Admin for a Day: Discussions, Interest Categories, Leaderboards, & Notifications

I would just love it if all new members would have to at least read the FAQs section before starting a discussion. I'm constantly going around telling them to read these because they're always posting links to their websites, selling something, giving out their email addresses, or making repeat discussions over and over with the exact same words. I don't know what you can do to alleviate this but it sure would be nice. You've asked some great questions here the last few days and the responses are great too. Nice job everyone!

I admit that I have only made it all the way through page eight of this discussion, which I am sure that you can verify as my name keeps popping up all over the place. I do try to read all the comments and respond where appropriate, but I have to go now, so I wanted to address at least one issue that I have not seen so far before I left. As you can tell, I am very active on certain discussions, and I "land" in a lot of other people's comment boxes. It would be great if I could get notifications when someone responds to a comment that I have left in one of these boxes. As it stands now, I have to go back to the discussion and page through the comments to see whether or not others have responded to my comments in their boxes. It would save a lot of time and effort (especially on the longer and more active discussions) if everyone that responds in a specific box gets a notification when another response is added to that response box. That would also help keep up the back and forth dialog and "flow" of a discussion. In addition, I wouldn't have to have my own "box" in a discussion in order to see whether or not there has been any updates on the discussion, especially since sometimes everything is covered by the time I go to make my own response.

If I could change anything, it would be that once I say I DON'T want to have something as an interest, it asks, again & again. I don't personally care for broad interest categories, I don't want "Life" or "People" and because I get tired of saying "no thanks" all the time, I've gotten into the habit of just leaving the discussion at the point it asks for tags - And that's another thing! Tags, once its "full" why does it keep asking? I used to start general interest discussions, but I've learned you do get more responses if you have an interest - and that's fine - but I don't want 100s of interests, so I find some that I will post stuff I might've formally put in general interest into. I have to say, I post a lot in the "cat" topic, and while I agree with some of the people who have higher numbers, I was behind someone who hadn't posted in MONTHS for a while. I don't really care if I'm #1 in most of them, and, in fact, was surprised to find myself at #1 in a topic I hadn't really thought too much about. I guess there are some who are more competitive than I am tho...

hi alice I hope i can make myself clear without sounding bossy or mean, but some times some users will post discussion after discussion without pausing and each one gets a little less good 'until the last one is only one sentence like what color is your favorite? I really do not think thats a good discussion unless you could flesh it out and ask, do you know what effect different colors have on us and what colors do you prefer? Are you helped by some colors and bothered by others? well this is just off the top of my head and not all that great, but my point is some of these same users do not bother to make a comment one on all the responses we give them. I myself would rather make fewer discussions, make them best I can do, then comment back on responses to my discussions. I am not sure how you would do this but would it be logical to make us limit ourselves to the number of discussions we can make say in a twenty four hour period? I know there are probably a lot of reasons why people would not like this, but I still think we should all try to make our discussions the best that we can.

If I was admin for a day, there will be one area I would look at which is not on topic so far but at the same time improve the quality of discussions. Many new users to mylot tend to skip the discussion guidelines. It does mean that many new users are voilating guidelines. The biggest reoccurance of violation is posting links in discussion. Many experienced mylotters are trying to assist by informing new members of violations in hope that they will learn about the guidelines. It also means that admin is kept busy removing all discussions and comments with the violations. My idea would be to have a multiple question section about the guidelines. It would make the new user read the guidelines. Also the new user need to answer the questions 100% correct to participate in the discussions. The aim of the idea would be to reduce the number of new users voilating the guidelines as they are aware of the guidelines. It would help admin staff, freeing up their time to do other things. So the placement of the questionaire would need to be after signing up for mylot and before they participate in discussions. Two typical questions would be in relation to referral links in the discussions and how does mylot calculate how to pay members per post as I see many of these in discussions. I did create a discussion in regards to the above idea and many members do think it is a great idea. I was also thinking about non active members. After 3 months, mylot reclaims any money earned by the member. I also believe that there are many members who have been non active for a longer period of time. Just an idea of removing those inactive accounts from the data base completely after an additional time. I know this because, my original account has been inactive since February/March 2009 due to a bug problem at the time and will no longer be active in the future as I have requested that I will keep using this account and not returning to my original account and certainly will be safe for a complete removal from the mylot data base. If there are any discussions and responses from the member who is going to be removed from the data base, can be transfered over to one non paying account called Non Registered User or Unregistered User.

