The TYPES of posts SUBMITTED to MyLot CHANGE .....

I did notice this morning when my earnings were updated that it was much lower than I expected. With being so busy other places I haven't really kept track of what I was doing but was very surprised this morning as I was fairly active yesterday... Since I joined myLot 6 months ago the earnings rate has always been a mystery but I usually had a pretty close guesstimate of what I might earn. 2 things I have noticed that I think could make a difference in what is going on with discussions. #1 I am seeing more and more duplicate discussions - my feeling is that people are not doing a search for previous discussions before posting new one - fewer searches means lower earnings FOR myLot so less to pay members... #2 I can not tell you the number of discussions I delete day after day, from my friends, that are low quality - one liners, stupid nonscence discussions posted you can tell merely to post a discussion, not to actually discuss anything. #3 Ok, I can't count - I have seen a lot of discussions being deleted for various reasons, plagerized, referral links, obvious breaking of guidelines. I think all of these things effect everyone and our earnings. I could be totally off on this, just my thoughts.

I don't really believe their response to you. There are still a lot of consistent discussions on good topics, with great responses. There have been a few discussions about this very issue lately. Some people have come to the conclusion that My Lot admin are earning less, & thus paying us less. That seems the most likely reasoon. I don't think admin are going to well us this. Some people even think that My Lot could be on their way out, which is a pity.

Quote: "algorithm is constantly changing due to the fact that the types of posts submitted to myLot change." Quite frankly....that makes no sense to me at all!!! I have been here almost 9 months and my responses are the same. Ok..no wait. My responses are better than what they were when I first started. Because when I first started I wasn't so sure about my writing. Now, I have gotten used to it and my writing is more lengthy. So, what has changed? I know many users here that are the same through the months also. I think that the algorithm is constantly changing because they are not earning enough money. But at the same time, what do they expect? They give us this generic answers and do not follow up on private messages about people that are reported to have been copying and pasting. So, they are going to be paying for those that are cheating and I am NOT going to spend 4 hours reporting the 500 responses that one user can accumulate faster than I can report due to the copy/paste. The posts to myLot changing???? Nope. They seem the same to me if not better because we don't have the poll discussions anymore either. Example.....Coke or Pepsi? How many times did we see that discussion 9 months ago here?

I still see the "Yippee, I made my goal", or "Ha Ha Ha I earned four cents per post discussions". I still see recipes, but they are set up differently. I do not know the difference. Two or three days I made over 4 cents per post, then three days running I made less than a penny per post. I still have someone on my friend list that blasts me with discussions, 75-80% of which I cannot answer. I think I am going to do something else for awhile. Just check in. No I am not quitting, but when good, honest effort pays so little I am compelled to do something else.

i really wonder how the algorithm works and how they determine the types of posts submitted to the forum. i don't think we will ever find out.

Hum...sounds like a brush off to me. Algorithm? I would not understand what that is and I'd be willing to bet not many others would either. I really don't pay much attention to what I earn, so I had not thought about this till you mentioned it. From what you describe they have not really answered the question. Sounds like spin to me.

yes, i have been realising as well that my earnings had been decreasing lately here but i don't really care too much about it as i am here more for the fun and enjoyment rather than the money... i am quite happy and grateful with whatever they are paying me as long as they are still paying... :-)

Boy this is new!! I'm not an active member of mylot and keep going n coming, but I've been here since long and this I never heard of! This is amazing . It helps make earning more fair I think. Cheers to Mylot: I always thought mylot should do this to make the site better, mylot should do that. Now I've found they're doing it the best way. And they responded to your e-mail? That's great, because a lot of members used to flood them with mails previously but they never responded to any of the queries, so it's changing!

that seems a very strange answer to give. If the algorithem is constantly changing, who doesnt it ever rise. I have noticed a consistent downward slide in earnings from february this year, but never a rise so i dont see how the nature of discussions effects this?

