Frustrated with the rules and regs they don't tell you about when you sign up! / myLot

Canada

March 24, 2009 5:35pm CST

I don't have the right number (200) posts to use the mylot code to add emoticons - but they don't tell you this till you try to use them. I couldn't figure out why my post wasn't being accepted - then the error message came up after a few tries. Hey Mylot programmers, couldn't you just make that selection inactive until the person has enough posts to use it? Also, I don't have enough posts to be able to cut & paste (500)- this is irritating... why is it set up this way? Is cut & paste considered to be something that has to be earned also? Don't mean to complain, but I guess I am...

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2 responses

ShellyB

@ShellyB (5241)

• United States

24 Mar 09

I guess, it is an earned privilege so our first discussions are well thought and not just a copy of anything we find along the way. It was a little tiresome at the beginning but you will get use to it, we all did

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cmauthe1

@cmauthe1 (267)

• Canada

25 Mar 09

Thanks for the info, I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. This is my first site so there are lots of things to learn... Have a good day.

liquorice

@liquorice (3887)

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25 Mar 09

Yes, it took me a while to realise what myLot code was, and that I couldn't use them until I'd reached 200 posts! Guess it's just something you learn about on the way. The no cut & paste thing is something that does need to be earnt. I believe that the powers-that-be at myLot think that if we're dedicated enough to make it to 500 posts, then we can be trusted to not plagiarise from other sites. Happy myLotting!

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cmauthe1

@cmauthe1 (267)

• Canada

25 Mar 09

I had never tried to add them before the other day, and thought they looked cute so... oh well. I don't know how people can be up in the thousands. I never would have thought to use the cut & paste to plagiarise - I am an honest person. I wanted to change something around in a reply and that's when I learned about it! Here's one for you :) Thanks for your help and happy myLotting to you too.

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liquorice

@liquorice (3887)

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14 Jan 10

Thanks a lot for best response! :o)

cmauthe1

@cmauthe1 (267)

• Canada

14 Jan 10

You are so welcome! I haven't been on here for almost a year... real life intruded, hahaha. I still am frustrated with some of the rules, but if you want to play the game, I guess that't the way it is, huh? I have learned a few things and one of them was how to clean up my "unresolved" posts, which is why you got another best response! Happy myLotting and thanks again for your help!