Admin for a Day: Everything Else

Are there other features you’d like to see added to myLot? YES! - MyLot has grown. There are users here from all over the world and 24 hours a day. There is a need for someone available 24 hours a day to deal with problems that arise at any time. Problems such as trolls, harassment and abuse. - More communication between myLot and the Lotters. I have read that you will be responding on other discussions later and that might be enough - but then again it might not. Is there any other topic that I haven’t asked you about or you haven’t already told me about that you’d like to see added or changed? - The DRS sytem need deleting or altering and there are questions that need clarifying regarding it. There has not been a place to do this on the other discussions. MyLot made csome changes a few months back but msany are not aware of them as there was no communication. - Clarification with regards to 'secret mods' on the discussions. This needs to be dealt with by myLot as it spoils the fun for several here when nothing 'official' is ever mentioned though the topic arises often in tthe discussions.

Hi Alice, I'm not sure if you've covered the neg button or not, but either take it away of name and shame those who use it out of malice. Also can you confirm if it is detrimental to our own rating to report abuses as mylot requests or not?

1. I refereed someone today and she said that she register -she is not on my referral list... -possible solution: wouldn't be better to reward members for hard work and REQUIRE new user to have referral source? 2. I wanted to search for one user and I was not able to. -possible solution: member search by name or user name 3. I would like to know who is online. if possible 4. it was an option long time ago to see all members-I can not find that option again 5. vacation option-so people know someone is not active for while. 6. an option to block an user, so that person will not respond to my discussions or my comments note: the first two points are very important and very helpful for all members.

Hi again Alice. I hate to say it, but I don't have the time to look over the other discussions, or rather the responses on there. With so many responses and having too little time to go over them, not to mention being on dial-up, I have to pass them up so I can get in what I wanted to say. So, I apologize in advance if I repeat anything that's already been said. I want to point out to you that the guidelines need to be updated. Particularly the part about not sharing Paypal accounts. Because as you probably already know it has been allowed for some time now. Keeping it the way it currently is may confuse some members, especially new members, and if it is updated it can clear up any confusion that some people may have. At the risk of getting myself in trouble I think a few of the guidelines need to be dropped or modified such as "make sure you search for existing topics before starting new discussions", " don't post similar or identical postings", and "don't respond to a discussion until you've read all of the responses." Searching for existing discussions does not always work, especially if it is months or years old. Sure, it might help from repeating a discussion that has already been done, but with limited tagging and so many members on here there are bound to be repeated discussions no matter how careful members are before starting new discussions. So long as the discussions aren't plagiarized, I don't see what the problem is. After all, discussing things is part of mylot and has made the site what it is today. As for the last guideline I mentioned, that one has got to go. I for one like to respond with my own thoughts. If I take the time to look over everyone elses responses and comments first I may lose my train of thought as to what I wanted to say which in turn discourages me from wanting to respond at all. And even if I have it all typed out ready to go I may still decide not to respond after going through the responses as something that was said may stop me from treading onto the discussion. And as I mentioned above I don't always have the time to go over the responses anyway. As much as I love mylot, I don't want to be discouraged from posting because of this guideline. Okay, so it hasn't stopped me from posting LOL, but it might discourage others from doing so. Thanks for taking the time to listen.

Hi Alice, what I was concerned about was, there are some discussions that are on here that have been inactive on here for a year or more, and I as wondering if it was necessary to carry or hold them that long? I also noticed that there are members on here that have not been active for a year or longer also! Other than that I enjoy the myLot discussions, and I have enjoyed being on here the last 3 yrs, and I think ya'll are doing a good job, considering the multitude of discussions on here!

alice please think about doing away completely with the negative button as some on here use it to take any one with a ten down to what they evidently think they deserve,usually a five, and the persons never deserved it.they had good discussions were good mylotters, so its just not fair. also I think that people who try to make anywhere from ten to as many as thirty discussions in just a few hours thus clogging up pages and pages with one person's discussions should have to slow it down a bit. most of the last ones had hardly any sense at all to them. they were actually hard to respond to as there was no real substance. I know a lot want to make money fast but is not quality a bit better than quantity?

I would like to see more discussions of different varieties on here. I see a lot of repeat discussions, and I was wondering if that could change?

I'm not sure if this has been brought up but I haven't seen it so here it goes. There are some members who like to reply to every response, some that only respond when it's needed and some who never respond. I do it only when I feel it needs it. However, it seems that some ppl think if you don't reply to them it means you haven't read their response...is there some way to mark it read? According to TOS, you're not supposed to just comment with "Thank you for responding" and yet this seems to be what some members want. It actually makes some ppl, like myself, not want to start discussions. I think that's the only thing I didn't see addressed. I wanted to thank you for hearing me out over the last few days and for taking time to work on making MyLot an even better place then it already is. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STANDING STRONG IN MY BELIEFS**[/b]

Would it be possible to add other payment methods other than paypal? Epassporte would be great.