Hello, Alice. You seem to be getting everyone talking. The main thing I would like to see changed in notifications is I'd like to know about responses to my comments in other boxes. I get notified of comments in my own response box, but if I dip into another box and make a comment - which a lot of us do, as we like the interaction and you get more out of the discussions that way - I don't get a notification if someone responds. Unless I go back and look, or someone PMs me to tell me about it, I could miss something good, or worse, whoever came back to me may think I'm not interested in what they have to say. I don't do technology, so I don't know if it's feasible or possible, but I'd really like to see it.

Well, I don't get notifications from all my friends even though they are turned "ON" and I know I miss out on some of their discussions unless I go digging for them but still miss out on alot of them. Also.. I think it would be great if we were to get a notification when someone leaves a comment on our profile page. I don't know about others but there are times I don't go to my profile page for weeks. And I just thought it would be great to be able to get a notification so when a friends leaves a message we would know..and it would be great if we could also be able to use the code in the comments..

I think there should be edit option to own discussion. It is possible at first chance, there are many errors. Plus the leader board ranking parameters are not clear for me. It will be very helpful if you can say little bit about them.

it might be a pain in the butt,but i wish we could change the background of what we read to a different color.not change it site wide,just how each user sees it(if they want to change it). like i have my profile black with red text because it's way easier on my eyes as i have photosensitivity. i don't expect that implemented,but i just thought i'd throw it out there.

I don't always start discussions within an interest catagory. 1. I may not know the interest catagory exists. 2. the discussion may apply to more than one interest and we are not allowed to post the same discussion in multiple catagories 3. sometimes just go on a catagory that fits the discussion and gets decent traffic. I have no idea how to start a discussion category. I'd be interested in learning how to do so. I'd like to be on more leader boards. However, I have no idea what the criteria is to become a leader other than to post often in a specific catagory & perhaps get a high rating? I guess the way the interests are displayed is ok. Though I'd prefer the my interests tab to be a drop down box & maybe list something that says.... Pets (18 new discussions today) ect. The discussion lay out is fine. Though I think it would be nice if there was a way to see what discussions your friends started in each catagory before non-friends. And I don't mean by the friends started tab. I mean like them being listed first like a search engine does for "sponsored results" or maybe have their discussions highlighted in a different color? Not that I don't enjoy posting on other people's post too. But I have quite a few I absolutly must read if I see a new post and I'd like an easier way to locate them within a category. I do want to ask though like when I write about a part of chicken in the cooking catagory it makes me re-do it because it's a censored word wich is fine if it was ment in an explicit way. However, I'm just talking about cooking KWIM? But it's hard to pick a word to equal that portion of the chicken w/o it turning into some inappropriate nick names for that part.

The layout is very readable for me, I don't see any reason to change it. Although when you are looking at a list of discussions, it would be nice to see the page numbers underneath it so that you can go directly to a certain page instead of having to go into the discussion first. Notifications are fine except for the things you've already noted. I don't pay much attention to the interest categories usually, though if one displays across the top, sometimes I will go there and see what's posted. yes, I have added my own categories, though I dont' use them that often. I don't pay attention to the leaderboards. I would like to see more feedback from Admin. For example, if a discussion is deleted, would it be difficult to sent the poster a PM with a short message stating why? Sometimes it isn't obvious. Same thing for a response that is deleted. Thx....

