Two words for new members : FAQ you !

@topffer (42156)
France
June 10, 2017 4:04am CST
I had a look at the profile of a new follower this morning. I usually follow back all followers having some activity, including you, new members. This follower was 1 day old and had already made 159 responses. I was ready to follow back when I had a deeper look. All the responses were 1 or 2 words responses like : «Yeah», «ok», «good»... Boy, with a simple macro software I am sure that you can be a lot more performing and respond to, let’s be reasonable, 400 to 500 discussions/hour with comments like these without even being in front of your computer, and that you will become soon a myLot millionnaire. Hmm, when something seems too good to be true, it is probably not true. When you join a new web site like myLot, you should always read first the holy scriptures of this site. We have several here, that you will find by clicking «Help» on the menu below your name. Our worshipped guidelines are telling you to not start «Discussions, responses or comments that offer little or no value - Answers like "I don't know" or "I don't care" help no one and will be removed.» Our respected FAQ says : «I don't have anything to contribute to a discussion, should I comment on it anyway? - If you have nothing useful to add to a discussion, you should simply move on and find one to which you can contribute. Simply replying with “I agree!” or “thank you” will likely result in your comment or response being removed. You may, of course, use the ‘Like’ feature to show that you have read the discussion and the responses and comments and think that they are worthwhile, even if you have nothing to say.» If you do not follow our holy scriptures, you are exposing yourself to the rigor of the Law. I checked again the profile of this member to start this discussion : all his 159 responses are gone ! It reminds me an old 17th C French fable, «The milkmaid and the pot of milk». A milkmaid, a pot of milk on the head, was going to the town to sell it, and was thinking at what she would do with the money of her milk. She would buy eggs that would give her chickens. With the money of the chickens she would buy a little pig. With the money of the fat pig, she would have enough to buy a cow and her calf. With... When she was dreaming, she felt down and her fortune spilled on the ground... New members, if you want to earn something here, read the guidelines and the FAQ and never try to game the system.
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25 responses
@allknowing (136541)
• India
10 Jun 17
You killed two birds with one stone!!!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
It ends by a fable with an alternative moral : When you are tempted to write a 4 four letters word (and I was, when I discovered these yeah/ok responses), just write it with 3 letters to stay polite.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
10 Jun 17
@topffer You sure know how to without breaking rules.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
@allknowing I never break any rule. Quite never.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
10 Jun 17
That is why recently they updated the rules for reminding for all old members as well as the new members.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
The FAQ is a good complement to the guidelines, but some new members think that they do not need to read them. This discussion written for newbies has not received yet a response from one of them... even a "Thank you."
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@annierose (21583)
• Philippines
10 Jun 17
I found him irritating as well. Maybe he thought that he can earn fast that way. I also find it disrespectful to just comment "OK" to a discussion especially if it starts with a question which means that the mylotter should give an answer and not just two letters "Ok."
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@annierose (21583)
• Philippines
10 Jun 17
@topffer I looked for my response to him but I cannot see it anymore. Maybe his profile is deleted already?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
@annierose Mine is still here and got a new follower. Maybe he was not the same ? I suspect that he created several profiles.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
Yes, he tried to game the system, but as long as nobody likes or comments back, he cannot earn anything with this method, even if his spam responses had not been deleted. He should have better invested his spare time to read the help section to understand how myLot works.
• Pamplona, Spain
10 Jun 17
I like the fable of the milkmaid and the pot of milk. I have just got on here for a shortish time today and I have learned somethng new again. I hope they read those kind of guidelines then they just cannot go wrong.
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• Pamplona, Spain
10 Jun 17
@topffer Long fables for such young children to learn. Loved it and I was reading it in French before I looked at the English version. Read it through about three times to get the gist of it and then went to the English one to see if I had got it more or less right. Thank you very much for posting the link and I have learned a few verbs there in French. Okay not to pronounce them but I understand them yes as far as the fable goes.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
I give you a link to the fable that I have found for another responder where you will find it in French, followed by an English translation. It is from Jean de La Fontaine who wrote several famous fables, among them some that French pupils have to learn by heart to recite them at elementary school. They are often funny, but not that easy for a young kid. New members should better read the guidelines and the FAQ instead of trying to game the system with 1 word responses : it does not work.
Didn’t your Mom always tell you “watch where you walk”?This charming and well known fable is the perfect example of why you should.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 It is difficult for a foreigner. Many words are a bit obsolete, and these fables are difficult to learn for children today. The same happens with our great 19th C writers, even with Balzac who was writing a very simple French : many words are explained in school books, like if they were written in Latin. The global school level has lowered. 30 years ago about 40% of teens were having a high school diploma, now it is about 90%. It is not because they are better. The result is that an end school diploma is worth nothing today. The selection is done later at college, and it is a carnage : 50% of students are not reaching the second year of college...
