Hey mylot! Thanks for the earnings and post count reductions.....

Hi taripres. Please don't think that it is all doom and gloom to come because it's not! I have been here for over two years and am just venting because I had a decrease yesterday that I have never experienced before. This is NOT a common occurence and I am just frustrated because I have no idea why it was these numbers. Thanks for responding and keep mylotting because there are hundreds of positives to offset this one rant I have been having!

Great attitude taripres! At the time I posted this discussion I was pretty frustrated with the whole thing, but I too have moved on quickly and am not concerned so much about it at all now. I made it all back very fast and will just notch this one up to being a bad day!

Oh no, I'm sure there are downfalls, that's with anything! I've actually noticed quite a few recently! Notice I'm at 528, just about a week ago I was at 556, so I know it's happening now! But, I also make something everyday, so it's cool! Taripre$

Normally I couldn't care less about something like this carolscash because I do understand it can go either way, it's just a considerably larger number from both a post count AND earnings perspective this time around! I don't try to predict or monitor my earnings too much really but this is quite an unusual situation and I have never seen something like this personally in the two and a half years I have been here. Oh well. It is what it is I guess and I just wanted to rant a little is all. Thanks for the response.

I gave up trying to predict what I would earn a LONG time ago. lol. After all this time on here I kind of have a rough idea what to expect each day based on my activity, but it is still all so unpredictable really. I am not here for the money anyway but every now and then things occur that I don't understand, hence the discussion topic!

Yes, I go through this too.. But, sometimes, I do wished that I could make more because, I post so much in a day.. Then there are times when I do less.. I guess my earnings seem to be on tact.. Just not like I want them to be though..

Good advice jayarajgr, but for the record I have never been here for the earnings! If I was then I was then I would have quit a long time ago..... This rant is more to do with being concerned that reductions occur yet I have no idea why, more than anything else. 10 cents is neither here nor there and will be replaced easily. The issue is not knowing where I may have made mistakes. If it has happened to me then it is happening to others. If none of us know WHY it is happening then we can't fix our behaviours moving forward. Thanks for the response.

A couple of cents or a couple of posts is nether here nor there jason and I too have experienced the same from timt to time. This was an instance where the numbers were significantly more than that this time around so I of course am wishing I knew why! I can fix things for the future if I know. Thanks for the response.

Wow gemini! If I had of lost 60 like you have before I am not sure how I would react. My reduction was 5 only and I am annoyed already! It would definitely be of benefit to know why because it is very frustrating seeing decreases and then being in the dark about it. Thanks for responding and I hope this month you see nothing similar to the example you gave.

Mine ususally increases by a few cents here and there as well cream97 so I realize that it is somewhat bad of me to suddenly have an issue with it going the other way for once! But the issue I have is the numbers because I can't work out where I went wrong? Having a few cents or one or two posts go up or down either way is of no concern but this is a decent number this time around. It would just be nice to be informed once in a while where the breaches were made so we can make sure these things do not become a common occurence in the future. I could contact mylot I guess but I doubt I would get an answer on it. Thanks for the response.

Yes, I see what you are saying.. Your earnings increase and decrease.. I am wondering why it does this too. I am sorry about it.. Maybe myLot can explain to us why this is going on.. I would like to know why too..

I can understand why they go up and down outside of standard payment times because they are probably updating algorithms or something; but it was just a bit of a puzzle for me to see such a downward shift this time around. It will be interesting to see what happens when the actual payment kicks in for today.

hmmm...I changed my mind and decided a plane was what I needed right now.....I'm just a few cents away from getting my plane...lol

Good luck with that remaing few cents then. Don't forget to fly back to Egypt once you get this sorted too OK?

Of course..... The financial crisis. How could I have been so ignorant! I missed seeing the forest for the trees so I appreciate you setting me straight Sandhya. And what do you mean you never check on your earnings? Have you not bought a new car or something with it yet?? Thanks for the response.

Got it James! I would like to tell you another thing: I have found many discussions violating myLot rules but still active full fledged. I think deleting discussions depends on the basis of reporting alone. I guess, Mylot doesn't monitor individual user.

I agree with you on that last point mimpi. It would be next to impossible to monitor all things all the time so for sure a lot of it is based on user reporting. I have seen many discussions that are totally in breach yet months later they are still there! Yet ones that don't look like they are in violation at all suddenly disappear.

Yes it did seem like a big decrease compared to other times and this is why I wished to post a topic in regards to it. As for your numbered points, mylot are very protective of their earning algorithm formulas and I respect that they wish to be this way. I am not overly concerned on HOW they work out my earnings but I do get a little concerned when they take a nosedive and I have no idea why! I agree that we should at least be informed of any wrongdoing rather than just have to sit there and wonder. For blatant abuse of the mylot rules I agree that a ban should be effected without warning but for simple oversights it would be nice to know once in a while what the offence was! In regards to the user reputation system, I guess it is easy for me to be nonchalant about it all with a higher rating but as long as they are monitoring abuse of this aspect as well I see no issue with how things stand. For example, if their systems pick up an individual or group of individuals going from one particular user's discussion to another and rating them negatively then they should not acknowledge these ratings at all. Thanks for the detailed response mimpi and I don;t mind at all! Let it all out!

