a major problem at MyLot and I am sure in the near future there may be changes in that area.Thank you for responding and I hope you enjoy being a member of MyLot as much as I do.

Thank you for the positive support.There was a time when I would hit the negative with thoughts of reporting it as I did not understand how the ratings actually were effected.When I found out what the role of the exclamation point was,I used it ONLY if I thought something was definately wrong and not give the individual any rating on that particular discussion but still leave a response in case I was mistaken.I figure if we all can work together we can make MyLot a stronger program.

Thank you for the support!I do try to help newbies out and to give them a second chance with a comment here and there as some mistakes are honest.If I notice a pattern though after trying to set them straight,then I report them with the hope they straighten out before MyLot comes to the same conclusions I have.I think that is one of the reasons why I no longer worry about my rating as much as I use to as I know some people might seek retribution and there would be no recourse for me but to accept my rating and work hard to try to improve it.

Like you said,I try to post a warning to them encouraging them to check the MyLot rules but if they ignore the suggestion,I will let MyLot handle it.Even after 6 months i am still learning about MyLot.Thank you for responding.

Thank you for the support and I agree that to just copy someone/something is wrong.I hope as a program member we can weed out people who are abusing MyLot.

I did figure beforehand MyLot would probably take a few points away from me as outlined in their guidlines,so I was not too upset.The quicker we report abuse,the less people will get "hurt" from cheaters.

The few points I lose from reporting a potential cheater is worth it.We all make it back as it leaves the monies a cheater would receive in the coffers for the rest of us to earn.I think we lose the points so that if a large # of people decide to cheat and to band together to support each other,then by supporting a proven cheater by answering(whether intentionally or not)would be wrong.I feel that is why we need to be aware.Quality is so much more important than quantity anyways.

Welcome to MyLot;the program that DOES pay its members.In this particular case,this was an explanation of a legal contract that was being copied word for word.There was no attempt to disguise what they had done.I am hoping that all members both new and old work together to keep MyLot as clean as possible to help MyLot survive.As well,electronics and oil don't normally go together,so watch out for shocks!Have fun as a member of MyLot!.

Thank you for the support.I lost a few cents and my # (the rating of which yours right now is at 180) but I know in the long run we all gain from it.

To be fair,I did go over all of their discussions to see if there was a point to it or if it was leading up to a discussion,but it never did.Plus I did suggest to them to read the guidlines,but they did not .

Thank you very much for the compliments and I definately agree with what your Nan told you.I appreciate your kind words and encouragement.

I am hoping that we can all keep vigilant in strengthening MyLot.The person in question used the book/paper strictly as their discussion(no words of their own) and if they rejoin,I hope they will be able to use what they learned from this.