I don't know if this has been added to the discussion as I have tried to read all the comments before hand but, whew! It's 6 pages long!:) Anyway, I am wondering if there is any way that the comment of a poster that violated the mylot discussion guidelines be deleted instead of the whole discussion. I could never understand penalizing all those who follow the rules. It's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater! Sincerely in Christ, Leesa C. Eph.2:8,9

It's a little thing, but little things can drive one crazy. After every reply we are asked for tags, then if we want to add that interest. If I wanted to add that interest I would already have done it! How about adding a "add tags" and "add interest" button to the reply box? Those two functions add about 30 seconds onto the time it takes me to post a reply. Those of us who work on the internet know that time is money and while I love participating here and really enjoy it, the wasted time on those two options is quite expensive to me when you add it all up. In other words, can you find a way to streamline the process and eliminate extra steps?

I have very bad eyesight & i'm sure i'm not the only one on here that does. I wish the print could be larger & wish it wasn't againist the rules to type in caps. I can't think that other people don't feel the same. I enjoy mylot so much, i live alone & it is so much company to me. Some days i see better than others but if i could type in caps & everyone's type be bigger & bolder it would help soooooo much. Thank u very much.

I think persons who come pretty close to payout like within fifty cents should be given a special opportunity to get to the ten dollar payout. Next I think it would be good to be able to send messages to persons who are not friends. Finally and perhaps even most important I think that there should be a spell check within the body of the discussion area .That way you will know your errors off hand before posting

Good evening Alice, I know a few things have been mentioned but as I went through them I didn't see a suggestion for this but I was wondering if there was a way that we could make an edit button for our posts while I know that a delete button wouldn't be possible because of the way the earnings go but would it be possible to somehow add an edit button for maybe even the first few hours after you post a discussion just for spelling or grammar errors.... Also I just started a discussion about this a few days ago and I saw another member mention about the interests..I think it would be nice if we could fix the search button to where we could type in a topic or interest title and be taken straight to discussions about that topic or interest but also have the button to start a new discussion once you are there because I see how to get to those topics that have been started on the subject but see no way to start a discussion unless i scroll through my interest tabs. Thanks and have a great evening.

Hi GoAskAlice, since this is the last opportunity for us to contribute our suggestion, I would like to give a couple of my views here concerning the payment history page. It would be more useful and easier to be referred if the date of the myLot payments is listed with its serial number for each payment. It would be great if the total accumulated amount is stated at the bottom, so that we don’t have to take the trouble to total the amount we have earned here so far every now and then when needed. This improvement would facilitate us to show to friends who are interested in myLot site and would like to join us as members. This would definitely help us when we try to invite friends to join myLot, as they are always interested to know how many payments we have got as well as the total earned here so far. Take care and happy posting

Third query: I wish I could give Best Response marks to replies--not just the initial post by someone. Why can't it be set up so as to do that? It happens often that someone's reply to a reply is the only post they make, so I can't give them a Best Response at all even if it's the best! Instead Imust choose among inferior posts! Not fair to the person I was forced to skip over! Maggiepie MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY 2010!!!

im sorry i just havent had time to read through absolutely everything in your discussions. i dont know how you do it but guess your a speedy typer. not me, im pick find type. anyway, can i ask why there are only certain amounts you can choose for payout? i mean i can understand the lowest being 10 bucks, but why does it jump to 25? id like it at around 15. i mean to me 10 is to little to take out but then its really hard to get to 25 bucks. do i make any sense? sorry if i dont. thanks.

Hiya Alice... I think I've responded with ALL my complaints in your other discussions. Since you're looking for any other, might I suggest a "How To" or Tutorial section for new members or even the old members who can't figure out how to do what they want to do. For new members the biggest question asked is "What does the numbers beside my name mean?" & "What is that star that just showed up in front of my name?" Members who have been here for a while get cranky because they feel they have answered that question a thousand times. Well, they probably have, but it's the first time the new member has asked it. As you know from a previous discussion, there are problems with the Discussion Search function so even if the new member does a search, they might not get results. I'd love to see a "How To" on our Profile Page. What works one time may not work the next. I've gone to discussions about how various members finally got something to work. I print it out & follow step by step & NOTHING happens. It was even suggested it depends on the browser being used, so I've tried with BOTH my browsers. Still NO luck. I would also love to see the fancy "Comments From Our Friends" brought back. I enjoyed looking at the creative ways people chose to express themselves!!!

1. Flyers: Flyers create banners for a particular interest. Not much purpose served if we are looking for referrals. Instead why cant we have banners for our individual referrals. There is a link but no html for this link nor html for a banner for our own referrals. 2. We should be allowed to have reasonable sized gif images for our profile image with background music may be? 3. It would be nice if we knew what we earn for uploading of images and our participation separately. 4. There should be points added when we select the Best Response - kind of incentive as many of us including me fail in this duty. Thanks for inviting us to give our suggestions.

Hello Allice, Well the only thing I would want changed in mylot is that you change the rules so that you can post a referral link in your discussion or mention in your discussion that the link is in my profile. Now I am not saying being able to spam it everywhere but where you do it in a nice way where you can help myloters to a good website and also to help yourself out. I would really want that rule changed because I think the Mylot community would be happy about that. And if you find spammers that are spamming their referral link every where just ban them from the website. here is what I am talking about on a spam discussion,comment,or response: "Hey I just found a great website here is my referral link" or simply just putting your referral link out there. That is the only thing I want changed on Mylot. Thanks for letting me ask you this question and have a nice day.