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Hi Neil, I remembered that disucssion as well but also there are other things which we should not discuss about ratings dropping, which I have learned, it is easy to forget sometimes so its good to just go back and check then you won't be in trouble, thanks Neil for reminding us. Tamara

yes it is really true. I also tried to monitor some of my discussions. I still remember last week when I discussed about my tenure here in the site. After a day when I am about to check on the responses on the said discussion, it was gone, it means to say that it was deleted. You are right, we should be very careful. Thank you for reminding us again of the guidelines.i also responded to the discussion of that said person so my response was also deleted.lol.

Oh, i didn't know that guidelines ., i haven't checked it yet but i got 2 or 3 discussions regarding the milestone here in mylot ., Hmmm, thank you for informing us ., i was actually wanted to create one again regarding that ., so thank you!

Neil your discussion brings me a huge smile and I am so pleased when I see another user helping out our friends here and guiding them If we can all be aware of what we can do and what we cannot do and do not make the mistake of celebrating these milestones in a discussion, only to see it deleted later, we shall see no more of those discussions where users complain about lost posts and earnings. I am saddened by those too because it means that a fellow Lotter is unhappy for something that could have been avoided Then that discussion will also be deleted It may seem that it is time wasted to be aware of the Guidelines beacause we are not earning while reading but that is NOT the case. We will earn so much more later by knowing what to avoid.

Hi neil, I don't remember having posted any milestone discussion before (maybe). Most of my topics were just crazy and yes I may have violated other rules one way or another. But there was a time, like 2 years ago, when myLot seemed to tolerate them. They definitely had to strengthen their regulation now as more and more members are coming in and creating some clutter in the process intentionally or not. It is good that we keep on reminding people to always take into account the myLot rules. It is also key to everyone's survival you know?

Hi Neil, The other day I checked on one of my friends's post which I responded, I wanted to check some details which I wrote in my response. I normally open from my email so it's easier to find. I was surprised the discussion was deleted. My friend had a very informative topic regarding myLot, how to increase earnings, the stars,even emoticons - and it's gone! I felt sad because I really enjoyed his topic. You're right, we have to be careful about the topics we start. Don't you think this one can also be deleted as it's still about myLot?

Ooh, I have those kinds of discussions too. Hmm, maybe I should search my discussion list if they are missing as well.

Can't someone tell me what is really wrong about promoting milestones? I guess I'm not seeing it. I would think that'd be a moment of applause from your friends. If it's a rule, it's a rule. I just don't seem the reason behind it, unless someone is able to tell me why? Just wondering is all.

Mylot seems to have a lot of these discussions though. I do remember posting my own about milestones. While being happy about uncovering a new feature is exciting, It's also as the first poster said, wasting everyone's time. Sadly, I see too many discussion violations ina day. If we all didn't violate, then we'd probably be a few cents richer!

Very appropriate discussion, neil. I've seen others reminding the newer members of certain rules and guidelines here because some get so upset when they find a discussion of theirs has been deleted and don't understand why. I think a lot of us join myLot but don't really pay much attention to the rules and regulations; we just kind of breeze through them or don't read them at all, then are very surprised when one or more of our discussions are deleted. I, thankfully, did read them all because I'm basically one of those obnoxious goody-goodies who tries to obey all laws, even those in places like myLot. However, I posted one of those 'milestone' discussions a long time ago. It may be deleted by now but I know it wasn't deleted for quite some time! I have one friend here who posted a similar discussion and his was deleted almost immediately. At that time, I checked on the one I had posted months earlier and it was still there. I think a large part of that had to do with the fact that I did not mention it in the subject line of my discussion, he did. When our milestones are mentioned in the subject line, they are much easier for the administration here to spot and delete for violating one of their rules. I mentioned my milestone in the body of my discussion. I guess that's why it lasted longer. But, it's always good to remind the newbies of certain rules that are sure to get discussions deleted if they are broken. It saves everyone time and money! Now, I'll have to go back and check to see if mine is still here or not. It may take awhile because I've started a LOT of discussions. LOL Now, just as a P.S. to you, neil, (because you've been worried) I want you to know that I'm feeling better, health-wise. I'm still having the palpitations and the doctors have not been able to figure out what is causing them, other than just plain stress. I see the cardiologist this Thursday, so I'll most likely be put on yet another medication to help lower my stress level, or at least lower my body's reaction to it.

Yes, you are right. All of us should stick on to the guidelines for not to be sad and waste time by responding to discussions which will get deleted. I usually don't pay much attention to the number of posts I have. But, yesterday I noticed that it was 1399 and this morning I found that it is only 1396. It means three responses are delted by the mylot team. I think I should be careful hereafter.

don't be surprised. it happened to me too. when i just joined the website, i received payment from a website. i was excited. i posted on mylot and wanted to let another members to know the information, i got a couple of replies too. i was very happy for it. at the second day when i logged on mylot website again, i found my discussion was missed. i don't know why? i clearlu understood the rules of it and i also paid attention on the topic i lauched. there was no similar topic on it. how come it was removed? also i found sometimes my points were down, it meant i replied some not properly posted discussion. it's really a chanllege to be a qualified member of mylot.

Wow, I read the guidelines, and somehow I missed that one! So thanks for sharing that. I guess that would be why, when I posted my 100th post, it was deleted and no one saw my star! Haha, its kind of funny now that I think about it, but I won't be posting anymore about milestones! And I soooo didn't know I got emoticons at 200 posts, so thanks for sharing that too!

This brings back the good old worse days in my old account. most specially i post that topic about me reaching 500 post. and some had complaint about me violating the rules, then others like diana came in to prove that i was wrong. I was wrong and the discussion got deleted.so, am not making anymore topics related to that one.

Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten about that one. But it does kind of make sense that they wouldn't want us to post about milestones. Can you imagine the glut of discussions if everyone posted about trivial stuff like 'reached 500!' and stuff like that. Anyway, I'm constantly seeing those discussions. Newbies are always making that mistake. And, I rarely respond to those kind of discussions and when I do, I'm not too surprised when the entire discussion along with my own response gets deleted.

True dat! They've become even stricter and that's perfectly fine but I have this strong feeling that they are a bit short handed and need some helping hands. I base this on the fact that posts get removed for the smallest violations but posts who are clearly against guidelines are sometimes kept alive for hours.

Oh, even i was unknown to this rule so i had posted a discussion when i reached 100 posts and also on my birthday. But just before 1 week ,one of my friend told me that its not allowed here. I thank him and you also for giving such an important info. Happy mylotting!

I am a newbie here in mylot and this post is very helpul for me. I thank you for the reminder or the formation I should say

I am new here and I have read the rules and regulations, but I guess in my pea brain that I had foregot about that rule. I thank you for reminding me of this. I need to be reminded sometimes. If you run across something I have done wrong please don't be afraid to call me on it. I invite the responses. I will agree that your friend did do something wrong and that his discussion just might cause him some problems.

I have never got this problem before, but I know that it does happen. I guess that we should stay away from those warnings in Mylot guidelines, so our discussions will not be deleted.