• Philippines
10 Jun 17
oh, yes thank you for sharing., Even I need the faq every once in a while.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
The updated FAQ is very complete, and should respond to quite all the questions asked usually by newbies. They should invest a bit of their spare time on it, it is a quality work.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
11 Jun 17
Hello! I am a new member on this site. Are you a good person to follow? When will I receive my first million dollars from myLot? What should I do if the check from myLot doesn't arrive by the end of today? How much money have I made from talking on your discussion? Will that amount be added to the one million dollar check I will receive at the end of today? My friend on Facebook told me he is the owner of myLot and he guarantees these are all true facts. What time, exactly, do the checks for the day get passed out to us? I am hoping you can confirm all these facts for me, please? Thank you! I do appreciate your help with these.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
I have only two words for you : F*** you, hmmm, FAQ you ! There is a small typo in the Earnings FAQ that I am correcting for you : "How much money do I have to earn before you will pay me? - At least $5." Instead of $5, you should read "$5m" : you will not receive one but five millions, because you need $5 millions to get a payout from myLot. You see how this site is generous?
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@topffer I am returning the sentiment with interest, Top!
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
10 Jun 17
Yes it makes no sense why somebody would respond with one or two words back to every discussion when it's supposed to be discussion hopefully they will do something soon about this
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
I suppose they were trying to game the system, but such a strategy has not a chance to work. They should have better invested their spare time to read the help section.
@carebear29 (31968)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
10 Jun 17
it has been updated too. good post friend
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
Thank you. Yes, all these 1/2 words responses have been deleted.
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
11 Jun 17
it's sad that such responses are starting to creep in here. I'm glad Admin are making the effort to remove them.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
It seems that 2 members (or the same with 2 profiles) did it 2 days ago, and that one of these accounts has been deleted. They will not game the system with this stupid strategy, but these spammers are annoying.
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I receive one of those comments, if I remember well "good, ah ah ah", I have deleted it.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
We have a member who is far to be a newbie who specialized with these kind of borderline comments. "good" alone would have been deleted later by a bot, "good, ah ah ah", no. It is an art somewhere. I do not delete these kind of comments, we earn with them.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@topffer For what I have understood nobody earns from stupid comments that bring nothing interesting to a discussion. This is why I delete them. I know the one you mention.
@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
10 Jun 17
I think you have put it very concisely. Don't comment if you are going to make a run like the newbie did. It is always a good thing to read the guidelines before you get started or you could end up in the slush pile.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
This one was trying to game the system, but his method could not work. Sure, he should have better invested his spare time by reading the help section.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
11 Jun 17
@topffer If he had read it he wouldn't have wasted his time trying to cheat the system. He could have actually done the commenting.
@thelme55 (77081)
• Germany
10 Jun 17
I love the story of the milkmaid. LOL. That is counting the hens before it hatch. Yes, reading the FAQ is the first thing one should do before joining a site.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
It is one of the fables that we have to learn by heart at elementary school and this one is long and difficult... at least for a 7 or 8 years old child. I give you a link where you will find an English translation of this fable. Enjoy.
Didn’t your Mom always tell you “watch where you walk”?This charming and well known fable is the perfect example of why you should.
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@thelme55 (77081)
• Germany
11 Jun 17
@topffer thank you for the link. I will check this out.
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
10 Jun 17
Also thank you for the 17th C French fable update too. I like French culture. To some extent I know French literature and history.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
If you are interested, here a link to the fable, in French and in English.
Didn’t your Mom always tell you “watch where you walk”?This charming and well known fable is the perfect example of why you should.
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
10 Jun 17
@topffer Oh, great thanks! It will be useful to me and my activities from now on.
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
10 Jun 17
Thank you for this update.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
Hmm, humor, you know.
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
10 Jun 17
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
10 Jun 17
Your spin on this may catch some people's attention. We can only hope. I guess that person has not found me yet. I do have people who make somewhat empty responses, not to the subject, but they at least write a sentence or two telling me my writing is good to read.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
It seems that 2 members (or the same with 2 profiles) did it yesterday, and one had his account deleted. Instead of trying to abuse the system to earn a few cents, they/he should have better read the help section. We all get times to times a response given just to earn a cent or to be pleasant with us because we responded to a discussion...
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
11 Jun 17
Yeah. Ok. Good. Nice. Thanks. Uh hum. Sorry, can't help it! Seems a lot was going on when I wasn't online here in myLot. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Ok?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
Something new happens every day at myLot. It was a childish attempt to earn here by giving 1 or 2 words responses. They did not managed to rob the myLot's bank.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
12 Jun 17
@topffer uhmmm, ok.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
10 Jun 17
Take time to read the guidelines? But why?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
For once that I start a discussion for new members, I get only responses from old members. Besides, I suspect your response to be an act of sabotage.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
10 Jun 17
If people join MyLot just to make money, they will be sorely disappointed. In my book the money is just a bonus. I've made friends here and interacting with them is what I look forward to. I've read posts written by newbees. Some are good, others, not so much. The one and two word comments are annoying, but what really bugs me are the post that are one sentence long.
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• Philippines
10 Jun 17
I think he thinks that he'll earn more with more comments and responses without knowing that mylot is into more meaningful thoughts.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 17
Yes, he wanted to game the system, but it did not worked as expected. He would have better used his spare time if he had read the help section.
11 Jun 17
There are so many greedy scammers. There are also dumb people who think that they must survive somehow. They don` t care if it is fair to people who really make an effort. They don`t think if it is fair to the site owner who loses money and reputation with such members.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
More a spammer than a scammer. He thought that he would make easy money with 1 or 2 words responses. After having had 159 responses deleted after 24 hours, this one will not do it again and has probably read the FAQ now.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 17
@Alternative4 I would not be surprised if they had received a "first and last warning" PM.
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11 Jun 17
@topffer I bet they still wonder what they have done wrong :)
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