Hi alice, I don't think we should be ranked on an interest leaderboard if we press no thanks after responding. We can respond as a one off to a discussion but that doesn't mean there's an actual interest in the subject. I like that we can make our own interest categories and I've made two. I like the way the interests pop up along the top with the avatar of our choice on so they ae quick to spot. I wasn't too happy though when the system broke on that long weekend I had 2 Robert Maxwells and 1 Greek fisherman staring down at me all the time.

Justify your page layout. For me, everything is perfect.

Hi Alice, I feel I would be happy to see more textures in my mylot account my friend. My friend, can you make some arrangements that I could view the cash I'm being paid for each discussion individually. Its just because, I could know the quality of my discussions and strive more. Regarding the interests category, I wish I could see all the available interests categories that I could choose any one among it and start the discussion. Presently only if I've kept some category in my interests, I could start a discussion in that. Have a good day my friend.

I am sorry I disagree with giving the copy/paste priviledge early. It is important to have things to work towards and that is one of the priviledges that should remain. Many of us worked hard to reach that 500 posts goal. The only thing I would change is the background color. Take it from white to a pale tan or blue. Something that is easier on the eyes.

Hi, hope you are enjoying being admin, you are responsible, trying to look into everything. I guess there are lots of work for you, do take care. Wishing you a good year ahead. I'll just say there are quite a lot of repetitions in the interest categories.

Hi, I agree with everything so far on the list, but I have another suggestion. I don't know if someone already posted the same, but I'd like to be able to respond to my own discussion without having to respond to another user, and also to be able to add some more tags after creating the discussion. I think that's it, everything else is okay... Cheers, happy 2010

I am having a very hard time understanding what you are trying to explain in this discussion! Most of it is not clear to me! It is very confusing! really confusing! No.7 about copy and paste I still can't figure out how to do it even after I have had a number of people explain it to me! No.9 has happen to me! I downloaded a picuture to a story once and the picture never showed up! It was a very interesting discussion and with no photo,no responses! Mylot should not have leader boards! I have come across to many people who worry about about that and nothing wlse on Mylot! The leaderboards should be discontinued!!!! I do have a wish list and here it is:1.Mylot would have more people looking out for Mylotters who are the trolls and the stalkers! 2.Mylot needs to be alot more aware of people putting photo's on Mylot that should not be like naked women! 3.Some discussions being just delelted because some people on Mylot are jerks when theses discussions shouldn't be!4.If something is reported,like a photo,a discussion or a person,it is looked into right away! Not like the next day or week! Basicly back ground checks on people who are on Mylot.Mylot has alot of nice people but alot of nasty people,too! 5.That are profile pages didn't list our rankings for all the catagories for all the world to see! I don't like that at all and I think it is stupid!!! To much information for people to feed on! The nasty kind!6.Mylot members should have their accounts deleted,by Mylot,if they are here today and gone tomorrow! The people who don't care to be regular members on Mylot!

i don't think users should be able to copy and paste before reaching 500 post. I think it should be a reward for being a dedicated user here. I think 500 is reasonable. I don't understand why so many people have a problem with that. Alot of people join this site all the time they might post 100 or less post and you think they deserve the priledge to copy and paste. No thats not right. I agree i like mylot the way it is. No one going to be happy if we keep changing everything. You can't please everyone I think everything should stay the same. maybe we should take a poll if you want to change a few things about mylot. I just saying we have alot of mylot users who are loyal they stay because of the rules that we have. Without rules this place would be caos. Oh about task that give people 1.00 i think people should get like 2 cent just for trying if they were off just by a few mistakes. I tried doing a task i spent 1 hour or more writing that paper. Plus i had to do research she said it was good but i had some spelling errors.

As for me, I wanted to be able to copy and paste when I do a response to a discussion. My reason being when you already tried posting your response and after pressing 'post response' you suddenly get a page where it says 'page not available' and it's asking you to relaod - a total bummer! You already had your thoughts in the post and having to re-type it, you lose the essence of what you have written.