Startling - Do you really want my help?? I suppose earning is more powerful..

Yes, I agree in that if there is more to say, definitely say it and keep things going! :) I have seen that as well. I am not on here that much, but I can definitely see which days I do better, even with less actual activity, simply by the discussion that happens in one or two posts. I will have to say that as far as learning, however, I tend to be more in a position of being someone who has a lot of answers more than I am actually learning here myself. But I like doing that, and I like sharing what I do know with people who have questions, so in that sense it works out great. :) I have been here two years but I only got really active in the past two months. Bored, I was looking for something to do a few minutes a day in my down time before or after work, and I have enjoyed answering people's questions or giving their opinions. My replies are usually pretty long as well, so I know that's helped me earn more for the small amount of time that I am on the site. :)

I agree with Shira. My intentions for commenting back is really to show politeness and to be able to reach out to people. It would be plastic to say that I am not for the earning but really it only comes second.

Reason why our answers are always pretty long is because we always have quality comments and this is why we decide to comment as opposed to thinking that we could actually earn. I enjoy being here a great deal as it has given me a lot of knowledge as to different customs and or simply how others think. I also get a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I have perhaps guided someone to even take a second thought to certain situations. To me it is more about the interactions as opposed to simply earning a few cents. Happy myLotting.

Does that mean i cannot spank them? Thanx sweetie.

sapy I have done quite a bit of your comment and discussion comments and can I tell you that you are one of the veterans that have taught me well. You see I am a four month old member, HA! I did not get that many posts because I decided one day to spam and or irritate. Thanks sweetie you are a great teacher

ahahaha.. if the spanking is deserved absolutely and hey I know a few members who would enjoy it too.

I have learned a lot since I have been on here. I love to hear about the customs in different countries. It is the next best thing to taking a vacation...lol

I have also have learned a great about the different customs and religions and yes I believe I see it as vacation as well.

Awwh why thank you for the compliment. I appreciate all myLot friends and members, as it is about socializing. It is unfortunate to hear that members re-word their same discussions how awful really. I enjoy interactions on a daily basis and find many members to be very inspiring.

I have quite a few myLot friends like this on my list as well, I have sent a couple of PM trying to help and either never hear back and or they get insulted. I do not pain and or hurt over this as we are not perfect humans and I for one certainly appreciate all the help I can get daily.

I think what the guidelines provides that does not earn points is when you reply to the comments with just a "thank you", or "thanks for you response". But if your reply is with substance, you still earn the points.

@cbar you are very welcome, it give me great satisfaction daily to be able to assist any members as I was once new also. @ glory - Yes the guidelines specifically says it is prohibited to respond with yes or Thanks these responses will get deleted. I have done a great deal of reading from many veterans here and I have invested a great deal of time as to what works best and I have to say the veterans are more than correct. I sort of wanted to distinguish what these well over 20,0000 post members were saying to a test and literally I have gained a lot of knowledge and from them. As I did a test as to how many I can post vs my responding vs simply responding and believe me it is a science, one that the veterans made a great deal of sense and well based on my earnings I make a great deal of sense as well, at least to me. However, there have been a great many responses that never go touched and if I have something valuable I definitely do as I enjoy sharing my wisdom.

Believe me if they are merely post discussion and not interacting with members they are not only missing out on some great advice and the earning factor. I agree with you I get great pride in helping others as well as learning on a daily basis.

By merely posting a discussion and not commenting back doesn't make him earn anything. But I also have doubts on this, to be really honest. Sometimes, I start a discussions and only come back the next day to comment back to the responders and when I check my earnings, it has actually jocked up. Could it be possible that we do earn from starting a discussion, getting responded and commenting back? Or were those earnings came from the responses I made to other topics on that same day I started my own topic?

For me if i feel like replying to a discussion i have posted or i have commented is also saying that hey im not selfish, il give you a piece my time,my mind, something that represents my being.Something that tells me that im not just talking with a computer but a real person from another side of the world.Its even nice to even butt in from other peoples discussion,somtimes its good to interact as long as they are polite and there is a connection with the topic right? I think theres a possibility that by adding respones or commenting back, or following up on a topic is a good way in increasing your earnings.This is just my opinion too of course based on my observations. @hardworkinggurl-What does it mean to track anyway?Just asking if you want to elaborate.Thanks!

Thank you my friend, and you are a highly respected posted here even if you have only been here about a yr. I am Glad you are here. But wish many New people would see the value of being a member here for sure.

Awwh Tina that means a lot to me as I do try and be polite in ever discussion I participate with. I have high regards for all members as yourself who have been here for so long. I want to one day say the same that I too have been here as long as you.

Yes it is a shame on how some just do not give myLot a chance. Sadly a great many do come here by misleading articles. It is hard to get through a great many of them no matter how hard we try, but such a treat to see that some actually do listen from time to time and really change their participation styles here. We can only hope that anyone who does come here really enjoys their stay and become long time veterans just as yourself.

Unfortunately it gets like that. Thank you fore saying that. I appreciate you as well. I think those of us that are here for the right reasons need to stand together. I had someone once make a horrible post about me because she took something I had said out of context and continued to berate me every chance she got for a while. I am glad at the time I had really great friends that stood up for me and Helped me through the attack I was under. Don't let the bad apples get you down. they don't know any better. My boss likes to say the really rude and nasty people are only mad because they are ugly. Please forgive my bad grammar and spelling mistakes tonight, I have been working like crazy the last few days.

No need to apology I understood it perfectly well, and yes I too have wonderful myLot friends that have contributed in my defense. I think I will stay a while yet. Hope you get some rest.

