Do some users here really delight in having their discusions deleted?

I hear you HAtley! I had hoped that with the new upgrade and the email being sent to new users when they register, that there would be fewer of these discussions but sadly there are not. Every single day they ask how much they can earn, can they earn a dollar a day, what do they have to do and so on. If I see a user who is posting one of these questions for the first time then I will continue to point them to the FAQs and Guidelines but if it is a a user who asked similar questions before then I am not as sugar sweet as I used to be. They are wasting their own time and everyone else's too but they don't seem to want to realise it. I have many new users on my friend list and you won't see them asking those questions in the discussions. It takes time to help them in a PM too but those users are worth it because they respect the Guidelines and their fellow Lotters by not starting discussion which are a violation from the word 'go'. No-one is going to scold you Hatley. You have done your share of answering them so move on and leave them be. I shall continue, at least for a bit longer and at least while I have a lot of time to be able to be here and make up for my losses but they are wrong, absolutely wrong to think that they can carry on wasting everyone's time - and patience

Hello, Hatley. I'm feeling the same myself now, particularly when I come across one like I saw yesterday, which said, 'I know I could find this in FAQs, but I'd rather ask you guys.' That was when I decided that I'm not going to answer any more of these discussions. I'm very busy with writing projects at the moment, and my MyLot time is precious to me. How else can I keep in touch with lovely friends like you? Leave them to it, Hatley, and spend your time with your friends.

I used to reply to many of the discussions you refer to. I still do so occasionally. These days, I have confidence in the fact that Mylot now tell people WHY their discussion was deleted and simply waste no more breath than in reporting infractions.

It's sad for my post to get deleted hatley. In my first week here after my come back, I receive many notifications informing me that my topics was deleted, but I learnt from it already... and now I am always watching my steps. I am very much sorry for those who lost there earnings for me. Now I am trying to give back. I want to help other like newer users too. Even I know my my answers would get deleted too... maybe it's hard to understand, but in my case, I can understand them a lot... for the case of newbies... maybe they want us to answer, they do not want to read the guidelines---they want us answer because they want us to prove them this site is actually good and legit, not included in those listed scam sites... The admin wants us to help them... to fill this community with quality discussions... I know I will lose cents, but it's nice to feel I can give a little help in my own way. I understand you my friend... In my own opinion, no one really smile when informed for a deleted discussions, well in the end, it's a blessing in disguise.. I hope all of them learned from it, as I learned from mine... And thank you, you have been a part of my learning, you know that... :-)

You know I've not been on here looking through the discussions much of late. Today, I got on eccause I had sometime and I love hanging out in myLot reading the discussions and talking to friends and fellow members. As I'm looking through the different posts, I just see so many posts that do not follow the myLot guidelines. The questions and answers forum that I genrally I love the majority of post I find repealing and inappropriate questions for myLot. What is happening to the quality of myLot? I thought in December, Alice was going to work to improve myLot, but it looks like it has gotten worse as far as I can see. I agree with you that I hate having my posts deleted because of other members not following the posting guidelines on myLot. I've said it before and I'll say it again they need a training / tutorial for new users. Second, I'll agree with a comment that I know I've heard other members post in the past we need some form of a test to weed out the people who are care and want to be part of this community from the rest. You know even oDesk make you take a readiness test before you can even do anything on their site. Perhaps myLot should consider adopting something like this.

Rules are made not to be broken but to be used as guidelines. I am not only talking about mylot rules, but all kinds of rules. I have observed that there are people who feel wise and smart when they are able to violate rules. There are better and decent ways to show wisdom like following the rules, being helpful to those who need help, sharing ideas and maintaining peace and order in the community. Getting others frustrated is not a sign of wisdom and I hope and pray for enlightenment for people of this kind. Of course, you have every right to rant and rave and let them know how you feel. Why not. For now, take a deep breath and have a beautiful day, Hatley

Hi Hatley, one of my posts as well as the comments in it were gone just now for they were under the discussion it was deleted. And again when I tried to view a newly started discussion from my mailbox. To my astonishment it was deleted that fast as well. I think everything here will go smoothly if everyone follows mylot guidelines strictly and does his own part here nicely. Hopefully one doesn't make fun by challenging the rules here to test whether the violating discussions would be deleted later on... Have a nice day and happy posting

