Right...I'm going to have a moan!

Yeah I guess,but most people just ramble on anyway making the post confusing

I had a look and understand about the messages you refer to (in fact I noticed them earlier and took a closer look). Despite the fact that they are short, they are on the whole well worded and questions which are mostly likely to elicit more than one line answers. My impression is that they are in the true spirit of discussion and that they are not posted by a 'scammer' but by someone who well knows how to ask questions that encourage good responses. Not all discussions need be lengthy expositions. Sometimes the simplest questions elicit the best responses and, indeed, since many MyLotters have limited English, this may well be a good way to attract their attention and help them to express themselves better.

[i]I've seen a lot of post like that today and I skip from it..Never bother to respond to any of them! I am sure the person is trying to make a lot of cents but I do know if it will help him! LOL! I hope they will take read the guidelines and learn from other members![/i]

Rest assured you're not the only one 'bugged' by this and not only there but in many other interests too. It gets like a quiz show here instead of a site for discussions sometimes and many say 'move on if it's not to your liking' but that's not the point Good to see you even if it is for a rant!

I know what you are talking about and I totally agree with you. I do not even check it any more as this happens too often. I do not know if they get paid or not as I know they say in the TOS that you do not get paid for only a few words. Maybe they are hoping to make money off all the replies. Unfortunately there seem to be a lot of people on this site who put in as little effort as possible to try and get responses and hope they get enough to make them money. They also rarely ever reply to their replies and that is one thing I hate is people who post discussions but never answer the replies they get. I agree with your rant as I like interesting discussions that I can get something to reply to. One liners are so annoying and I do not answer them. Maybe that is why there are so many unanswered discussions here.

I get what you mean about not knowing how the person asking the question feels about what they're asking, and that used to annoy me as well. But some people are not necessarily here for the money. Some people just like chatting to other myLotters and just want their burning questions answered! Certainly when I want to know the answer to something, or I just want to know what the "general view" is about something, myLot is the first place I come. And if you're just dying to know the answer to something, you might not be bothered about how long your question is or how many pennies you'll get for it. Alternatively, some people genuinely don't realise that asking a longer, more interesting question increases their earnings. A lot of people don't bother reading the FAQs and all the rules and regulations. And my third theory on this matter(!) is that short to-the-point questions do tend to get more answers (- less to read, easier to understand..). This may or may not earn you slightly more than not so many answers, who knows? But, well, there could be a number of reasons why people ask short questions.

i really see your point. but maybe there's just this people who do not even care of getting any penny for each of their post. and besides, you know sometimes i find it hard to make a very long response or discussion also. specially when i only want to ask is such simple things. and my only goal is to get other people's point of view about the matter. and i will definitely sound so senseless if i'll only push myself to write things here that doesn't really relate to the topic. anyway, we cannot please every body. if that's what they want then we'll just let them be. anyway, we're not earning for them too. happy mylotting!

Well I just took a look before I responded and took a few minutes to find yours again but I have taken a look and came back to respond. There are lots of small questions and then another question but they did not even answer the question theirself. I do not understand this. Maybe they just wanted to start a bunch of discussions?? Who knows but thanks for the discussion and more than one line. LOL

you are absolutely right. it's been over two months i guess that i am a member and find the discussions really shallow, and i assumed, that since the majority of people here on mylot are the one-liner-types,you either had to quit or 'if you can't beat them join them'. So i have not interacted here for quite some time.