What does Mylot mean?

I've always just imagined it to be rather general. like my lot or the things of mine here here in this space. Could be words, people, whatever, all rolled into one. It's my lot in life.

I tend to think Ourlot would be better as it is more communal than personal here

The history of the name is interesting. A 'lot' often means a piece of land - as in a 'parking lot' or 'an empty lot' and it's sometimes used to mean the whole piece of land on which one's house stands and including the lawns and the garden. It's mostly an American usage (and that makes sense, because MyLot is an American company). 'Lot' can also be used to mean 'a collection of things to be offered for sale' or a person's 'given tasks, duties or position in life'. You could think of MyLot as being 'your place where you can be creative' or 'your collection of things you are offering for discussion' or (perhaps, more cynically) 'the things you have to do so that when you've done all you can you say "Well, that's my lot for tonight!"'. Isn't English a peculiar language that three little letters can mean so many different things and be used in so many different ways! I am not sure quite how the name 'MyLot' came to be used for a discussion site but I do know that the first site to be called 'mylot.com' seems to have been a site about gardening and garden maintenance and nothing to do with what it is today. In 2003 the domain name was being offered for sale by a site called 'RusticDecorating.com'. I believe that the current owners bought the domain name sometime in 2005 and opened MyLot (as a discussion site) for business in April 2006. Whatever meaning you find most suitable for the name 'MyLot' is up to you. It is, after all, as much YOUR Lot as it is mine and everyone else's here! Here are all the 'snapshots' of MyLot.com which have been taken by the Wayback Machine. Have fun exploring the history of the site!

That is interesting. That is something I never gave much thought to. I would like for them to tell us how they came up with the name. Maybe it means My Lot. Like a lot where we keep our content.

Not really sure what it means. Good question.

I never gave it any thought, but suppose the lot can refer to a place, as in an empty lot. Therefore, My Place or my lot. Ta da!

I suppose this thought would have crossed many of us. I too have thought about it and your interpretation seems to go in the right direction.

I would think it means your lot of writing, my writing.

I'm going to see if I can't dig up the Q&A discussion where that was addressed. This site was originally going to be "The Lot," but apparently they sold the domain name after being approached by someone associated with a TV show. (thelot.com now directs to the site for Paramount Studios) Found the discussion I'm thinking of, but I'm going to be hunting through the Internet Archive for the actual answer because it's a pain in the neck to try hunting through that many responses on discussions here.

Its like this is my space I do enjoy being here.. I love the interaction and the fun here.,. You really get to know people on this site.

I can have theories, but I do not know for sure. Why not to ask to someone who knows, did you ask Alex?

I am still trying to figure out what Persona Paper means LOL.

I just checked the definition, apparently "lot" also means a group of people so I guess it's like saying "my peeps"?

I thought about it as My lot - my space - where I can share my writings, ideas or anything.

I have always thought of it as being a "lot" as in a space, and also in terms of it being my contribution to that space, that lot.

I came here intend to have a talk with people all over the word ,get to know how people live in different ,and what happened in the world ,also,as a man live in a non-English country ,maybe I can get the knoeledge of daily English using by people in the world.

@Jessicalynnt,'Lot' means a big amount,much and a particular group of persons etc.Here the mount you earn,the fun and friends you make are your lot.

I think of it as "my lot in life" is to enjoy this writing site. Wonder what it really means.

I'm in the same boat as you... Scratching head* Mylot. maybe like "parking lot" similarities? hmm best to stick around and find out.