Your First Interaction Vs The Most Recent One... Has Anything Changed Yet?

Hi buddy! Well,it's been a year now for me in mylot and I never regret being here! I gained so many good friends and knowledge on how to be in the online world. As for my changes,I became too lazy now,waaa!!! I think this is the side effect of my vacation online,haha! But I am happy to see all my good friends here whenever I visit. I only miss some of our good friends here though. I hope to see them again soon.

Hi Bro :) I feel the same changes for me whatever you mentioned. My English has been improved lot after joining this site. Thanks to mylot, my writing skill improved and I am using some some article writing sites too, also thanks to some mylot friends.. So in the whole, I am happy that I joined this site and have lots of good friends like you. I will continue here for ever.

HI mamu 1. i have improved my English to some extend. 2. I have found resolutions on most of my problems. 3. I get friendship from several countries which was a dream to me to three years ago. 4. I have learned a lot from all fields. 5. I have some great friends, some friends mails and phone numbers to disturb like you, sree, bhabi ( to make her cry), and so on. 6. Now i am addicted and you are right not a negative addiction at all. sorry, that i cant come here everyday. have a nice time.

I think that since I started here at myLot...I have come a long way to say the very least. There were times during those early days when I really did not know what I was doing. I only had the slightest idea of what myLot was all about. Obviously there was much trial and error as I tried to find my posting voice and what worked for my participation on myLot. Over two years later, I think that I have gotten posting on this website down to a near science. There are just going to be a lot of times where it seems hard to believe that I have been here for over two years. It just seems like yesterday that I started on this website. Time does go rather quickly and we're just going to be on for the ride.

Hello thesids, I never thought to summarize the pluses and minuses coming from myLot. Now that you mentioned them, I realized we have the same achievements: new friends from all over the world, new things learnt about different people's cultures, improvement in written English - to name only a few. The only thing I didn't get, is the myLot addiction. In fact, I had got it but I fought back and I got rid of it. I don't like to have more than one addiction in my life. We have a saying: the sum of a person's addictions is a constant. I already have one addiction, you know? I can't afford to add another one.

Hello Sids, Its been 9 months since i joined MYLOT. I also have found that my English has been improved a bit.Yes like others i too have got lot of good friends here.I had the addiction of MYLOT when i joined it but as of now i don't have that.I remember those days when i used to sleep late leaving all my offline works doing MYLOT but these days i don't do that and give priority to offline work over MYLOT.

Well, looking back over the 5+ yrs. since I first became a member here, it has totally been an interesting experience. I have learned a lot about things I would have never known before, and become more proactive, and a better listener. I have met many wonderful people from all over the world who I truly feel are Friends and look forward to reading that they have to say. For me I cannot imagine a day without being here, and glad we have a place to come hang out and learn about life.

Hi Bhai! When I first started I was still convinced no one would want to listen to me. I was still very shy and new to computers. so I would just respond to posts . But in time I started posts made new friends. With the help of a dear friend I met here I learned my worth. Then I Really opened up and I'm like that now.

Anything changed yet....YES, my dear thesids...I don't think in such a LONG...LONG time, I have felt sooo much despair, frustration and fear! I have made soooooo many wonderful friends here....and it feels like I am about to LOSE them all in one fell swoop! If I can't respond to discussions without spending sooooooo much time, I don't know what I will do! I CANNOT (and haven't been able to, since Friday a.m.) RESPOND to any discussions from my friends for what I get notification for...they just won't open! So each time, I wish to respond to a discussion...I have to log off myLOT, then log on...filter thru all the discussions...respond---then pray it doesn't disappear into thin air! So my issues are TENFOLD...and creating great frustration...humungous fear..loneliness...abandonement...isolation! I actually cried quite a few tears last nite...for fear of losing my friends here! Up til last week...each morning, I was filled with anticipation of hearing from my dear friends...for 6 days now...it's like I have a "carrot dangled in front of my nose" but there is an invisible barrier...can't reach it! I don't know whether I have PM'd you yet, with my "data"...but am going to do so today (another long process)..as logging on is taking forever...I REALLY, really DO NOT want to lose your friendship...and I'll end up with a broken heart, too to add to all those changes!

