Do you let your friends and relatives know about your account in Mylot?
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
November 26, 2015 7:21am CST
I personally keep life separate from my real world friends and relatives.
I do not have Facebook or other social networking account, and I do not let them know about my money making activity online.
Mylot is my private world, and I do not intend to share.
As it is, I spend time with my real life friends, and relatives, and keep the association offline.
If I want to share about some incidents or unhappiness that happen offline, I will not use real names.
This is to prevent them from knowing that I write about them.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
26 Nov 15
I have told them, but none of them are interested.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
26 Nov 15
@Hatley You are quite an intelligent lady, dear friend. Some people let life go by, others try to do the most with what they have.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
26 Nov 15
I find it more compòlicated not to say anything abot myLot rather than mention it. I have received cards and gifts from online friends and it is so much easier to explain that I met them online than hide the gifts and keep it secret.
MyLot IS a part of my real world and find no difference between 'real' and 'virtual' nowadays at all.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
Mylot is real to us who are users.
It is not real to those who are not here.
My friends are not here in Mylot, and I do not want to explain to them as they are not interested about reading and writing.
They just want to play games online, and they want to upload their lunches and dinners.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I understand where you're coming from. I decided to let my family and friends know what I write here and on other writing sites. I'm reluctant to write anything that they would object to anyway. The result has been better than expected. Not only do many of them read my stuff but several family members started taking up writing online making a little money like I do. Nice to have them adding to my discussions here.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
I have tried before with some friends, and most of them gave up reading my articles.
That was back when i was writing in Helium.
Now they do not care about my online activities, and I do not care about their online activities.
They just want to watch movies, and play games.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
@scheng1 I actually have a lot of friends and relatives with writing aspirations of their own. They also find some of my humour entertaining.
@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
27 Nov 15
There's nothing secret about my online life but no one I know cares so I don't bother them with it.
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@StefaoChiavelli (2)
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27 Nov 15
Yes I do agree in what you wrote, private data should be hidden as possible as much as possible. The web is a really good tool but sometimes can also be negative. But at the same time I think that social media as Facebook, Instagram are useful to keep in contact with old friends, relatives who live far etc..
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@StefaoChiavelli (2)
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28 Nov 15
@scheng1 that's very true as well. To many people (especially from Asia ahah) tend to capture every single thing throughout the days.
Sorry, can you explain briefly to me how to make money with this web site? I'm new
@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 15
Hi @scheng1 , glad to see you are here too!
I don't mind telling, but since most of my friends are not interested or do not trust making money online, I just don't care sharing.
I agree that mylot is a place where we can write freely. I like to share something here that I might not share in Facebook, not because I talk something about my friends, it's because the things I tell might not interest them at all, or they do not agree at all, but I get more positive feedback from mylot, such as homeschooling, playing in the rain or handwork.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
Yes, my friends are not interested in reading or writing too.
They are more interested in sharing pictures of their meals, as if everyone wants to know what they eat.
I think we are doing so much better than them.
At least we are using our time wisely, and have something to show for the future.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
27 Nov 15
In the real world, no one is interested to know about our (read my) online activities, therefore, I do not share anything with anyone.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
27 Nov 15
@scheng1 Yes, you are right that they are more interested in what I buy for them.
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Nov 15
I will tell anyone that wants to know, as it if helps them to earn online, then why not? I have tired coaxing my family and friends here, but they just aren't interested, and I don't ask them again. I think the more that know about mylot, the better, as if they join, and we interact with them, then it is more money all around, and I am certainly up for that.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
Yes, that is my experience too.
Back when I was making a few hundred dollars from Helium, and I talked to my friends about it, they were just keen enough to submit one article.
In the end, I keep my online life private, and do not share with them again.
They do not want to know, so I can write more freely without worrying about their opinions.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
I think my friends are making much more money than me, and that is why they do not care about making a few dollars more.
They are spending much more money than me too.
I think Mylot is really a good thing.
It makes us spend more time here, and earn, instead of spend.
@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
27 Nov 15
It is different with me, I tell to some of my relative that I try to make money online. But I don't tell them what site I join to. Because most of them do not know about how to make money online.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
27 Nov 15
I think all of us learn to keep something to ourselves.
Sometimes I know that my friends want to tell me off, but they are too polite to do so, and they still value our friendship.
They probably say it in their dreams!
I say it online but they do not know that I am talking about them.
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
27 Nov 15
Basically, it's your personal haven I get that just depends on if others want to take the jump.
@deaaborfa (63)
• Abuja, Nigeria
26 Nov 15
I will only inform my friends about mylot when I receive my first payout to prove to them that making money here is real
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
26 Nov 15
Getting paid is a certainty.
I have been making money online since 2009.
Granted that there are a few sites that do not pay, and shut down before they start to pay, the amount I have earned is still much better than many others who are not making much.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Nov 15
@PhredWreck what thrilled me was that I got paid by mylot the same day I took out what was left of my ssi check so I had
a nice litte amount to pay my cable bill after all with out my cable I can not my lot lol.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
26 Nov 15
You write about them this is why you keep your account unknown to them. hahaha You are very smart.
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
26 Nov 15
I did tell one friend about it, I thought she might want to join.