I have a question about Tagging on MyLot, please

United States
August 12, 2009 12:26pm CST
Can someone please explain to me how to properly use the Tags and is it neccessary to do it after every response I post, or I can just skip it all together, without getting in trouble? I just got an Alert message from MyLot that I was not using Tagging properly. I did go and read about it and I am still confuse as to how I missused them. According to what I read, I did nothing wrong. I don't want to get canceled. :( Can I get some advise on using Tagging? Thank you in advance for your response and help! :)
13 responses
@olydove (1209)
• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello SurveyPrincess and welcome to mylot. No need to worry every member got the message about improper tagging. That message was sent out because some members don't agree with others discussions and put things like "stupid" or other insulting words in the discussion rather than putting a word that is relevant to the discussion itself. You can skip it all together that's fine. If you come across something where you'd like to enter a keyword just make sure it's relevant to the discussion for example if the discussion is about dogs you might enter "Black Lab" or "Golden Retriever" or Puppy. Don't worry yourself too much as long as you follow the rules you'll be fine.
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@olydove (1209)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I don't know who told you that you can get in trouble for skipping tags, but that's wrong. Because if we weren't allowed to skip them, the skip button wouldn't be there for us to use. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.
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• United States
12 Aug 09
What you are saying, make sense to me Oly. But I got people stating different things. Thank you again for your help! Take care and happy mylotting! :) Olivia~
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• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Oly! Some people told me I can get in trouble if I skip tags. I never posted any bad or unproper words. I just don't want to get cancel. :( Thank you for your explanation. It helped. Take care my friend and happy mylotting! Olivia~
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@bulzika (279)
• Dominican Republic
12 Aug 09
Yeah i got the same alert too. I think skipping tags caused this in my case
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• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Bulzika! So you can get in trouble if you post or not post? Sounds like you're damn if you do and you're damn if you don't? LOL...that's not good.
• India
12 Aug 09
i also got such alerts mylot still am also using tags all the time i do not know what is wrong with my tags,i always post tags for the respone , i do not know why what is the problem with my tags, i think i should make more care while puuting the tags, let me see others opnion about the tags,how should i put the tags how are the tags useful, what ate benefits of putting the tags, how is it important in the mylot account, do tags help in earning money
• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Sathish! I use tags all the time and I got this alert message. According to the Tagging guidelines you do get earnings but they don't go into a lot of details. Check it out is listed under Tagging guidelines. Thank you for responding Take care my friend and happy mylogging! :) Olivia~
• India
12 Aug 09
According to the rules you cannot just skip the tagging process. You must tagg to the discussions so that the users who search for it get the required information easily.
• India
13 Aug 09
Ya you are right we must tag our discussions.
@olydove (1209)
• United States
13 Aug 09
Nowhere in the rules does it say that we have to tag. If we could not just skip the tags then the skip button would not exist there. Please read the tagging FAQ's http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq9.aspx
@x_Jo_x (1040)
12 Aug 09
I use tags for my own discussions, i just make them of the key points. Say my discussion was about mylot and in particular then i would tag "Mylot" and "Discussions"! When im responding to other peoples discussions i dont really tag usually unless its something i think is very important. No ones ever told me not tagging was bad! I just thought it was better if you did tag because its more helpful!
@ruperi (138)
• India
13 Aug 09
Yes, your guidance is great help to all. I too make tag to all my discussions but sometimes because of laziness, i leave tag. But ow onwards tag I will use for all my discussions. I know because of tagging all our reader can find out their loving subjects. We have to help all and ourself so in future tag alert will not receive by us.
• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Jo! Thank you for your help! :) Take care my friend and happy mylotting! :)
@fchalida (196)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 09
to day when i open mylot i have 1 alert because i never give tags when i give respons. i thing give atags is important, but i don't know why. after i got alert i never forget give tags because i am affraid my member willbe banned.
• United States
12 Aug 09
Thank you for replying, Fchalida! Happy mylotting my friend. Take care Olivia~
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Aug 09
hi yes indeed,your tags should have to do with the topic of the dicussion you respond to, maybe something you have saidin your response will trigger a few one word or two tags for example if you are responding to a discussion on proper tagging you migh use tags should refer to the topic of the discussion, tags should not rude or malicious. now these are sentences but are permissible, and do refer to the topic. hope this helps i must be doing my tags correctly as I didnt get an alert.
• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Hatley! I only used proper tags that had to do with the discussion and never posted anything rude or malicious. That's not in my nature and I had no reason to do such thing. Everybody is super nice on here. I will try to stick to one tag, I used to add a few that was related to the discussion. See if that works. Thank you for your advise. Take care my friend and happy mylotting! Olivia ~
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I only do tags when I post new discussions, I tag that is related to the topic, I don't tag any contains mature contents and nothing is about to the topics.
@colydf (913)
• China
13 Aug 09
I also wonder about how to use it correctly. I got an alert today, and I am not sure why I use the tags wrongly. I always tag a post with the proper and relative words and never skip.
• United States
12 Aug 09
yeah i have the same question actually because i got that alert thing from mylot and i started to wonder was i doing bad tagging. but just to be on the safe side i think you should tag most of all the discussions because the skip thing is there for a reason if you don't know exactly how to tag something just skip it. and yes i don't want to get cancled ether especially since i hit pay out just try your best hun.
• United States
12 Aug 09
Hello Tiffany! Thank you for your response! I guess we have to be super careful. I just wish I knew about what. :( Hey, Good luck to you too..hopefully we don't get canceled. lol... Take care my friend and happy mylotting! :) Olivia ~
@gossipzz (498)
• Canada
12 Aug 09
I am new here and a little worried.I like this site and don't want to do anything that would shut me down. I was wondering as well. Sometimes I tag and with the response I don't know what to put for a tag. Is is ok to leave no tags or what amount is good one,two,three. I read the rules but it does not say how much is good enough.I really like this cite happy posting.
@vandana7 (100617)
• India
13 Aug 09
Hello SurveyPrincess09, I too received the alert. They should have a provision whereby we can see and modify our content simultaneously while tagging. I find that we have to close the tag screen and go back to our content to check whether that specific word in that specific form is there or not. For example, eat can eating, or eats, or ate. I wish Mylot people would do something about it.
@kenchobi (147)
• Philippines
13 Aug 09
I was scared also when I receive the alert, I don't think I did anything wrong in tagging. Anyways thanks for this I discussion, I learned a lot of things in tagging now.