Hello texas. You're not the only who's flabbergasted with our poor earnings lately. When I started out as a newbie, I can easily earned over $1 a day. I can't say the same thing nowadays though. Like what you mentioned, one long liner response is cut down to half a cent only. I have a lot of my friends who are not even active anymore. I'm afraid I'm also going to join in their league. I continue to hang on because of my friends otherwise, I will be out of here now.

i can say that i feel some changes in my earning i just started to earn more from evey day :D i dont know why but now i earn 16-30 cents for the same number of posts :D

Dear texasclassygal I really don't know what's happening with our earnings here on mylot .. It always keeps on changing .. and I have always found members wondering the same thing .. Even I wonder why this happens .. then I have got the answer -- that it happens because some discussions are getting deleted. So because we participated in a violated discussion and the discussion got deleted -- our earning got reduced because of this. Still I have no regrets .. It will not stop me from doing mylotting .. Happy mylotting to you my dear friend :)

What I have noticed is that I am having a harder and harder time finding discussions I want to respond to. It seems that the subjects repeat themselves over and over. Or, everything is those infamous one-liners. I like myLot so I will just keep browsing for discussions I am interested in.

maybe the admins have come up with a new algorithm for earnings. algorithms change to match the problems they face. i also think they are "cleaning" up mylot of nonsesne posted just for earnings sake. hope they remove the inactive users so we know how many active users there actually are.

Mine are a lot lower too, which has prompted me to start going to Gather a lot more. http://www.gather.com/inviteLanding.jsp?parentMemberId=321651&tc=14 While Gather has a pretty limited number of gift cards you can choose from I think it pays out a lot better so figure I'd rather do that if I can.

Well here is something for you to chew over. I know that someone new here earned 8 cents in a day by doing this:- Opening 2 discussions - each discussion was one sentance of under 40 words. One discussion had two replies, the other none. Posted 14 replies to other discussions - all 1 liners containing the following words:- 10,28,10,18,17,27,20,14,17,22,24,16,10,29 words. By my reckoning, I'm suprised he earned 8 cents but you can see that a lot of the posts earned zilch. Quality counts here, ladies and gentlemen. I reckon your posts need to be 50/80 words to be paid.

Uhhhmmmm....yeah I have a thought on this......What does a type of post have to do with how much you make? Unless you just answer with yes or no.....or even those one liners.....should your pay not saty the same? I just don't get it.I really wish someone would explain it to me in a bit more detail.

to be honest, i don't understand how they calculate the earnings. i know i'm just new here, but i noticed about 2 weeks ago, my earnings for the day that i posted responses and discussions more earned less than the day i did less of postings and responses. so, i really don't know how to earn much. since it's not the quantity of postings. i really don't understand how.

i have no idea what algorithm is. But i do agree with alot of the commenters that the discussion are getting weak. I have only been on here maybe a month if that and i already don't know what to write about or what discussions to respnd to because the discussions are weak or i feel that i would be starting a discussion that some one else already did like a week ago.

I think mylot should at least give some hint on their algorithm. From last few months I have seen that many quality users are leaving mylot due to very low per post earnings. I believe mylot staff is working on how to handle with duplicate posts. I have tried this with my previous account and I was earning 5 to 6 $ per day. I tried doing this as many duplicate responses were still active on same type of discussions. And after 7-8 days they have canceled my account. I apologized to them and suggested that duplicate responses should be deleted or should have some indicator which can indicate that particular response is not void due to so and so reasons. When new users see, such responses on similar type of discussions they try hard to complete 500 mark and then use copy-paste privilege wrongly. Mylot should also mention modify their guideline as if any user misuse this privilege,his/her account with mylot would be canceled. Mylot is not still up to the mark in terms of payment. If quality users are not earning good enough then it is not good example for the new user who are coming in. So, I suggest that they should think over it and reveal few important things to their user to earn, learn, share and enjoy discuss here with much better quality discussion. Thanks for reading.