Reporting to Mylot when responses are not relevant to discussion topic.

I report responses all the time. It's too bad that there are so many people out there who will post something that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.

Thats a good thing to do. It will help mylot and its users as well. I got a irrelevant response the first day itself, to my first discussion. I reported it to mylot, but I guess they are on a Christmas holiday :) The post was still there the last time I checked. What happens to these posts. Are they deleted or the user itself is banned on mylot?

I can't say that this is a bad way to act. But it is a little bit tough. I care for good answers but some people are just unable to gu=ive them. Why punishing them so hard?

Will do Elusive, maybe this will help in the effort to clean up mylot, when users realize they are not benefiting from there posts that dont have an relevance or posts consisting of 1-2 words. I for one will be tagging along with Elusive on this one.

Please also give - rating for some who are just starting stupid discussions without ever participating in other discussions.

even i ave found this and have noticed it a number of times..what fun do these people get in posting such replies....or do thy do it just for the sake of earning money? i think it is the money part.

that's very good! i do that too..in fact, i just reported one member to myLot for abuse this afternoon...i was the first one who responded to that discussion and this member, 'morelo' actually copied some part of my response and pasted as his....at the 2nd response..i was so mad that i reported him immediately! i've seen some people who copied and pasted as their own responses and i do report them too! thanks for your discussion! hope that it could reach out to more and we could report them to myLot so that we can find more quality responses here! :D

you are doing the right thing, just giving negatives isn't enough to stop these cheaters!

I encounter the same problem a lot of times. People are cutting and pasting parts of other responses, or they just post things like " i agree" when even that makes no sense. I think the serious MyLot users should constantly report & rate them negative as for me this is the only way to get rid of those misusers ...

Hoping that I am not one of your offenders. I do miss the mark a bit when responding on occasion. I understand your stance in reporting the abuse of a system we all belong to and hope we are proud of. The one and two words blurbs seem to be an effort to raise the numbers for making the title of Top User. Seems a shame that that would count! I will be vigilant for offenders that I come across. And please my fellow responders try to explain your point of view or expound on why you might feel that way! Thanks for starting this discussion!!

I'm on board with you. I've been reporting like crazy. Be sure to also use the + report, though. This helps the users who are playing by the rules. One of the new tricks that I've seen lately is people respond by pasting song lyrics or a poem which is totally not relevant to the discussion; it probably registers to MyLot as a good response, and they get paid. I've been going crazy reporting them in my discussions as well as when I find them in others.

I have been reporting those folks who persist in copying my posts and pasting them in as there own work ... I mark down those who reply with one word .. or with a stock phrase that they put in every reply they make ... and I try to give plus ratings to foklks who have taken the time and trouble to answer my discussion properly .. So far .. I might add .. I have never had any replies from MyLot about what is happening to the folks who are 'stealing' my original work posts ...

I've only been registered for a couple of weeks .. but I am quickly starting to work out who the folks are who just come in here to dash off a few words to as many posts as they can ... and I've already noticed a few names that I won't be bothering to post answers to as they are just firing off dozens of topics a day all around the same theme .. so clearly just hoping to make lots of MyLot money ... not get involved in community discussions I've even had one chappie copying and pasting my own carefully thought out replies word for word and posting them as his own replies ... cheeky beggar .. you know who you are and you have been reported ... I have carefully read all the responses to my own discussions .. so I'm just beginning to see what makes a good topic and what's just going to get a few replies ... In my own discussions I too will be giving minus ratings for those posters who just dash off a few words, often not even about the topic ... I do try to post thoughtfully ... but I don't always achieve quite what I set out to do ... but I am getting better :o)

yeah i think we should report them, those posts are considered spam.. so mylot wont be swamped with useless replies.. but i think mylot admins are also too busy to check all the spam.. hope they can do something about it..

You don't half to read the dicussions just move on to the next discussions. that's how I feel about it. It's not hurting you. what does it matter to you. I just ignore it. and you should too in other words mind your own bussieness.

I would just like to know who put you in charge of everything. Do you work for mylot? It seems to me that you make it a point to monitor everyone. I would not think that is to enjoyable.

I agree with you. It's annoying to see people who reply with a "yes", "no" or "I dont know" kinds of response. It seems like they only want the money without making any efforts. I rate this people a "-". I report rude and insulting discussions, and they were deleted! I'm glad I was being heard by the moderators. I certainly wont give a "+" to people who ask for it. Who are they to dictate me? I have my right to rate every response, and it is for me to choose which ones. Cheers! :)

Oh I know I have been reporting them as well. I had some I found that were posting just a period. That was it. That doesn't even do anything. Can't say that it was a one word post. I've been giving negatives to ones that are totally off topic, for example we are discussing pregnancy and someone posts about freedom of the press. That is way off topic, not even in the same ballpark. Some confusion can happen with people being from all over the world and with different languages but usually you can tell that confusion. Keep reporting that is all you can do.

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This is a very good thing that you took up as your topic. I appreciate your ways of stopping these in mylot. But there are some people who in spite of knowing that this is not fair,i.e, copying and pasting will do that may be due to their insufficient knowledge about the language or some other reason. There is also another group of people who get such kinds of irrelevant responses, but dont report cause they think that it is not needed. If they do so it may give that person a negative rating or a cut in the earning which will make him feel bad. So better not harm anyone. Anyway I do support you and will do the same.