Hi, Hatley. I have lost some of my earnings because of members asking questions that are against the myLot rules too. Sometimes, I will look to see if other users have answered the discussion. But it comes to find out that they did answer it.. I don't know because the next thing that I know my earnings will go down. And I get so irritated as to what was deleted and what did I do wrong. I am tired of losing earnings. Some of the discussions seems like our earnings will not get taken away, but it does in the end. I think that myLot should delete these discussions as soon as it is posted by the member. That way, we won't have a chance of answering their discussions, only to lose our earnings. That is just not fair. Especially when the discussion is about us giving them advice to help them out. If they take delight into getting their discussions deleted, then that is wrong and unfair to others that work hard at posting on myLot.

I have had to turn people off and not get their responses/posts because they go against the rules and are rude or something. I think alot of members just don't care to go by the rules and do as they please. I even think that alot of them do not read the guidelines. I just delete their posts if they are so idiotic and I know they go against the rules. It isn't brain surgery people!

Hi hatley, If I see a dicussion which may get deleted, I try to avoid it or just skip it, I'd rather respond to my loder friends who knows the rules, but one of my older friends has his one delted, he made a mistake I guess. Tamara

Hello Hatley, since i don't know Exactly what the meaning and what all the cover up in FAQs, sometimes i break the rules. I feel regret it when i know that my discuss was deleted, but those mistakes makes me know more about these rules. and i hope i did not make the same mistake again. I don't want to waste time any member.

Hi,i am like you i have answered the discussions being started about how people can earn on here and what is the best way to earn money aswell as all the silly ones todo with the same things.I answered a few of those last week and one or two this week and yes all of them i think were deleted.You just can not win if you do oer if you do not answer them.I went to the drs by the way you were right antibiotics,thank you.

There are some situations where it is crystal clear but there are some where there is ambiguity. For example there are 'interests' under riddles and quizzes and when these are answered they get deleted as a guideline violation. If it is a guideline violation then 'interests' should not be allowed. I was a victim of this recently. And incidentally, one discussion did not get deleted which was about 3 months old but the recent one has been deleted - I had responded to it. Hately let me tell you there is ambiguity here.We have to do eeny meeny...it seems!

I just got what I do believe is my first notice of a post being deleted. It is so annoying. I do not get why people who follow the guidelines get penalized when other members choose to violate those guidelines. I'm a member of another social plateform that is a little like myLot there they actual penalize members with fines for not following the rules. Why can't they fine those members who do not follow the rules; then once people's account go negative freeze these member's accounts and delete them from the community. I'm not trying to sound harsh here I'm just saying this would actual set the tone for us having a clean community where the serious members can enjoy posting and discussing topics without their posts getting deleted all the time.

Sweetie ignore other users please you respond and not respond to WHAT you want to and if you think it will be deleted then do not respond No one has the right to tell you what to respond to and what not that is your choice I will only respond to what I want to

I wonder at times if some of the people whose first language isn't English are asking because they have such a difficult time reading English. There is a lot to read in the guidelines and that's difficult for someone struggling to understand each word and meaning within a particular context. I would hope that admin checks the syntax of the person's inquiry to see how well they handle the language before they delete their discussions.

I haven't given this any thought but there may be some users like this. Sometimes I forget to check if the discussion has already been started before I start one. I'm trying my best to remember these days. I sure don't enjoy having my discussions, responses, and comments deleted. I know here lately some of my responses have been deleted because the discussion was deleted due to the person who started it not following mylot's rules. Kathy.

Hi Hatley It seems i am lucky, so far none of my discussions is deleted, but one discussion i responded to was deleted, i don't think any body will be feel happy if his/her post is deleted.. Thank you so much for this nice discussion,I am late in respondig, cheers God bless you. Prof

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I too have seen new mylot users break the rules. I'm quite new and i read all the terms etc before i started my lot as i thought it was a scam at first and then i started and thought it was an easy and enjoyable way of making money. I don't think i can solely rely on mylot to make money online, but it does seem promising and definitely fun and interesting. I did not know that you could lose money though and that discussions could be deleted. I did ponder on how mylot would clean up all the multiple discussions that have the same question. I guess i got my answer, i still haven't experienced it though, hopefully i won't. Thanks for sharing your experience!=)