Why everyone wants to know how much others are earning?

Hi Mezsalman, I think you have made a very good observation. Men are probably happier to see that women earn less than them, and happier still to discover that the women they like are younger than them. I think the curiosity to know the earnings of others is too widespread. if we could, we would want to know how much our neighbors are earning, how much our colleagues are earning, and the earnings of all our friends and relatives.

When it comes to online traffic it is always not because of the content is good or what but first is to look for a people and promote the site/content as much as you could.Good or bad quality will come later.

Bad articles will be rejected before it could be published. I am agree that recently there are too many articles that discussing about unnecessary and whatsoever topics which give you no information at all.

What you've just posted is the damn truth @scheng1

I know I for one like to know that it is possible to really make money. Especially now that I am not able to work it is important. I see no purpose in telling someone I was able to reach a .10 cashout on a site, but if I actually received a large payout, I might be willing to share it, just because I'm excited about it! I really need to know more about the techniques myself. Talk to you later!

Hi Daeckardt, in that case, you should join the forum at digitalpoint. Those super affiliate marketers and internet marketers are gathering there. Most of them are willing to share their tips in making money, as well as their mistakes and expenses. They just do not share their earnings. I remember one affiliate marketer talking about his mistake in product selection. He wasted money on more than 600 articles which he commissioned the ghostwriters to write for him, yet cannot get a single sale. Then he gives advice not to waste money on certain niches. These are the kind of information that can help you, not how much a person can make from affiliate marketing.

Hi Daeckardt, I do not see any reason for anyone to find out the earnings of other members too. i can understand if anyone wants to know how to make more money in Mylot or other websites. That is a sharing of knowledge, not the actual earnings. I think knowing the techniques to earn is more important than knowing how much other people are making.

Hi Apocalyptic, those who are curious to know how to earn will ask about how you can earn from this website or that website. They will not ask about how much anyone makes. It is the same thing everywhere. In some forums for affiliate marketers, you can see that those who ask about how to go about affiliate marketing are serious about it. Those who just want to know how much others are making are just busybody.

Hi Ap0calyptic, that is what I do not understand about those people. They do not seem to realize that earnings is just part of the equation. Saving and investment skills are more important. It is not a matter of how much a person makes, but how much he saves and invests that counts. I mean a person can make a million dollars per year, and still die in poverty, due to his habit of overspending. Another person can make just a thousand dollars per month, and live like a pauper for a few years, before emerging as the richest person in the region. It is just a matter of personality, belief and habits.

I agree, but there are still some people who ask. Maybe it's just a plain competition for them to outrank you or something.

Hi Etaurus, if they have asked how to earn more money instead of asking the earnings of everyone, that is much better. Most people are not selfish. If they can earn a few thousand dollars per month, they will not mind helping another person earns a few hundred dollars per month by sharing the methods. The problem is that all online income need us to put in effort. More so with affiliate marketing and article writing. There is no shortcut.

Hi Etaurus, your English is passable. I think if you put in more effort, you can even earn some money from writing articles. It may be tough for you in the beginning, but you will have the ability to write in better English, and write faster too. Money is a great motivator. If you can improve English, and earn from it, might as well you do so.

You know people believe in facts and proves. They ask you your earning stat, get a positive answer and they go ahead with your methods- that is if you give it out and they believe you. Sorry, forgive my english.

Hi Sydneyhazelton, actually the best question is: how to earn, not how much a person is earning. I mean the same thing in article writing. The most important factor is the seo knowledge, and the second most important factor is gaining traffic from the right source. The earning of others hardly matter to us, if we are doing things the right way.

Hi Mermaidivy, I would not like to call this kind of persons a friend at all. It is obvious she does not have your interest at heart. She either wants to lap up to you because you earn big money, or she looks down on you because you make less money. She may even spread your income to everyone, telling everyone how you change since getting a well paid job. I just hate people who are too nosy about private matter such as income, savings and debt. These are very personal, and should not influence a friendship at all.

Hi Aerous, most people are concerned about scam websites. This is understandable. It is very painful to spend a whole month on doing something, and not getting paid for it. However, the methods of making money online is more important. If we can write articles for long term passive income, it really does not matter where we post the content, we can still earn from it.

