Is MyLot too restrictive?

This is not an article writing group. It is a discussion group. In order to get people to talk about your posts, you need to post something interesting to many. I tried posting serious stuff but people here do not comment much on intellectual content.

Write an interesting post and check what is the response. Here, as in every place even offline, we finally find our friends (people who have similar interests). That happens with time, of course. When I check the recent posts, I usually read the title to see if I might be interested in the rest. There are other ways too.

I feel like you came at this respectfully enough. Interest itself is user generated. I have no control over what interests the members engage in. The only restrictions on the content of posts are in the community guidelines. I have to enforce these with a tricky balancing act. While I do not remove high quality content (provided it isn't inflammatory, plagiarized or overly "adult" in nature), I also allow for some more mundane postings of a social nature, to keep things a bit lighter, maintain a broader spectrum of content, and to allow for those of whom English is not a first (or even second) language to be able to engage with others and earn.

Try to write discussions that will be of interest to anyone who reads your discussion. Than hopefully you will get iinteresting responds..

Sometimes, you have to dig a little... but yes, many just relate the mundane.

You have hardly posted so have contributed nothing to making IQ level rise here. In fact you have done one or two sentences posts such Do you listen to audio books and Why Thanksgiving?

I never had that feeling so far dear friend @TheRamblingMan ! How gross may be the thing if you take care to post it in a polite way I am sure your discussion will be discussed here! Believe in me...that is the fact! Thanks!

See the number of responses you got despite the discussion not meant for the intellectuals

I do agree looking for or paying attention to writings from people that might like to have intelligent conversations might help a post be more interactive. Not sure the use of tags alone will get the job done but I suppose it is worth a try. It’s true the site is managed to restrict only extreme measures someone might use to grow income but I never got too concerned over that because the income is marginal here. Small income but it can still be appreciated as something that goes on at the sidelines. Can’t really accept the idea of this site not being a money making site like some suggest it should be defined as because there is an income even if it is marginal. Certainly it can be as social, as interactive, as intelligent, as news worthy and as interesting as someone might want to make it but really it is a money making site with the slogan “make friends, have fun, make money”? Money attracts so there will always be mundane postings unless the management hammer comes down calling for more intensive postings which doesn’t look to me to be a directive. ? “first step is to not think this is a money making site” - @JAWwriting (ignore step1 if you want to understand this site) ? “Perhaps, if you read the next related post you may begin to grasp, or get a basic indication, in which direction I am heading, although I doubt if you will realise the destination which is several stops ahead.” - @TheRamblingMan (care to use a little foreshadowing?)

I write a little and a lot about everything @TheRamblingMan . No not breakfast but I do try to interject humor in most everything I write about. I am a poet and even though a lot of people don't like poetry, I still try to make an overall statement about what the poem is all about. I don't think I've ever written anything 'mundane'; however, that is always a possibility.

This is more like a relaxing lounge where people come in to chit chat though intellectual induced discussion can also be posted but don't expect so much from it.Personally l prefer relaxing and interesting topics

My first advice I'd suggest using and searching for better directed tags for posts. The 5 you used did nothing to bring anyone here to have an intellectual conversation. 1. Comments - is this tagged used to just bring people who want to raise their interaction level up by commenting? And goes to show this post was one you complain about only a quick question with no real responsive value because all your replies were quick you agrees or no you are wrongs. 2. Quality Content - any intellectual will tell you if someone says believe me I am smart usually they are not. This tag seems to be the equivalent because if I am looking for quality content I search a relative tag to the topic I want not for the general quality content tag because I have found things under tag like this are far from fulfilling. 3. Restrictions - I don't know if anyone would search restrictions as a tag and this post really doesn't cover restrictions or gave examples where quality content was restricted. 4. Engaging - See my comment for no. 1. Further I think this tag would better suit an engagement announcement. Further see no. 2. 5. Drivel - A more suited tag I expect to find this type of post under such a tag. This is an invitation for engaging intellectual conversation on this topic and the use of tags not a request for a personal attack by a stranger. I am a writer so my tags are writing and writer. I write lessons and advice on writing so I use the tags lesson and advice. Use tags to find others with whom you would find less dribble and more content.

Just be active for as long as you want and write whatever you want. There are no restrictions from anyone here in mylot.

I've written what I call interesting, intellectual discussions and rarely receive any comments. I've also written a number of intellectual comments on other's discussions hoping to jump start the conversation or keep it alive, and the acknowledgement I receive is a "thanks for sharing". Goes to show that many,...if not most... mylotters are not intellectual, deep minded free thinkers. I can be mundane if I have to be. I need the money.

Really the first step is to not think this is a money making site and then talk about what interests you and slowly the dribble comments stop and those who share your interests actually hold intelligent conversations. I personally love writing and helping motivate others to write so my posts are mostly about writing or my writing. I ignore the mean bait posts and only follow those who try to truly interact. I have not found any of my postings to fall foul of this sites restrictions so haven't noticed a weeding out of quality over meaningless responses just to grow activity income.