We're not supposed to say Thank you??

i would think that you would write your thank you's as we for the most part were taught growing up to say please and thank you..i see nothing wrong with acknowledging someone and saying thank you or just a response, at least we know we are a talking forum..thank you is a form of respect and acknowledgement that everyone deserves..why someone would have an issue with that is way beyond my realm of understanding ..but like i always say..everyone is entitled to there opinions.. in mine, please dont stop saying thank you..it is well appreciated!

There is nothing wrong with doing that I just add a little more to the comment I leave when someone leaves a response. but sometime I do draw a blank and just say thank you.

I wasn't knowing that I too say it a few times but don't say it per post but from now I will try not to say these words again.I too want a few bonus earnings for myself.

I really believe that does not mean that you can not, but just saying Thank you really does not contribute to the discussion. Its just saying thank you alone will not increase earnings, we all certainly enjoy interaction with each other, its quite a boring conversation when the author is not responding back and giving some input.

I think that this is one guideline that many of us disregard...it is a courteous and most will continue to do so...the earnings are not affected either way...so I do not see anything wrong with it.....plus, these are called "discussions" which means continuing dialogs...RIGHT??? I have read them as well....that is one I do not understand...unless they mean literally not to just write back "thank you" only....

well... just say thank you x)

Many members feel the same as you. I know I do and I think it is the one "rule" that get broken more than any other.

I think that is how most of us view using thank you. It is to be pleasant and respectful toward others. Sometimes a reply only warrants a thank you because there isn't much else to say. Nothing wrong in being polite.

I dont think it matters if you do or dont its your personal choice. I make sure that I always comment on all of my discussions as a sign of appreciation.

I have not read the guide lines, but a member told me you have to respond to every response and I thought that gave one a word up. I really should look at them. I know that my comment to a discussion I start does not get paid and I feel rather wry about saying, Thanks for your comment to a complete bore so perhaps I should let the respondents chat among themselves unless they ask a specific question.

I agree with you, miamilady. I like to thank people who submit kind comments. If it were possible I would try to always say thank you to each and every one. I have always been polite, too. It's just so much more pleasant than being mean or indifferent. I don't think you are wrong at all. It doesn't matter to me that it won't increase my earnings.

I think many of us disregard that one because, like you, we choose to be polite. I enjoy trying to respond to each person that responds to my discussions because I am sincerely thankful for everyone's input. It is not about the money for me and I feel that the same is true for many of my friends here.

I'm not sure why that is in the guidelines. You don't get paid for anything besides your starting discussion anyway. If you respond to me now you won't get paid for it. I guess people don't understand that. I always thought it was ok to respond to people who respond in your topic with a thank you and a comment on their response.

I don't think they are trying to tell people to not say thank you, I think its just cause saying thank you doesn't give input or anything else to help move the conversation along and make it longer.

Well i not sure about that yea ... but i dont think it will affect our mylot earnings yea

When I first started mylot I did not have that many mylot friends and I had plenty of time to thank each response to my discussions. I still do that because most of my discussion receive between 10 and 15 responses. However, one of my mylot friends typical receives 80 to over 100 responses to his discussions. That would certainly take a lot of time to thank each one. I believe in being polite but it might be hard if you are pressed for time and I think that is probably what Mylot meant. I think that they did not want people to becom overwhelmed with a lot of responses to thank.

I don't understand how saying thank you is wrong. Maybe if it's just like saying "thank you for responding period", to each and every response, maybe that's what the mylot guidelines meant. I realize that saying just thank you for your response sometime is silly, unless you really mean it.

I seen that when I first joined Mylot back in January and it threw me for a loop also until I read it again and made a discussion about it. They just don't want us to reply to every response with just "thank you" and that's all. They want us to elaborate a little bit and then add your thnk you's in there with it, is what that means.

Yes I did read that. I think they are basically trying to point out that saying thank you to every single response is not going to get you extra earnings, so don't bother trying. I don't think they are trying to tell us not to be polite. But they want us to respond back to the responses with more than just a thank you. I am not sure if any of that made sense but right now I am still very upset with something else and my mind isn't straight. Maybe I should take a break!

Whoah! Really? I mean, sure, it won't earn us extra, but that shouldn't mean we can't say. It does has a valid rationale behind it though. We should just make sure that we add something substantial to our thanks you's. Even if just one liners. It gives it more meaning.