Hi Nijolechu, one of my aunts belong to this group of nosy people. It is not as if she wants to help if you are not making enough money. She just wants to make a person feels bad, so that she can tell people how capable her kids are. Everyone hates her for her nosiness, and ill intention. If she could keep her mouth shut after knowing the salary of others, other people may not hate her so much.

Hi Mythociate, I agree that many people see only the money, but not the persons holding the money. It is sad that many religious leaders are thinking of the same thing. They always encourage giving, meaning that the members of the religions have to give money to the organization. I think that is very bad of them. Instead of teaching people to do good deeds, and to put faith in God, they are indirectly begging for money, and send the wrong message to the attendants.

Hi Mythociate, nice term "Prosperity Gospel"! I think those pastors will focus more on the riches of Job, Abraham and King David instead of talking about Jesus. After all, those were the rich and faithful servants of God. They had lots of servants, gold, silver, cattle and whatever material goods available at that time. Comparing their lives to that of Jesus, Jesus seemed not that well-off, even though he is not poor.

Well, kind of. The Prosperity Gospel teaches to give as an 'announcement' of the prosperity you share in. There's an obvious initiative to the Church-leaders to preach what overflowing riches are available to their followers, because people taking of that overflow naturally have larger overflows of there own (which are then most-likely passed to the Prosperity Gospel preachers, who then preach better and/or to a larger audience, who then make their offerings, etc.) But sometimes they seem to lose touch with reality---leading followers to believe their money'll just 'float down from Heaven' as long as they pray-n-stuff. Thus 'Prosperity Gospel'-preaching is sort of a misnomer (making the 'Prosperity Gospel' seem to teach a different Good News). The Good News IS NOT that Our Father wants us to prosper; the Good News is that God loves us as much as he does Jesus Christ (who WAS NOT A POOR MAN). Following Jesus' example, we are also NOT POOR; if that means prosperity, nice but sometimes prosperity makes itself into a babel-tower (tower of confusion) that tries to set itself above God.

Hi Globaldoc, yes, after getting envious, they start to talk bad about those who can make more money. They start to spread gossips, and yet can still put on a smiling face in front of those who are richer than them. That is why so many people are miserable. Those who listen to those gossips and believe them are harboring bad thoughts also.

Hi MichaelNil, knowing how to make money is different from knowing how much a person makes. It is obviously more important to know how to reach payout every month, and how to increase the earnings, since that will impact on our personal finance. I think you have more or less mastered the trick of earning from mylot. As least you are writing very lengthy post. That is the real trick to earning in Mylot. Sometimes you will see us beating round the bush, using a thousand words to say something that can better be said in twenty words. That is the reason, since Mylot pays for the length of the post, not the value of the information.

Hi Browneyed, in fact many writing sites are using page views to inspire new writers, instead of showing how much others are making. I think for mylot, the admin uses the number after our id to show how active we are. That should serve as adequate encouragement. i mean those with numbers more than 10,000 definitely earn more than those with numbers less than a hundred.

Hi Dragon54u, it is still considered very rude to ask about salary in real life. Only those town gossipers with nothing better to do would do that. One of my aunts belong to this category. She likes to brag about how much her children are making, even though others with better manners are wondering why they earn so little. She also likes to know how much others are making or how much their kids are making. Most people understate for fear of arousing jealousy.

Hi Krajibg, I think we should expand the saying a bit. We should not ask the earning and saving account of a man, the age, the weight and earning of a woman. The only exception is when they are very old, then it is ok to ask about the age. Old people are very proud of their old age. Actually there is no need to know how much others are making. There will always be people with lower income than us, and people with very high income than us. The income of many big bosses in listed companies is a known fact. Even if they do not say anything, the newspaper will report about it.

Hi Naija4real, actually knowing how much others are making does not matter in a sense. Even if I know that Problogger can make more than $11,000 in a month from Amazon affiliate marketing, I know that i cannot do the same thing. If I can earn just a hundred dollars per year from Amazon affiliate marketing, I would be very happy with it. The same with article writing and mylot.

Hi Akhileshebay, I think some people are just plain lazy. They know that Mylot pays, and article writing also pay, yet they are too lazy to do anything. Some people even spend hours just surfing and reading, instead of writing posts after posts to make money. That is plain laziness. I mean for those who are serious about making money, they would set a target, so that they can reach payout every month. No point keep asking about how much others earn, and yet refuse to put in an ounce of effort.