What?!! I Just Lost A Few Cents!!
By eihdra
@eihdra (3115)
Philippines
May 24, 2008 5:39am CST
Eversince I read the posts regarding lost earnings, I always look at mine everytime the page refreshes..And a few minutes ago, I lost a few cents!! What the h*ll happened?? I remembered replying to someone who posted a link in my discussion and just warned him not to put links or the discussions will be deleted..Was that the cause? If I had known, I wouldn't have said a thing!! Did this happen to you also??
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9 responses
@sergedan (767)
• Romania
25 May 08
Sorry, I must've read the guideline of another forum I go to, and I remember that rule, here it's the exact opposite, you can tell people not to post links, but those discussions will be deleted anyway along with any response to it, so that means you lose some money. I participate in discussions that get deleted everyday, it's not an unusual thing.
I still wonder how a few cents a day can help pay the bills...
@eihdra (3115)
• Philippines
25 May 08
I just read the Mylot guidelines for discussions before I posted this..Maybe I just overlooked it but can you please tell me where you saw the rule that states "we are not allowed or shouldn't tell other people not to put links in a discussion"? And maybe for you it's not a big deal if you lost a few cents, but some of us here are working hard to earn even just a few cents a day to be able to reach minimum payout..Some of us doesn't have a full time job and really works here and/or in other sites to at least help our husbands pay the bills..It's not that I'm ranting..but then, you're entitled to your own opinion..thanks for posting..
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
24 May 08
It's nothing to worry about I'm sure. I'm sure it's not something you did or said that caused the reduction. You might be surprised at the real reasons. I have been here for a year and I'm still trying to figure out the mystery that is called Mylot. The worst is when a favorite discussion is deleted. And, just for one tiny thing that was not your fault and you did not control. That means everyone's responses got deleted too. Some times people work hard on their responses and it's sad to see all that work go down the drain.
So, yes, I've had it happen to me, as well. But, I can't tell you why it happens. Maybe it had nothing to do with the link. Maybe it was for a discussion that you responded to earlier this month. Or, maybe they accidentally gave you too much money yesterday and was simply adjusting downwards to make up for the difference. That has happened to me. At the end of the month, I've noticed a slight reduction in my earnings, as the staff goes through discussions just before pay day. It's just smart thinking on their part. Sometimes it takes awhile for the MyLot crew to go through them all. But, ultimately they do.
Best of luck with future discussions.
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@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
24 May 08
is it true !!!
i haven't heard about it earlier. as i am new here i wasn't aware of this.
Oh now i remember a sentence in the faq of mylot. it can be found here-- http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq6.aspx
it is given under the heading "WHY DO MY EARNINGS FLUCTUATE? ".
@eihdra (3115)
• Philippines
25 May 08
So, that's what Sergedan must be talking about this ceratin "rule"..I read it and oh well, i did comment that he's not allowed to post a link..Darn it, I should have not commented..lol..Well, anyway, it's done, and will not happen again ..thanks for the info..
@00BleedingShadow00 (784)
• Philippines
24 May 08
I just lost 12 cents. Maybe some of the discussions that I have participated got deleted. Well, I guess we have to be careful in posting because our post might just get wasted. We should not respond to discussions with links because surely that post will be deleted and we will also lost some of our earnings.
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@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
24 May 08
Looks like this discussion of yours again will be deleted. Take a look a some of the comment and you will see why.
I am just posting her to see if my earning will decrease if this discussion of yours got deleted. It's so conflicting sometimes when you see someone violated some of the do's and don'ts here at mylot. You tend to asked yourself is that a violation or not, because I see a lot of people doing it. I guess it's a violation if the discussion got deleted later on. Mylot is serious on the guideline so it's just ok to remind the person doing it not to do it. Good luck.
@eihdra (3115)
• Philippines
25 May 08
maybe you're referring to the above link..I hope not because the guideline says "Make sure to post useful links in discussions when necessary to provide authoritative guidance or to refer to a third party article". That was a link to Mylot FAQ..
But links in reference to other affiliate sites are not allowed.. Thanks robert..
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@twallace (2675)
• United States
24 May 08
I don't know what that is about but i have read a few of those discussions too. There was one that a person lost points. There are those that read everything tht we write in my lot. If they don't like what we have to say they can dock us for it. I think that is the way that it goes. I could be wrong though.
@5mayday (1053)
• Norway
24 May 08
lol, yeah... I did not not notice it before I saw ur topic and then looked at my own earning that I lost 0.05$ and I would want to know which of mine posts got deleted too. I think it would be great if we got a function to see it, because I learn from reading my own bad posts or something like that. Now I dont even know which was bad for mylot or they just reduced it for nothing.
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@eihdra (3115)
• Philippines
25 May 08
no, they have some valid reasons why they deducted it. It's just that some of us doesn't know yet what is not allowed.. I do hope it doesn't happen again.. It's hard to earn even a few cents here..much harder to accept that you lost some because of other people who is not aware.. thanks..