Chatabout vs. MyLot

United States
January 6, 2016 9:50pm CST
I see that some mylotters are on chatabout and have posted about the site. I thought that I might add my two cents for those who are new to chatabout or are thinking about joining. Chatabout is a relatively new or young site. I am not certain that it is even two years old. There are some similarities to mylot and I joined the site to fill the void when I was no longer active on mylot. It is a legit site but it has gone through some growing pains and it is not as much fun as it used to be. I love the daily poll and paths. I, sometimes, watch some videos but they have raised cashout from 500 points to 1,000. It is not that easy to earn 1,000 points. Then, they added a captcha. In order to post, even a response, you have to do a captcha watching a short ad and then typing in the correct captcha. Along with that, they kept changing the rules. At first, you could write about other sites like swagbuckas or mylot. Then, they changed the rules and that is no longer allowed. it was explained tp me that posting about other sites causes members to go to these other sites and they want people to stay on chatabout. That was a real mistake, in my opinion. I always go to mylot to ask about or read about other sites. Being able to post about other sites causes me to come to mylot. I am staying with chatabout because it is a decent site but I am sure glad that mylot is back to paying and going back to the sort of original mylot.
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13 responses
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 16
Nice to see you, i remember you from old mylot I don't like the idea of having to go through that process before posting anything so i'll be sticking to just this site.
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• United States
7 Jan 16
Mike, I am so glad to see you back on mylot. You were one of my all time favorites on the older version. I just sent you a private message or tried to. Thanks for responding. I am now following you and hope we will be friends again on the new mylot. Happy New Year.
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 16
@bostonphil good to see the old members returning...happy newyear to you too
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@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jan 16
I didn't know about Chatabout. It's good not to have all your eggs in one basket.
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• United States
8 Jan 16
Agree. I am on many sites and they all add something to my life, including some money..
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Jan 16
lovely to see you here @bostonphil so far mylot is about all I can handle I was doing bubblews too the cheaters but l earned mylot was paying again so came here just before bb sank the ugly way that bubblews did us in stoppingand not paying those they still owed money to makes me ashamed I ever knew them
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• United States
8 Jan 16
I did get paid from Bubblews once or twice but I had a bad feeling about it right from the beginning.I gave up when they raised the cashout to $50.00.
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
7 Jan 16
i thought there would be interaction similar to mylot but there isn't because they don't allow responding to people individually. i also don't like that there aren't any dates on the topics.
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
7 Jan 16
i lost my chatabout account.. i couldn't log in ughhh.. so i'm staying with mylot
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• Philippines
7 Jan 16
@carexing25 did they tell you why you lost your account?
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@ram9523 (55)
• Bangalore, India
7 Jan 16
@bostonphil,This is the first time I have come to know about this site.I am going to check it now.
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
28 Feb 16
I just joined chatabout recently, and so far I am quite happy with the site, though I have heard a lot of negative comment (such as being banned from the site for no reason especially after requesting a payment). As I am not staying in United States, I don't get to do many offers or videos to watch, but I like the Double Point Day idea, so it helps me to reach the cash out point faster. Of course, mylot is still my number one site, as it's trustful and fun to interact with others.
@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
27 Mar 16
Hi, @bostonphil! I stopped when I earned $5. I don't like the number of words required to post and if I use some smileys, some parts of my comments are deleted and I'm mistaken for a cheater.
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
7 Jan 16
That's good to know but I barely have time for just this one at the moment...
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
8 Jan 16
When they doubled the points needed to cash out is when I stopped really participating on Chat About. 500 was reasonable, but 1000 is just too much. I devote my time to over here instead.
• United States
8 Jan 16
I agree. I continue to participate on the site but not as much as before because other sites pay better. If I did not like the site, I would not participate at all.
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
8 Jan 16
@bostonphil I also dislike how I can never get them to accept any of my articles :(
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
7 Jan 16
Thanks for this info. Just finding my bearings here after few sites over the years - so other sites can await their turn! siva
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
I do not know about that site. Keeping up with so many sites will need a lot of time. So I am now choosing sites which are reliable and friendly like myLot.
@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
28 Feb 16
It would be very difficult for me to manage my discussions on two different platforms. I am happy sticking to mylot and would like to spend more time here.