Keeping Score
@GardenGerty (160665)
United States
September 22, 2015 7:03am CST
Some people are very competitive. They must keep score on everything. I am not that way. When we learned new family games at home, we worked together. I am a team worker.
It turns out that working together here, on myLot is best accomplished as a team. I cannot post and post and worry about me and expect to make any progress in my bank. I need to be concerned about "you." I need to interact on your posts and you will in turn interact on mine.
Yes, I need to put something up for you to interact with. Yes, I need to acknowledge you and read what you write.
If I was just going on this month, I would not make payout. I would be about half way there. BUT I am rich in friends and connections. Numbers are just tools to express activity. Earnings is a way of scoring ourselves.
I am going to rest a little while, and pack some, but I think today will be a day when I do a lot here.
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19 responses
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 15
I do agree that everyone working togehter is what makes a good team. We have to be active on others posts, and they will be active on ours. I really do like that concept, as it is one of the best ideas that mylot could come up with. The old mylot wasn't as good as it is now, as far as discussions is concerned. I love the interactions, as that is where the teamwork comes in. You comment on my post, and I comment on yours. I am having a blast doing so.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
22 Sep 15
There is a lot of good interaction and you can tell people are having fun. There are things I miss about the old myLot, but this is fun for all of us.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@rosekiss If we spend all of our time worrying about what we do not have, we do not enjoy the present.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 15
@GardenGerty There are a few things that I miss too, but the fact that mylot has instituted the interaction, has really made it better, and I don't even worry about what the site has and what it doesn't have.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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23 Sep 15
It'sa good site and everyone seems to be doing there bit.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
The way we connect here is what I have missed at other sites. I tend to get really involved here.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@kevin1877uk I was never sure if I liked myLot best because it was my first forum site, or if we have just a special quality of members and style of interacting. I look forward to seeing more of your photos.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Sep 15
@GardenGerty I love the interaction and something I've missed.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
22 Sep 15
I am hoping I will also have more error free time. Thanks
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
When the site was set up differently you could tell that @hatley was the top user and I was #2. If @PhredWreck did not keep changing his name and ID he would probably be ahead of us all. I love myLot and I really want it to succeed.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@PhredWreck I had not wrapped my brain around it really. I am a bad score keeper on that account. I hardly ever look at that number unless I am checking a new connection.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
Right now if I post three times a day that is a lot. Two is what I average, but I only managed once yesterday due to timing out. My guess is that the timing out is something on my end and not the site so much, except it is busier later in the day.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@Juliaacv You are so welcome. Yes, you will see seasonal differences in how people interact here. If we have other things we can only enjoy on certain occasions, of course we should be doing those things. MyLot is always here for those other times.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
25 Sep 15
@GardenGerty I have not been able to post more then once a day here yet. I will hopefully work up to it but I've been enjoying the outdoor weather lately as that will come to an end soon enough. I do enjoy the interactions and could spend hours here just reading, commenting and never posting myself. I love these discussions and I have to tell you thanks again for leading me over!
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
22 Sep 15
I would imagine you are happier and more at peace this way.
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@kayshope (1670)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Sep 15
@GardenGerty sure am, I really miss my hom,e and busineess in mexico. but we are far better off here. Have a gereat day there.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
28 Jan 16
I don't worry about scores unless it is has to do with my health. LOL.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
28 Jan 16
@GardenGerty They are indeed. We need to focus more on what is important and weed out the other stuff that bogs us down.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
28 Jan 16
Those are the important numbers.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
23 Sep 15
Yes, you are very right that while interacting we gain knowledge and we make new friends
and it is a kind of team work. We gain new experiences here and we broaden our vision. We get to know whether other mylotters think in the same manner as we do and whether they react like us in a particular situation.We get to know about different traditions and cultures through discussions. Our earnings are incentives besides all the above benefits we get from mylot.
and it is a kind of team work. We gain new experiences here and we broaden our vision. We get to know whether other mylotters think in the same manner as we do and whether they react like us in a particular situation.We get to know about different traditions and cultures through discussions. Our earnings are incentives besides all the above benefits we get from mylot. 1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
I always felt like myLot was a good example of how the world should operate.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
24 Sep 15
Growing up with big brothers I learned to be a bit of a scorekeeper, but I don't think I carry it to extremes, and when playing team sports, for example, I always put the team first. Now that you mention it, myLot is sort of like a team sport! I never thought of it that way before. Well, I love myLot but will not be able to hang out here as much as I used to but at least the mechanical problems I was having getting on here for the last few weeks seem to be clearing up. Yayy!