I have read a great deal of discussions about people being trolled and I think it is completely awful that anyone would simply troll and intentionally rate negatively only and simply because they feel that either the person did not agree and or because they think a person is making more earnings. I have been dropping by the day this week simply because my response was not understood, I have been shocked with the PM I received asking for forgiveness that I was rated negative because they had difficulty understanding my "so proper English". In short of 6 weeks now I have noticed the new members infestation causing my feelings about myLot to be a bit ugly. I did not think I would actually feel this way as I so appreciate the wonderful members as your self that have contributeed such valueable responses, discussions and time. It is however getting uglier by the day.

People who are trying to get referrals are known to exaggerate to get people to sign up. Not a good thing, as those people get upset and then leave. If people were honest about the site, at least the people who come here would be the ones who are genuinely interested in it!

Dawn So true. Just today in doing a bit of research I came upon article after article with information that all one had to do was simply post as they would to Mylot or Facebook. This is very misleading indeed! I know that when I first came to Mylot one of my mistakes was to simply respond to EVERY those on my friends list had started. That led to many threads being deleted, and in me losing valuable time. I'm a bit more picky now about the threads I respond to, but I also still respond to newbie threads to help out but do not take those into consideration when setting my writing goals for each day. Namaste-Anora

Too funny now as I went to search and the member no longer exists. hahaha.. I suppose all the comments I have received were so rightly stated as this was on Monday and now it is Friday and either the member left disappointing or was kicked off by myLot. However above there are a couple who feel we do not earn when we respond but I am sure to direct you if ever I get another quirky remark like that. I truly believe many newbies that are signing up recently have been misguided by referrals giving misleading information as I have several new members on my member list that start 20 - 30 discussions a day and never comment to people with great quality comments to their ever so meaningless discussion. I am going to go back and check my responded discussions and see where I can post this discussion as although the member is gone the discussions remain maybe perhaps this can be brought back up to light so new members get correct information.

Most either eventually learn after duplicated mistakes and or leave after several disappointments. As they are misguided by those that referred them to begin with. Mysd, from I understood from another discussion is out of town and soon she will be back and convey her so welcome wisdom. I began to inquire about her disappearance once I noticed so many repetitive and violations being performed and still lingering, that when I knew she has not been around.

You are very welcome.. I look forward to further interaction with you as well. It definitely contributes to better understandings about perhaps what the discussion is about. I know I am one that reads all or least most of the comments before apply my response so that when I do respond I can contribute on a more meaningful level. Have a wonderful week!

Well, that mistake is admitted. i think it's time you report this person to my the admin knowing that he rated you NEGATIVELY simply because he DIDN'T AGREE ON IT. and that's violation! i wouldn't show mercy on that if i were you.

Actually I went from 97 to 95...Ugh and can I tell you coincidentally I may drop even more just for today. So a new member who happens to be on my friend lists ask a question about whether or not it is okay that a parent dictate what the child's career should be yada, yada. Anyways I have two wonderful college graduates, which by the way my son going out to an out of state college generated $140K in college loans right but since his freshman year in high school he says to me he wants to go to this out of state college I encouraged him all the way and knew at the time it was going to cost 3 times more than your in-state student right, but being the wonderful supportive mom, and by the way my son graduated with 4.0 GPA all four years at this school. Okay so being that this member is a friend on my list. I feel I can contribute by saying that sometimes parents try to live out their dreams through their children and are a bit harsh in imposing and dictating their own wishes instead of listening to the children. Ok so tell me why this member replies to me with my answer that I think it is okay for a parent to crush the child's dream. Wha, wha, wha what...What the heck did he read. Ugh so he misunderstands my comment by like 180 degrees, not sure that he understands reading proper English. Long story short I get an apology over it right but in the interim he stated he negatively rated me as he misunderstood. WHAT!!! As for starting a discussion you may run the risk of having it deleted as I want to say 2 months ago a veteran did start a similar discussion which I had commented on it the entire well over 80 comments got deleted. Yes, I have noticed within 6 weeks or so myLot is being completed infested by really ugly behavior, I have been trying to remain loyal to my so loyal myLot members but it is getting harder by the day.

I just went back to take a look and it appears I am not the only one he has taunted, so I just put in a support complaint.

Devilova, thanks so much for stopping by, I never received a notification of your reply, so my advance apologies for not having done so right away. I am glad that you have learned all the benefits of the sight as you see it really is a great site to be participating with.

Awwh your comment made me blush and I feel the honor and privilege that each time I help someone it gives me great satisfaction. I have commented on many of your posts as I found them very engaging and I truly felt that I could add some quantitative reply, except for the lesbian one (LOL) which instead of ignoring it I decided at least I could contribute in some way. This is the reason why I am a member, as each day it becomes much more knowledge for me.

Yes is is my daily goal as well, I seldom start more than one discussion per day and sometimes I go weeks without starting a discussion. I certainly appreciate great discussions form new and older members. It gives me a sense of satisfaction on a daily basis. It is what brings me back daily.

I believe you have the right concept and hey with applying yourself as you wrote in your response not only will gain all the wisdom but earn great as well. I will continue to help no matter what and for those that think my assistance is not useful, well I suppose it is their loss.

I get a great deal of daily satisfaction each time I respond to discussions. I have a rule that if I have no relevance I will not respond. I will risk deletions if even I feel my response is worth enough to have allowed someone to gain something. I thank you for all your responses and do find that your discussions also have allowed me to continue to develop my knowledge and also share some wisdom.

Here is how I see it, most members sign-up either because they were told all you have to do is post and you get paid or told by others it was simply a make a lot of money site. Unfortunately people like this member basically will either learn from the errors and or give up and not return. I was one of the members that was told just post about anything, although I have to say I took almost a month reading more so than anything as I would be so involved in the reading only part that most of my available online time was devoted to that. But I do appreciate it know as I picked up a great deal of knowledge by doing just that.