former mylotters losing their edge after moving to the other places

I can certainly agree with you about commenting, if the site you are referring to is Bubblews. Although past MyLotters seem to be generally better at commenting than other users, comments are usually shorter than they would have been on MyLot. I think that that is somewhat what I would expect (and certainly it's a consideration when I'm commenting) because the person commenting doesn't earn anything directly by doing so and ALL comments earn exactly the same amount for the OP, whether it is "Nice post" or a detailed, meaningful and useful comment of several paragraphs. I can't say that I've noticed any particular reduction in writing standards from ex-MyLotters but that may be because I haven't been looking for it or because I'm following different people to you. What I have noticed is that ex-MyLotters in general are slightly more inclined to post articles which invite discussion (and therefore tend to generate more and better comments from other users). Of course, it isn't universally true - there are plenty of people who aren't past members of MyLot who have also realised that one of the 'secrets' to earning more from Bubblews is to invite discussion naturally by the way one writes. Of course, explicitly asking for comments is considered a violation of the rules but there are subtler ways in which to encourage them which are quite legal!

As far as the bubbles place, it pays differently, and I am noticing that people who used to be far more active in commenting are now mostly only intersted in their own posts. Whether this is because they only get paid for activity on their own posts, or because notifications often drop off before you can get to them, I don't know.

I miss the old myLot layout where we could see the discussions we started and the responses of our friends and our own responses - I hope Bubblews will improve there. The layout there is not so inviting to discussion. I would love to be able to respond directly under someone's comment. Bubblews is making progress one bit at a time, so we will see what it leads to..

They haven't lost their style. Maybe it's just because they are in unfamiliar territory and dealing with different expectations. They might not feel as comfortable on those other sites as they did on Mylot.

Perhaps you can loose your edge if you loose your comrades. Comrades might be a poor word choice but the only one I can think of at the moment. Whatever we call it (the feeling) where you feel you belong and part of something because of the kind of interaction you are getting, perhaps this is the part that can effect our attitudes and thus what happens to our style?

I'm sure you're not talking about me; I know I was bad here and I couldn't possibly do any worse there...

I thin on the other sites, users just cannot make long discussions with comments, counter comments and sub-comments. Writing an article for the sake of earning has no comparison with the discussions which used to be made on the older format of mylot. Let them do what they want. I do not normally visit other sites (due to paucity of time) to check what others are doing.

ouch! how about you? have you noticed any change in yourself? you've been there many months now.

I think the reason for this is because Mylot does not pay. However if they allo people to post links etc. Then that is good. But there is just not a lot of traffic on here like the old days.