are you kidding me?this is so unfair!
By aciddrop
@aciddrop (798)
May 7, 2007 8:02am CST
about 20 posts only got 1 cent?i went back to check the discussions i've responded to,only to find that none of them was deleted.then how come i just got 1 cent?it seems so ironic that i cant help getting mad.its the second time this has happened to me.last time i made over 20 posts but only found that the earning increased by a few cents.i know this is not a place to really earn money and i dont expect the money here can be as much as part of my pocket money.but my participation and devotion deserved reward much more than 1 cent!since everyone gets reasonable earning here i shouldnt be an exception.can any of you guys let me know why this took place to me?
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14 responses
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 May 07
Lol... sorry I am not laughing at you. Just laughing in general... i broke my record yesterday. My earning yesterday holds the current all-time low at 24 cents.
Cool yea.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
7 May 07
I can't be sure. No evidence. I lost track of time. It could be I didn't post much yesterday. Never got as long as that though lol. But it is much worse for you - 1 cent for 20 posts!! That's ridiculous!!!
@aciddrop (798)
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7 May 07
oh that must be unusual for you coz you have such a high reputation that each of your discussion generally gets over 150 responses.no wonder someone stole your posts and made them as his lol.actually i appreciate your writings a lot and really admire you can make yourself so popular here!well you deserve the popularity.maybe mylot thinks you've already earned a lot so you wouldnt care the earning was reduced a bit.
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
7 May 07
When I first started here on mylot I read several discussions where people were wondering why they earned so little when the had responded to several post. One person had said that you don't always get paid right away for the response that you made. It could take a day or two for you to get credit. I don't really know if that is true or not. I try to post the same amount of responses everyday yet I have never earned the same amount teo days in a row.
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@aciddrop (798)
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7 May 07
well i doubt the saying that we dont get paid for our responses right away but the day after or two days after.because i didnt see any earning jump after last time i got only a few cents for over 20 posts.and i dont think mylot will make up for my earning later.why they dont clarify the rules but make us confused often?
@brothertuck (1257)
• United States
7 May 07
I tend to see that too, you may not see a lot on a day you posted a bit, but a couple days later you see a big jump.
I also noticed that my amounts are growing as I get more and more friends. If I find a good post, or if I post a good response and I see a name I am seeing over and over, I will ask them to be friend or if they decide to make me a friend, I will accept their invite.
I'm not sure how many friends I have but it seems that they are reading and must be rating my comments because I am making more then I did when I started.
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
7 May 07
Hello aciddrop, I can understand your sentiment. It seems that mylot's earnings is getting lesser again. When I was a newbie, the earnings is also like that. Too slow and all the while I tried to persevere.
When mylot has released its new facelift, everyone noticed a higher earnings. I was enthusiastic as well. But lately, there was a sudden dropped in my earnings too. You might like to mail mylot about your situation. One cent for over posts is hilarious. There's really nothing funny about burning our fingers and banging our head just to come up with a sensible response.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
11 May 07
what were your posts like the day previous? I have had similar happen to me and this is what I am thinking about it.... if the posts are made after midnight (which most of mine are) then they are not tallied towards the total of the day you are thinking they would be put on. While mylot updates your earnings at say 9 am...perhaps they only update with the posts made before midnight.
what do you think? does that sound about right?
@mr_morning (226)
• Malaysia
7 May 07
Hmm, when i read you discussion, usually i'm make about 2 cent for 1 post but tody i just have time to write only 1 post, but i don't get any cent from mylot, to talk about quality, i think i have post quality post, i have write about 10 line response but there are no earning.
So my conclusion is, if i'm want to make some cent in myLot i need to post quality response and the quantity also must be more than one. I don't know how much you have earning for 405 rating but i'm just earning about $3.15 and i don't know how long it will take so reach $10. But i will keep writing until i have reach my minimum payout.
So don't give-up, just keep writing and try to write longer response... If you have do that so i don't know what else to say.
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@aciddrop (798)
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7 May 07
i've reached $10 already.and i've always tried to make good posts from maybe 4 to 10 lines.as for the quantity i responded to about 20 discussions.so this just seems ridiculous to me.if it happens to me for the third time,i dont know i'll be still active here.
thanx anyway!
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@juliansmom (163)
• Canada
7 May 07
I find I make less if I just respond to posts. If I start discussions I make more. But the discussions started can't just be anything like a simple question, but something that gets good responses as well.
@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
7 May 07
Are they quality responses? I know that mylot does not pay much for one word and one line responses. Mylot gives earnings based on the quality of the responses not the quantity. Hope this helps and good luck!
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@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
8 May 07
I know how that feels. The counting system on here stinks.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
7 May 07
This has happened to me before - but it usually works itself out. When did you make the responses - if I am on late at night, when it says something like 16 hours to one day since earnings updated, sometimes not all of my responses get credited when I check my earnings the next day, especially if, when I calculate it out, they were updating earnings at the same time as I was replying to people's posts. But the earnings get added to the next day.
Sometimes if a day is low, it goes up in the middle of the month when they go to get ready to pay out and double check all of the posts.
@paradisesuns (1754)
• United States
8 May 07
well don't feel bad my earnings were there one day & down the next...today I posted three discussions and they deleted all three.Needless to say I am very disgusted.I don't see the fairness either since I didn't break any of their little rules.As far as this place being a great place to earn money...lol...you have got to be kidding.I look at it as just entertainment because the money is so small.I have had them do what they did to you also...I really don't know why...I wish I knew.Good luck :)
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
7 May 07
Did those include discussions? If you discussions do not get any replies you don't get money for them. That is why someone can post 500 discussions with one lines and get zero cents. Most people won't reply to discussions that are short, but it appears that your discussions are good. However that is for you to know, if you are not really posting anything in your discussions then you will not get replies.
Pablo
@raptorbyt (105)
• India
8 May 07
you're right.I sat and typed out about a 50 responses and i got hardly 15 cents.it was so pathetic.i didnt exactly know abt the quality responses.
@RookRocks (381)
• Philippines
7 May 07
Misery loves company. That's why I'm replying.
This has also happened to me once, when I made a total of 15 post, 3 comments, and 2 discussions in a day (I keep records). I only got 17 cents. I always keep my standard back then of 15 post a day (this was during my novice days in mylot), and I got some 40-50 cents of increase. My discussion never got less of 5 liners back then, and I always felt good with the quality of my replies.
Moreover, when I checked the number of my post, from 127 the earlier day, my total post only increased by 7, making it 134. What happened to my eight other post I don't know. It just goes to show that those posts was never credited by myLot because it never showed on the post number (that number inside the parenthesis beside your name).
I suggest you check your post number to see if your posts has been credited.
It sucks.
@sabwinner (499)
• China
7 May 07
Hi, aciddrop.I am sorry to hear that 20 posts only got 1 cent! That's truely unfair.
But one thing I'd like to remind you that the earning are turn out the the day before yesterday's post, did you post yesterday ? And they'll turn out tomorrow? Are you sure all the correct?
If you that's right, that's unfair for you to get so low payment. Because I notice some of your responsed and they are good ones.