The Cat is out of Bag.

There are different people with different needs and while it lasted it was good; the small pocket money here was a good incentive; but , as I had said earlier, I used to write in Yahoo answers and it was not for any money;apart from this I could meet friends like you and interact a lot and get to know them.I have email IDS of those people and we can keep in touch; but I would still continue to peep in here like usual though I would still be slightly inactive but not vanish totally from the scene. As such I have been a bit infrequent with other activities taking away my time.Many people used to get disappointed with the slow earnings here and now it has becoem 'no earnings' at all. So, the crowd is likely to be less.

we are more than 251K mylotters and only a small percentage of this is active even with the money incentive. i joined mylot primarily for the money but after the first few days i realised that i wouldn't be earning much. i stayed on because i enjoy this site and i found this quite informative. reading through the discussions about the different perspectives of people from all walks of life is an eye opener for me. however, i also felt excited as the cents kept piling up. i will still be here but i won't participate that much. i will just read.

The entire community will have a new look as many with whom you are interacting may leave. We need to watch and see. It is also possible that users proclaiming that they are not here for money could have motivated myLot to take this decision when in fact that may not be true.

I have a passion for writing. And as much as I would want to spend that much on the site, that might cause me trouble with my husband. He would only allow me to go online if he knows that I am being paid for something that I do. Not unless I get another site that would pay like Mylot had, then I could still spend the same time with Mylot as before.

Hi dpk, How r u? I joined mylot purely with an intention of earning something extra but soon after joining i enjoyed the interactions/discussions/making friends etc so much that i forgot that i have come here to 'earn'. This is a unique site for discussions and in the absence of it.. i don't think so i will be so punctual here...

not 5-10% around maybe 50% ... but new members will surely come in. i will not run away to other sites because I did few months back ooops...

Well, nothing last forever. The seven years that I've been with this site has been wonderful and the friendships I earned is something that I cherish most. I hope to maintain my membership with mylot even though many of my friends maybe leaving this site after the changes. How sad!

Many of us were here for both the money and the interaction. We posted quality and got involved because we loved it. The money aspect is how we justified our time on here. The way they went about it and the wording of their original announcement was insulting. I think they will lose a lot of dedicated members that have stuck it out for years. I sure am not going to hang out and help them earn money after the way they announced it all yesterday. And I'm not leaving "solely because of the money"!!

All of us who stayed back here and now earning again!!!! Though I have not yet got the first payout after the new mylot started coz I am not regular here.

Hi dpk! Yes, it's true. Believe me, I really do/did like myLot. This place is/was totally my platform in more ways than one. I never exactly relied on the earnings here, yet I realize it is a factor in my usage of time, what little time I have to be on the computer. I've spent a lot of time in the past on other sites which had no earnings at all - I can easily get hooked to a place where people are welcoming and I just want to go back at every spare moment. But I'm in a place now where I need to seriously think about getting back into the work force - I need to think of the future for me and our family - but also the time I spend with them. The small earnings here (and other sites) have built up to lump sums that have helped us greatly - so actually, the earnings kind of justified my time here - as much as I enjoyed all wonderful exchange here with friends which was priceless. In any case, I take this as a sign to move on - regarding the earning end of things anyway. But friendships do not have to end. I know you enjoy connecting with people around the world to share thoughts and ideas - and that's great! (I know how to get a hold of you ). I just hope myLot holds up their end of things and that the new and improved site lives up to its expectations. I'm sure I'll come back to check it out anyway - it's not quite "the end" yet. Always a pleasure to chat with you dpk . . . best of luck to you in life and with the new round of myLot! But you'll be hearing from me eventually!

Well, will you still continue here when they start serving you with those adverts, those spam links and referral links? I feel that once we get on to the newer version, there will be nothing of anything near to discussions... we the people who have loved Mylot for its "Discussions" are going to have a tough time too... And as for quitting, I will, if I get no way to block spam, referral links and I do not find discussions. But as of now, I like you and many others, will have to wait, and watch how things shape up in the coming few weeks

I hardly know anyone here personally, never sent pm to anyone in my friends list.i just know people here by their discussions so i hope people will respond to me even after these new developments.I will be staying here too because the earning part on Mylot ended for me when the posting of Article writing tasks stopped.15-20 dollars by discussions would only pay for my Internet bill which was bonus,it was like have fun by interacting with nice people along with free internet.Now free internet wont be there but i dont mind that.Bonus is a surprise not a necessity. I will be active here like before although my activity will reduce when i go back to sail.So i am staying too,cheers.

This site is STUPID now! WHY are they copying twitter and facebook??? Why not be original? I will not be sticking around now that I have seen this site. It has nothing to do with the money... It has a LOT to do with the way we were told and now this site is stupid looking!! They are so not original anymore and it is a REPEAT site like others... NO THANK YOU!! Not everyone will leave because of the money, there are other reasons now that we see the stupid site...

hi Deepak, so i get this piece of informtion from you. it is unfortunate for many who particvipated mainly for money. I wonder how long people would continue on this site when people would eventually have no motivation at all. People have popular website to share their opinoions on a much larger base. may be it is a step towards its closure. i liked it as well however, just could not contirbute much. anyways, it was nice meeting you through mylot.

I'll be here my friend. Talk to you soon.

"I must agree if it ain't broken don't fix it," is more truer here mylotters will flee from here at an alarming rate. Even though the money wasn't much it was a good incentive to keep mylotters coming back. I'm still in the wait and see mode maybe there will be more changes to come.

I am not leaving so much because of the earnings but because of the way they worded the notice. They have since deleted the offending sentence, but suffice it to say it was rude. I won't repeat what it was as I don't want them to go deleting my response here as I do need the money that this response will generate. Now with that being said I don't want you to feel as if I've merely responded for the money. I've also responded because I will miss speaking with you and many others here, many whom I know are leaving right along with me. This site was a great site for friendship, for advice, and yes for money and earnings. Now it will most likely go downhill.

I think the saying, "If it is not broke don't fix it," applies here. I like the way old Mylot separated all the responses. This way makes it look all cluttered. Then all the topics are gone. How are we supposed to find an interesting conversation outside our friends?

I am not going to be here much longer and it has nothing to do with the money. This site looks ridiculous now and there is no more justification to being here. If I want to be on Twitter or Facebook. I will go on Twitter and Facebook. Many members are upset but they way they all got insulted and the rug pulled out from under them. From what I saw on a daily basis, the site wasn't that active with people having left but the numbers were still there and as someone said the little bit of earnings helped some people and it was justification for spending hours on a forum only site.