Discouraged. Which is better, more posts or more responses?

I feel that way sometimes to; but I really love myLot and the great friends I have made on here. As for earnings, I have found that I earn more by responding to discussions rather than starting them. I usually only start a discussion when I think it will have a response or feel that it is timely. It is hard to judge the responses of others though, so sometimes you get it wrong, lol. There are many meaningless discussions, I agree; you just have to weed through them to find the ones that interest you and that you can give a good reply to. Don't throw in the towel just yet, keep plugging away. You can do it!

Please do not throw in the towel, as you would be greatly missed my dear. Not only by me, but other members I'm sure. I think that posting brings in a tiny bit more than responses. But, the really money determined by MyLot, is the discoussions going back and forth on that question. Try to keep going back to your statements and posts with people to get a conversation back and forth. Take a break from MyLot one day. Then come back to it clear minded and not unhappy. Okay dear? Also posts that are not too long, get more responses, as most people on here do not seem to want to read alot. So usually a 3 liner is good. Blessings as usual, M&M

I replie to other peoples discussions more than i create my own and I do not know if i would make more otherwise. I also rate all my discussions and hand out a best response.. I think starting one or two every day and then responding to others is the way to go =)

Hoping you are doing better, the Notify On, feature really helps. I rarely look for topics to answer now that all my friends are Notify On. Also with 3 and 4 line reponses you should see a good increase in the earnings bases on the thought out responded quality. Your discussions could be limited to about 3 or so a day and that will become more manageable for you to go back and respond to those who respond to you. That is the discussion that this site looks for. Again, I hope things are better for you, keep on trying!!

YOu can earn more with send comments to other's discussions. It worth to open a discussion if you receive many-many comments. I switched the notification on my friendlist, so I see immediatelly if you open a discussion. And I send responds for what I can. But I see, that you open too many topics.

I've just joined the site, so I don't have a whole lot to contribute, but hopefully this response will help out your post somehow. Maybe by keeping track of this topic, we'll both learn something.

I am also in a similar situation . My finding is that serious posts don't get responses . This is like a serious film . People don't like to read or serious things ,because they are already burdened with their own stress and tensions . Since , I cannot send light hearted posts , I find responding more useful .

You only get credited for your post when someone, just one person answers it. You do not get 50 points for 50 answers to a question. You get one and only one. It is better to answer as many questions as you can so that you have a higher chance of being chosen for a best answer as that skyrockets your earnings. For instance, The other day I posted 100 answers and made exactly 100 cents. The next day I only did about 20, received two best answers and I received about $2 the next day.

I tried both posting as well as responding but lately i have found responding more easy and fruitful. I think atleast you are sure of getting some minimum amount for each response. For discussions i am still not sure but will not give up so easily.

Creating new discussions without receiveng any resposes is one of the frustrating part of mylot. I like mylot and I am enjoying staying here wether I earn a lot or less although I still look forward to earn more. Before, I used to generate a lot of discusions at least two new threads per day but I got frustrated to after waiting for a long time and then receive no response at all so now I'm concentrating on responses.

First an foremost let me say this, Please don't leave...lol You are one of my best responders and I love your topics. I know what you mean about the money.. Then I read sksouth's response and I don't know how much you are making but I am in the 1.25 to 2.00 a day range. I don't think anyone really knows which is best, starting or responding. I guess it's all tied into Mylots Mysterious Algorithm. I have quite a few discussions with no responses. I wish I knew too. I can't even manage to get my reputation rating back up to 10, I don't know what the heck happened there !! Try to hang in there, because you will be sadly missed by many. Now I'm off to check out Oldbuddy's profile again...I visit him frequently..lol So don't throw in the towel just yet, wrap it around your head, close your eyes and pretend for a few minutes you are at the Mylot Spa.

I understand your frustration. I found that when I started to add friends like crazy, I started to get lots of responses to my discussions. It also made my daily posting much easier because all I had to do was check my email for interesting discussions to respond to.

I have been reading many many posts about how to make more money on MyLot. The conclusion I believe is that is no strict system. I figure MyLot is like the stock market somedays it is up and somedays it is down. But there is always a good converstation to be had.

I will help you one, by replying to this post, and two by answering the real question lol. Really, you should try to make topics of what people are interested in, and I dont mean that in a bad sense or encouraging you to go and spam the board as mylot will suspend your account or you will earn even less. The reason your money is going down is because of the fact that nobody is responding to the responses and mylot is removing them, hence removing the money you earned for them. That is why it is important to get posts on your discussion first. Second you should be posting replys on others, so really it is both, and posting pictures and having keywords also optimize your chances of earning more.

I seem to have a difficult time finding discussions worthy of my time to respond to lately. I used to have no problem and now I waste so much time looking for something meaningful to respond to. I even try going back through my friends posts and looking for something to respond to or a new interest to join. I don't think they should be able to take away earnings unless you are one of the cheaters who steal discussions or responses. I know that you don't do that and neither do I. So why did yours and my earnings go down in the last couple days. I could have sworn I had .50 or so more on Monday.

At least you have responded about 593 times but i have responded only 39 times and i am getting bore of mylot. I didn't find it interesting at all except only few topics all are irrelavent. I want that the disussion should be fruitful but people here only repond to increase there money but not to put some valuable thoughts which could help others. I posted only 1 topic on mylot but still no responses of that topic. I think that topic is bit serious. I do not visit mylot regularly. I visit once in a week but didn't find anything relavent here.

for me it's better to respond more. i've never had the problem with decreased earnings. i respond a lot more than i post. i'll add you as a friend so i can see your posts and hopefully respond to some. don't give up.. if you add more friends to you list you'll get more responses. that has helped me a lot.

My earnings are not adding up as fast as I think they should either. Seems there is no way to predict what I am going to earn. I love your discussions but I am new. Since we became friends, I have tried to comment on all your discussions but I will try to do better.

This is more a response to your responses, since I could see that you have already got all the good advise needed. I did also benefit a lot from this discussion, as I gather now that it is more important to respond to discussions. Thanks for starting this discussion.

Personally, i think more responses are better, at least you save time by not thinking of new topics to be discussed, and you just site your point of views, im having difficulty in posting discussions since no one seems to like the topics that ive posted and it takes me a long time to think of a topic that anyone could be interested in. I just get a couple of responses 5 to the most and thats it- and i still have many unresolved discussions, which pains me to look at =( and sometimes what hurts the most is when they delete your discussion or the discussion that you have responded to without any warning or whatsoever- so i suggest respond more than make discussions.