At least you can relate your own circumstances to a tangible reason! My issue is that I have no idea what I participated in that was in violation. It certainly wasn't one of my own discussions as they are all still there. The only way to learn a lesson is to understand what the parameters are and when we lose counts like this woithout understanding why then how can we possibly move to rectify things? It's done now and I of course have made the losses back. This is the first time I have seen this on my account and hopefully the last so I may as well leave it at that. Thanks for the response Daffodil.

This discussion was posted some time ago hiddenwing and has raised once again from the ether it seems! lol. It was a bad day at the time with a loss that didn't make sense, but I have indeed made up fro the losses and it has not happened again so all is fine. Thanks for your comments and I am happy to see you having such a positive attitude about it all!

Wow. This is certainly no small amount sirrob and I am sorry to hear it. It's really frustrating to see things like this when we have no idea why. I don't mind for a few cents here and there either but this is significant. Thanks for responding and I hope you can reverse this setback and reach your minimum payout as planned. I am sure you will!

well, i just have to work out my a$$ this time since 0.23 is not a few post to over come, i might do more today so i could reach before the 25th and i could relax already.i might be out the entire day on sunday so i should do a double time here today.

You can do it sirrob! Head down, bum up and go for it! lol. Good luck.

You have echoed my sentiments exactly Bo. It's not a case of getting all panicky about a few cents but more of a case of wishing that it had of been relayed to us why this has happened. We can't ensure that we don't repeat the same thing if we don't know what it was that we did incorrectly! Maybe it was all that talk about Texas? Thanks for the response.

Hahaha. Thanks for the Diff'rent Strokes flashback. It's been a while since I have thought about that show.

Had of been? Yeah, I don't think they like people kidding about us Texans. That could be it.*LOL* "Increase the yack and don't turn your back!"

Hiya Munchkin! So it was you that took some of my earnings then?? It's not so much frustration because of the earnings going down by so much; it's more of a case of wishing to understand why! I will make up the amount lost no issues and the money on here is really of no consequence overall to be honest. AS I have already stated, I just wish that mylot could provide an explanation once in a while. Thanks for the response.

I didn't bother asking admin about it in the end. I figured I would just notch this up to being one of those things that happen now and then. If it becomes a regular thing I may think differently though.

i didn't mean to take them!! lol I don't mind at all if they want to increasse my earnings but i agree with you, it would be nice to know why!!! Hope you do get an answer at some point, although i won't be holding my breath!!! xxx

I understand that some topics will be deleted due to violations and after time you do start to realize which ines have a chance of having this happen so you avoid them. This is what I do generally myself which is why it was such a suprise to see such a reduction overall. I was just keen to see if I am an isolated case or not and will probably notch this one up to being an anomayl rather than seek an explanation from mylot. I doubt I would get one anyway! Thanks for responding maroseqf.

Hopefully it was a few cents only maroseqf and not 10 or more like mine! This does happen from time to time when I guess systems are being updated but I was just surprised at the size of my decrease more than anything else. Sometimes you will see you earnings adjust upwards too so don't be too concerned about these smaller fluctuations.

actually, after responding to your discussion, i also noticed that there was also a reduction in my earnings but not that much. well, something had probably gone wrong.

I appreciate that they will delete discussions that violate the rules Hatley and I too avoid these ones if it is clear that this is what the case is. I hope old discussions aren't being deleted though! If I responded way back when then it was still an effort on my part so I certainly would not expect to be docked anything if it was decided to "clear house" a little! It does seem though that the memebers with a higher post count can experience higher fluctuations too which I guess is all relative. It would still be nice to know the reasons once in a while though. Thanks for responding.

This is the thing mimico. Yes I DO know what I respond to and I DO make every effort to steer clear of discussions that look as if they may be testing the boundaries of the rules here. I am not suggesting that mylot are being unfair at all; I just wish that I was able to know what the reasoning is behind such reductions. If it was a mistake on my part then inform me so I can rectify my behaviours moving forward! I don't think it's unreasonable to want to know. Thanks for the response.

Double the fun successlog?

Hi successlog. I generally ignore it too and can appreciate that there will be minor fluctuations up and down from time to time. But when the downward movement is larger than usual I can't help but wonder what the situation is? This is the first time I have had this many points come off my post count so it was very surprising. Anyway, I have put it down to being just one of those things and have had my rant, so onwards and upwards! Thanks for responding.

lol. So you at least received a vague response. I didn't realize that people even got those! I too have seen many a discussion disappear that looked to me like they were defiitely within the guidelines, so it would definitely be of benefit ot receive a more detailed explanation. Many of us may be repeating the same behaviours that we think are fine but actually are not. How can we rectify things like this without knowing? The devil is certainly in the details it seems! Thanks for responding Simplyme.

Hi ranbio. A drop by one or so is pretty common and it can go up by the same every now and then too. What was suprising for me personally was that I had a decrease much higher than this and didn't understand why. It's all done now and I will make it back no doubt; it would just be nice to get an explanation once in a while is all. Thanks for the response.