Dear New Users: Stop Choosing Quantity over Quality

@BelleStarr (61102)
United States
December 22, 2015 10:04am CST
Why is it that new users feel as if they have to inundate us with mediocre posts? I like to go to New Users and see who has joined. Lately it has been pretty slim pickings. Lots of one line or repetitive titles with one or two words changed. Not anything to temp me. There are exceptions of course. Dear New Users, read the guidelines and get interacting. Give us one post so we know you are here and then go around and read and interact, that will lead to success. Making 10 short meaningless posts will not get anyone to interact with you and without interactions the site will fail you and you will have failed the site.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Dec 15
This happens all too often and is one of the main reasons that I started visiting that section far less frequently.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I take a quick look to see if there are plagiarists and if anything looks interesting. But it is most garbage lately.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Dec 15
@BelleStarr I have found the occasional one worth interaction, but sadly they seem to be quite rare.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
@Asylum I have to admit I look for familiar names and occasionally am rewarded.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Dec 15
Very true. Not interesting at all, I do like the No responses section though.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I do look there too but mostly I understand why there is no response lol
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Dec 15
@BelleStarr Yes I do too lol.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Dec 15
I agree with you. Some just do not understand all of the one line posts they make will just annoy others-not interest them.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
Some of them lately are just pathetic it isn't even worth telling them to stop.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
22 Dec 15
Good advice for "serious" newbies.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
Would be nice if they actually heeded it.
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@amnabas (14119)
• Karachi, Pakistan
22 Dec 15
Yes the site get flooded by the same users posts and those are mainly newbees.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
And they are not getting any comments so I am sure they leave and say this site is a scam or something similar when if they had used it correctly they would prosper like we do.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
22 Dec 15
I don't think it will ever change. People just don't read the rules.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I know we can't make them read but it is annoying anyway.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Dec 15
They seem to forget that they need to comment on our responses too. I get so irked when they keep on posting and d not comment back to my responses to their posts. I stop after awhile and they never acknowledge my responses at all.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
No they think they can make a lot of money by just posting and posting and posting. They don't want to put in the time it takes.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
23 Dec 15
Very well said, I hope that some of our new members read the discussion and see the value of the concept of discussion and apply that.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
I would have loved to have seen one comment from a new member who is guilty but of course I see nothing here, they are not reading.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
23 Dec 15
@BelleStarr That is the whole problem, I think that they are under the assumption that the more that they write the more that they will earn. You get that feeling when you are reading some of these one liner discussions, most of which consist of a question that can either be answered by reading the rules or by going thru a search engine in general. They will eventually run out of questions and either jump ship for read discussions such as this and partake in them.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
22 Dec 15
True without interaction no one will bother reading the one line posts. I do not usually like or comment on one liners!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
No me ether and I am guessing they are not reading each other which at least would make some sense.
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Dec 15
Maybe it's the "easy money" types who flooded Bubblews. Hopefully they won't survive here.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I can't imagine they will because they can't be making any money with no responses and no interaction.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
3 Jan 16
@TheHorse I haven't seen any that survive more than a few days. lol
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jan 16
@BelleStarr Heh heh. I wonder how long it will take them to notice that.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
23 Dec 15
If only they understood that posting a post no matter how big, isn't going to make a cent for them until they learn to comment and interact.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
And putting up 5 or 10 in an hour is just going to annoy people.
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• Canada
24 Dec 15
@BelleStarr And that is the truth. those who spam us get reported instead of comments on their posts
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
22 Dec 15
Well said. I find it so hard to respond to meaningless short posts. Give us something meaty and a proper discussion will form!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
At least don't make a general statement about say politics and ask us to comment. Give us a little something of substance.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
22 Dec 15
It seems this is the opinion of all of us here. We all have posted about this time and time again. what did one member say. You can lead a horse to water........... Well good luck on this one. I have tried to point these people in the right direction, giving them links and posts to read. They seem to say thanks and keep on posting. What can we do but just let them be until they can figure out how all of this works. Once they see that people get tired of answering all of their posts maybe then they will change.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
From what I have seen, no one is commenting on their posts.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
22 Dec 15
@BelleStarr Yes we do get tired of this one. Now even in no responses we try to comment on them and they just ignore us so now a lot of people ignore them too. It is not fair to us that it is one sided and they should consider to answer back or at last see how the site really works.
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@saurabhrmp (2283)
• Hyderabad, India
23 Dec 15
Yes, I agreed your point. I saw that many users are doing that. But, I think mylot is looking for Quality instead of Quantity
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
It doesn't have to be perfect but it should be understandable and the writer needs to interact with other members, that is the real key.
@rocky1980 (530)
• Chandigarh, India
22 Dec 15
I agree with you on this too. I find it better reading other's post and responding and commenting. I enjoy doing it. I only post a discussion if I feel like it will help me interact with more and more mylotters.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
You do need to post regularly but interaction is more important. You have got the right idea.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
23 Dec 15
People like that are just here for the money but don't realize you have to work in order to earn money.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
I know and it is so annoying because they fill up the new user section with their nonsense.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Dec 15
@BelleStarr Yes, they really do and it's then hard to find other users discussions that would be a lot more interesting.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
23 Dec 15
Very good advice...if they care to take it....Merry Christmas to you
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
Merry Christmas to you too and I would feel a littlle better if even one of them commented or liked this.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
@bookbar lol Probably a better chance of the Holy Grail showing up
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
23 Dec 15
@BelleStarr You must be the eternal optimist, so good luck with that, bit like asking for the Holy Grail to turn up on your doorstep
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• India
23 Dec 15
thats right people should have knowledge about this....... Rather then making more posts its interesting to interact and know other people and make friends....
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
I am gad to see that you have figured out how it works, it is a great site but interaction is crucial.
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• India
24 Dec 15
@BelleStarr yahh you are right interaction is very important......
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• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Dec 15
i used to go to zero responses page and new users to support them or make them feel welcome but I think im overdoing it..now I cant find any much interest doing so. I think I need to change my habit..BTW my posts might be very few but im not new :) just got back here :) i cant remember the details of my old account si I was forced to get a new one
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Dec 15
I think there are many old members who had the same issue, you will no doubt find them. And yes I agree when I look at no responses these days, I don't respond either.
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• Quezon City, Philippines
23 Dec 15
@BelleStarr i still try to but I guess I might want to visit other section more this time :p
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@anu5588 (94)
• Bangalore, India
23 Dec 15
Don't you think that people who came here to earn will focus on earning only! But as I know if you have quality then you earning will sure be high. Multiple posts with low quality will give less earning than a quality post with great no of words and totally enthusiast to read and informative.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
24 Dec 15
The thing is no matter how high quality the posts are if the author does not interact with other members they will not make money. Interactions make money not posts.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
24 Dec 15
@anu5588 It should at least show that the person actually read and is following the discussion not some generic "good post" etc.
• Bangalore, India
24 Dec 15
@BelleStarr But the ressponse should also be little lengthy and more words should be there and yeah it must be realted and not some crap!
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