What is going on around here?

Writing a post (by which I assume you mean 'a discussion') allows YOU to earn when others respond/comment or otherwise interact with it. Nobody earns from their OWN responses/comments here (unless someone else interacts with the responses.comments). Once you get your head around that concept, it can be seen (as is stated in the Earnings Program FAQs) that whatever you post (discussions, responses or comments) only makes you eligible to earn: you don't actually earn anything until others interact with your post. It pays, therefore, to be 'interactive' yourself because that encourages (or should do, if you write in a particular way) others to interact with you.

If you prefer to write a post and not to comment this is why you do not earn very much. I only write a few posts a month, but I visit the others and leave comments and for me the site it's not at all slow, I already have more than 15 dollars in my bank.

I come here a while in the morning and then again in the afternoon and evening. I average 50-70 cents a day. I do notifications and responses to my followers posts.

It's a fact that time spent here equals money. If we're not here we earn very little.

I think it needs both. How can I help someone if they don't post anything? I don't know why your bank would be moving so slowly.

The thing is I really like the discussions and interactions. Have a nice day.

Well, it is not just you. This site many times does seem like it is taking forever to earn much in here. Maybe people are not as active in here right now?

If I post 200 discussions and no-one responds on them then I will ean nothing, nothing at all. Why? Because what I do will earn me nothing at all. Only when others respond on my posts will I earn - but they won't. They will earn when I comment back to their response. If an exchange of comments takes place (a discussion within a discussion) then those taking part will earn time that someone else comments back to what they typed. On this discussion only those who have RECEIVED something as a response or a comment to what they posted have earnt something here.

You can go through your activity and see how many responses and/or comments you have received on your activity.

@JolietJake or @MysDianait are better at explaining but yes essentially you are right.

@41CombedaleRoad , it is a fine balance between both, I guess. I can't post much but I try to be around. I hope you figure out what works for you.

When I have a block of time with which to interact I try to write a new post and then spend the rest of my time responding to the posts of others or even replying to some of the comments their posts generate. It's also good to reply to responses and comments left on your own posts. That shows the person that paid you a visit that you're willing to interact with what they said on your post. I don't earn as much as many do here because my time is more limited, but in the last month I've made one dollar. I have yet to get the five dollar mark within one month. Usually I can do it in two, but I have much to do at home to prepare for an upcoming surgery so I'm working to get those other things done while still being hopeful that I'll get to the minimum payout before the end of the month. I still have 1.22 to go and may not make it, but it's still to early to know. In the past three days alone I've already made almost fifty cents. That means that I've been active these past few day more than the other days of the month. Part of it is also getting to know those that tend to come visit you soon after you've visited with them. Most here will try to do that, but some are out working or shopping and get behind.

From what some say it seems you make more by responding to other discussions and commenting on there than from posting a discussion and having others respond.

It has always been slow for me.

Yes, you are wrong ... kind of. Their comments don't earn anything unless you (or someone) comments on them (and maybe not even then ... @GoAskAlice knows better than me). And (not counting the money you make on "tasks") your discussions only make money when people comment on (or maybe 'surf on'---I dunno). The 'clue' the FAQ gives is "The more that other myLot users interact with what you post, the more money it will make. If no one reads what you wrote, interacts with it, or otherwise considers it interesting, then you likely won't earn anything." http://www.mylot.com/mylot/earnings So the best way to 'win-win' here is to write keywords into your posts, and to only do one original discussion for every one-or-two comments you post.

Sometimes it moves quicker on here for me than others.

All I know (and really not the expert here) is we are to be involved in conversations in order to earn. Just keep 'talking' a bit longer?

I'm sorry you are having so much difficulty making payout. Unlike others, who create multiple posts a day, I usually create one, sometimes two. I respond to all comments in my notifications. Sometimes life gets in the way, but I do try. When and if I catch up on the notifications, I go to my followers to see what new discussions have been made. Don't be discouraged. Some days I spend a few hours here, other days a few minutes. It eventually works out. Best of luck and I hope this helps.

I've found the pennies are made in the interaction, not in the post, though you need the post in order to have the interaction. So the more you comment, the more you will earn.

For me it's not the money but just making friends and chatting. I enjoy being here so don't mind spending more time visiting other people and commenting on their posts rather than writing them myself. I've done more writing this week than usual.