etiquette on MyLot

I think you have hit this right on the nose to a point. Yes, certain things are based on the earning but I think when it comes to topics and responses it is based more on qualtiy. People on here have a big problem with the silly questions that don't really spark discussions, like your "do you like toast" question. I myself have nothing against one-line comments if it is a a well thought out, well written comment that is pertinent to the discussion. I don't like the one word comments though as that to me is just a cop out and a way to earn a little more money. I do make it a point to check out the discussions of people who respond to mine but I will not answer one if there isn't one that interests me. I did want to thank everyone who responded to my discussion but i emailed admin and they said that that could get my account suspended. They said that it is against the rules to post just to say thank you. It is okay to post if you are adding to the discussion but not just to say thank you. I also do rate discussions and responses and I reat them honestly. I don't only rate responses to my discussions. I use the rate and report buttons for all responses that move me in one way or another. I do also check out discussions that my friends started each time I am here but again I only respond to the ones that actually interest me. I do also pick the best responses but I wait until the discussion is a week old before doing so. To me that is part of what mylot is about. rewarding people for intelligent quality discussions and responses. I like the change to only giving you credit for a discussion you started once someone responds. This will hopefully do away with the people who start 50 discussions a day that are all 'what's your favorit color' or 'do you like me' type of posts. Those are the kind of discussions that could go away totally and I woulnd't mind at all. So yea I agree that the standards are based strongly on the payment plan but I think it is also based on the quailty of discussions. At least that is what it is trying to encourage.

Ya, I would say your mostly right. There is obviousley a formula to follow to make money here. However, I don't believe that it should be the driving force of anyone's motivation to be on mylot. Mylot is developed to create discussion and rewards people for great input. Sure, I will respond to my friends discussions, mainly becuase they provide good topics. I will also reply to my discussions to keep it going and offer my input. Yup, you should go back and rate everyone on your discussion too. Best of luck!

Oh yes its really great system i mean, Marking the best response and then giving a positive to those with good sense It is al great You can search for topics of your interests You can get updates on other friends topics You can sort out and manage your interests Its pretty neat

I do try and respond to my friend's discussions because for the most part i've added them because they post interesting topics and because it helps them out. I never leave one word comments or rate people who leave one word answers. But if they reply yes or no to my post and it doesn't relate to the question/topic posted, than i give them a negative rating. You'll find that some people steal others comments and try to pass them off as their own, and for offenses like that I always alert mylot, luckily some make it so obvious that you should have no problem! Once someone quoted what I myself had written back to me! lol!

I agree with you..it is courteous to comment on a person's reply..but you could do better than just a "thank you" I've been in myLot only for 2 weeks now and I"m enjoying it. Of course we have a lot of rubbish in the way but can't help it. Those unethical ones don't get my responses that's it! I try to reply to every post made to my discussions, but sometimes its not possible esp when there is nothing to comment! But I read each and every comment and care what other people think. I also try to start worthwhile discussions than just the yes or no types.

Hey!! thanks for sharing the peice of information. I did not knew a few things about mylot!!

Although we should follow good manners but in a discussion forum if u like something u have to just say what a ncie post or something but not thanking him/her

Yes I agree with all you have said. I dont know that Mylot dont credit when there are no one responded on my discussion for I have several discussions that have no response.

This is all well and good, but some discussion responses are a statement of facts or "one of comments"...some being quite good too I might add, making it difficult to add or continue on with the discussion unless one wants to become agressive or taunting! This also risks the wrath of myLot...and seeing as how there is no pay for "Thank you" type lines, where is the harm in displaying curteousy?? as the line doesn't take up that many bytes!

thanks for sharing all these my friend

This is very good thread. I did not know the rules about thank you. I don't always say thank you, but for me I will still say thank you even if I am not rewarded. I am not sure I understand how the friends comment works but I do post now and again to my friends discussion.

Well I guess as far as etiquettes are concerned MyLot is a lot better than other forums. People are nice here.

the negative and positive rating is good as we can can rate a response on its quality. it irks me when seeing people answering something not needed. actually you can see it in your own discussion when people just answer one liner that bring you nothing for information. such as "this is good", "I don't know", "mine is better", "this is interesting". just to make their post higher. I gues the rules is needed. but at the same time number of stupid response still will exist because we're talking about money here (when it's just a small amount of money.. geez) but the best response option for example is good as it gives a good response an acknowledgement thus encouraging people to do it better although I've seen people awarding their friends with best responds when the friends only say something like "yes, I like it" when there are lots of obvious better answers.

Excellent topic! I rated + for this thread. I was wondering how mylot did the payout for responses and such. You really cleared alot of it up for me there are some parts since your not sure about, that I will see about or hopefully someone else will clarify it in another post. I think I will go back and do some rating myself. Thanks!

Just be nice to each other...and respect each others opinions. Share tips when you have them, and warn people when you see something going wrong.

1 really appreciate. i feel exactly the same way and comment to all responses, remember to mark best response, browse through all other responses which i find interesting and often add them to my fiend's list. i try to answer my friends' posts, unless its something i don't know actually. lemme tell you i just love doing this not for earnings but for spending quality time and if i get paid for what i love doing i think it's great. thanx for the post

Well personally I've only been on this site for a short time however, I have noticed a certian behavior pattern. It somewhat reminds me of highschool. Certian groups of people "cliques" gang up on other groups who disagree with their ideas and thoughts. Its funny to me but such is life.

I own my own forum and I have rules set up. I like to think I treat people how I'd like to be treated. And those who can't be polite and abide by the rules.. Well.. They don't need to come back. I think humans do like rules. And they always look for a leader. And they will typically follow suit to what the leader does.

I dont get it if I thank people I get banned or is that what Im understnading the comments to say. I posted a thank you to people who gave me advice last time is that ok or is that going to get me into trouble.

This is a great post! I had forgotten about top-posting being taboo on Usenet. I used to belong to a couple of Usenet online support groups, one for cancer, and one for alzheimer's - as I had friends affected by both. But I haven't been on Usenet in a while. I didn't realize, either, that to simply thank someone for his/her response to your post on myLot is not acceptable. Hmmmmm. Learn something new every day!