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
I am thinking the mechanical problems, at least for me, have to do with how much traffic is on the site or on my isp. I have been trying to get here to your comment for two days.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
26 Sep 15
@drannhh I just got a phone with internet capabilities but have not tried to use it yet.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
25 Sep 15
@GardenGerty So then I am not the only one! I changed from my beloved Firefox to the new Edge browser and now it works a lot better, but although I can read and comment from my smart phone, the write option is covered up with something, so I cannot post from the phone. BUMMER!
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@jerzgirl (9291)
• United States
23 Sep 15
That's what I've heard from a former lamb who conducted a "test" of sorts on one of his discussions and he relayed what he learned from that. That's how it should be, although I can't promise how good I'll be at it since I'm only just now getting back in the game. But, I'm definitely going to try!!
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
I am so looking forward to having more time to catch up. I do read your facebook posts. You have a life going on away from here, and the rest of us should as well. That gives us stuff to write about here.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
10 Oct 15
Very well put and I would not have said it better myself either. Have you moved by now and got everything done that you needed to do? Hope so as you were doing some work on a room or two rooms if I remember. Having trouble finding others around here.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
11 Oct 15
Just finishing up moving the stuff. Now the work begins. It is a duplex that we want to make into single family.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Oct 15
@GardenGerty
Great idea I often see a few bits of that program they have over there about them selling their houses but those are worth a million dollars a time wow. Good luck with it fingers crossed it goes alright.xxx
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
25 Sep 15
I agree. These kinds of sites are all based on interaction. Some sites like this give limits to how many posts one could make in a day. But lets be real here, how many posts can a human make anyway. The other sites I know of and am part of are similar. One site has a 10 post minimum the other has a 15 post minimum. Who cares. I never posted that many in one day anyway. But the reality here is that interaction is the key. Yes we need to post so others have something to respond to. It is a team effort.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
Once upon a time in the myLot of old, I did a few posting experiments. It was easier then to tell what action would earn a penny. I posted eighteen discussions in one day here. No interaction. The next day I spent responding to same discussions. I do not remember what the end result was, other than I decided I should always mix it up and do both. And never eighteen again.
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@jstory07 (139708)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Sep 15
I agree with you it si team work that will keep this site going,
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
It can never be just "all about me" or you will lose the interest of your followers. I keep losing other things so I certainly do not want to do that.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
25 Sep 15
There is an appropriate place for competition, but I do not think it is here. I like the cooperation here, as well as the interaction.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
7 Oct 15
Yes it is nice to have friends that you can rely on and work together with. I had several friends here at myLot and on Gather that all transferred over to Bubblews and now back again here at myLot again. I enjoy keeping up with my friends and their lives.
@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
2 Jun 16
I agree, although the payment is nice, i came here looking for my old Gather friends.
@skysnap (20153)
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22 Sep 15
I used to keep score and have grudge. but these days I just want some things in life to pass by. I have no interest in pity drama. and also some of the time people are not that worth spending time over either. so I make sure that I spend the time wisely and let people work on their own stuff. These days the less I keep score and less pay attention to people i feel better.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
22 Sep 15
I only want to pay the good kind of attention to people and keep score against myself.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
30 Sep 15
Couldn't agree more. I don't understand why people would want to post tons of discussions per day but refuse to actively participate in other people's discussions.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
22 Sep 15
OH dear sounds like you have a busy time ahead if you are packing to move home. Good luck with that and as you rightly say the importance is mutual interaction. Have fun and don't over do it.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
22 Sep 15
I have a lot to get done, thirty years worth of accumulation and mostly my problem to move it. I only have a couple more weeks, or not even that.
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