Use of mylot search

@moirai I use mylot search for looking for topcs within mylot itself - anything else a general search engine like goggle will do

@moirai So this one is an old one . That's nice because it means it can be an all time topics . I post everday to make my presence felt .

@SIMPLYD Yes, you will find really, really old topics here. There are those with lots and lots (pages) of comments, too. It's because, as I understand it, the site originally was meant for discussions (see below), and it is expected that you use search first to see if a topic already exists, and you join the old one instead of creating a new one of your own. By discussion, I mean this... A post called "how do you cope with stress" would probably be a good discussion where many people will be able to contribute many different things. A post called "this is what I did today" may or may not be turned into a discussion depending on the content of the post. If it only elicits comments of "I'm glad you enjoyed your day" or "how nice" and things like that, that isn't much of a discussion. And like I said, back then, there were people who would say in comments: "I've seen this topic before." This was because, for example, you wanted to write that post about coping with stress, you were expected to use search first to see if there was already an existing discussion about it. If there was, you were not supposed to start a new one, instead you should join the one old and give your input there. If you made a new one of your own, there were some people who would say in the comments, "this discussion already exists, you should join the old one instead". I can't remember how strict they were about it before, but I was given the impression that there was some danger your new post might get deleted for being redundant. You were also expected to read all comments on a discussion first before giving your input, because you were expected to contribute something new instead of just repeating what others have already said. That is how I understood it. Now, I realize that might be a very strict way of looking at it, and perhaps I was wrong about that, and they didn't mean to be so strict. I don't know. But I decided to err on the safe side and joined discussions instead of making new ones of my own. And that is what I do to this day, which is why my latest discussion is four years old. One can make their presence felt even through comments. Anyway, I think they are less strict now. And besides, as I said above, even the "this is what I did today" sort of posts (which is an example of what I referred to as blog type posts) may be turned into a discussion depending on the content. Apologies, I rambled on.

Yes. This is a four year old discussion, and that reply is four years old, too. Hehe. I guess people just end up here when they visit my profile/discussions because I only have 7 of them in total and this is the latest. It's just that... aside from the fact I am away from the site more than I am here, I have somehow embraced the 'rule' that myLot is not meant to be a blog type of place, but a discussion site - meaning, what you post should be a topic worthy of (a long) discussion among many people. (I think, even the above might not have been acceptable, which explains my hope in the first line.) In any case, my point is that I haven't thought of a topic worthy of a new discussion yet. (Add to that, the fact that one is expected not to start a new discussion when an older one on the same topic already exists - this is supposedly why we should use Search first.) I think the site is less strict about all that nowadays, I'm not sure. But I still prefer not to start new (blog type) posts to be on the safe side. Unless, of course, I think of a worthy topic which hasn't been covered yet. Anyway... I've rambled on. Thanks for coming by.

yes moirai, its correct better use mylot search for personal activites. So that such warnings can be avoided often. FYI I too had faced such warnings few times. Ravi sir is correct,better do it next day.

I did not realize that you were blocked. I am aware that other mylotters have had similar problems as yourself. I have not but it is possible that I have not since I use mylot search only occasionally. It seems that the persons who have had difficulties are the mylotters who use search frequently and regularly. I think that other mylotters who responded to your discussion have given you some good advice and suggestions. Good luck and happy mylotting.

i think i have same with you friend... i will use when i want to check for similiar discussion, so i can share my opinion

@ridingbet Yes, there was a reward before - varying amounts of earnings - that you get as you use the myLot search. You didn't get a reward every time you made a search, but you'll just be happily surprised some random time when a window pops up saying you earned a reward. But that was way, way back a long time ago. Around the time I made this discussion - back in 2012. Hehe.

@moirai there were rewards before? i do not know about that, ah! maybe because I am just new in this site

@moirai well, i think we get rewards with the interaction we have here, and the constant communication with our friends will lead to increase in our banks. but I wonder if those rewards will be resurrected again? I want to know.