I joined Mylot in 2008, and think that many things have changed since that time especially my writingstyle and my interaction with other members. One of my friends recently commented on one of my very first discussions and it was interesting to read the discussion again after 4 years. One of the things that I especially noticed was the way that I wrote at that time. I had included very few details in my descriptions and my comments on the responses were very short. Today I find it hard to write short discussions, responses or comments, because I have a lot things that I want to express At that time I had about 5 friends, today I have more than 500, and the friendships that I have found through Mylot are very important to me. I plan on meeting some of them in real life one day I love the fact that I am able to talk to people from around and world and learn more about their countries and cultures. In the beginning I didn't think much about the many countries that are respented here, but today it is one of my favourite things about Mylot.

i think it is more positive than negative. (crossing my fingers here - hope nobody opposes ha ha) well, like you i had become more patient in responding and trying very hard to respond to all comments no matter how they appear unrelated or difficult to understand. my reaction to the first interaction is no more different than the recent one. i always get excited with responses. in truth, before when i receive zero comments, it affects me a lot. it had not happened anymore but if it happens again, i will not let it ruin my day ha ha

sids, I am not sure about changes- was it good or bad. I've learned to play the game. I've learned how to inter-act with funny,serious,emotional, and also act differently from who I am. (not totally pretending) ....a little bit of dancing with the beat.... That might be counted as the recent changes with my inter-action here in mylot. And I don't see anything bad (lolsss) Much better to dance the steps according to the beat than dance without music aint?...:p Whatever my brother

Dear Sids I am here NOT for money basically, but here i have met wonderful friends from around the globe, i have been treated as family member by many, due to health issues of I and hubby; if i have time i enjoy this site. Nothing negative here.

Dear theSids, Since the day I joined, I was not sure of what to do and how to. But the senior members did give me some encouraging comments which made me log in everyday. My Lot has become a daily routine for me and yes including such a social site in routine did bring positive changes. Though I joined for extra earning, but I realized here what I am getting is lifetime experiences of interaction with unknown people (known as ‘friends’ now) around the globe acknowledging my views and thanking me for my opinions/responses. My knowledge has increased about various walks of life and above all those friends here – I am proud to be associated in one way or another. On the negative note, I do enjoy the inter commenting in various discussions but wish to be a part of the conversations as well, sometimes in future. And how do you feel if you get no time to do a routine thing? The most recent feelings - these days I get little time, so what, my lot is a part of life, which I am enjoying..

hi thesids I think I have changed a bit,I am nore sure of myself'and have made more discussions this year than in] other years. I have become a real addict and really care about how mylot runs and have tired to help newcomners but I have not as much patience as the other older users.when newcomers ignore mylot admins own suggestions and do not read the important'information I get irritated, why because common sense tell me if you are joinging a new site you need to find out how it 'works, what if any are the ru les,to me this is just common sense and logic.yet many here will disagree. It is as though they feel a person has scolded or picked on them when yosuggest they read the guidelines.So lately I have felt that if a newcomer asks me for help fine but otherwise I am not going to put myself up for pot shots as a know -it-all or self-apppointed guide. sink or swim. I care but I will not take any more guff. I do not know it all or I would not have lost two discussion. I just cared and am thinking why, why should I care anymore? I want to have fun and enjoy myself not be flamed at again. I am normally very shy in person but on my lot I learned to be more assertive. but somehow lately that has just caused trouble .So I will just be myself,post and have fun, help if asked only. if new people refuse to use the help the admins advised them to read let them sink.Most who stay on here realize finally that the info is there to help them and then they really start loving mylot. I have learned its what I think of myself thats most important not what some think of me. I just want to dnjoy mylotting again and have fun with my friends here.

Mylot has truly given me the chance to learn about people and cultures I would have never got to learn about. I have made some wonderful friends and that too I would not have been able to achieve without this site. I remember when I first started, I was curious about the online money aspect. I came here with no experience and had no idea what I was going to say or learn. I got little response and was very discouraged for a while. THEN it happened...I made some wonderful friends who took me under their wings. I always remember what it was like when I got no responses or was denied a friendship. I treat others in the manner I wanted to be treated when I started and try to help them the best I know how. I always acknowledge the responses of others too because I remember how important it was to me when someone acknowledged my response. I have got a lot of great things from myLot..the only negative would be when much loved friends have moved on. I miss them.

It has changed a lot for me.. when I started the first discussion about two months ago my earnings tab showed $0.00.. but today after two months it shows $10.. I am very happy right now.. Thank you for starting this wonderful topic..