Turning myLot into "a job".

Hi! I am also wondering about the same thing. I think it depends on the intention of the person in joining myLot. Some join primarily for financial reasons. Others would primarily join to find out about other people or to gain friends (and earn on the side). I joined myLot because I am presently on vacation, and I have nobody else to talk to. I think it's a good outlet or a venting room. Thus, I really give lengthy responses and advice every now and then. I can understand other people who cannot express themselves well in English so they give very short responses. Others just try to make lines. I hope everybody would just try to have fun and learn from others. We are on the same boat on this I'm sure.

I've noticed that most people really don't have much to say. Too many people do put too much emphasis on the money here at Mylot. And I think that's the quickest way to do poorly - in both quality and earnings. I think you've made a very good analogy here, and there are certainly people who come here and expect Mylot to be a full time income. I sort of feel badly for them.

Yes, so many people can have so little to say. I only used mylot initially as a diversion while at work. I was locked in a lab all by myself while hundreds of tubes were spinning for hours. That left lots of time for idle play. Forutnately, my mind has lots of trivial and interesting information packed into it so I do not spend time on mylot as a job or second source of income. It just gives me something to look at when the rest of the world bores me or there are no people to watch out my window.

Ive also noticed a dramatic amount of people that will respond minimally to absolutely anything. I was extremely fussy with what I responded to, but after a short break I feel a lot more options have opened up to me. My pet peeve here is when others respond to a discussion merely to state that tehy know nothign about what you are talking about, or cant answer you. I'm like, well why bother responding? Augh! All for a cent or two! Pft... JMO

Lol! Just like you, I am reasonably selective about what I respond to and am quite diligent about what I post. Overall, I do have fun with what I do. But then it takes all kinds to make the world and mylot is no exception. While everyone wants to make a packet off some other person's project it is still possible to give value in exchange for value. Your report is indeed fascinating.

Here I am, posted about 44 posts in my last 48 hours as a member here. Frankly speaking, I value both the earnings and quality of information. I would never post for the sake of posting. I hate one liners which just agree and an answer without stating any views or opinions at all. As a quiet guy, i hardly express my opinions in terms of speaking or sharing with my friends. I found it hard to communicate deep topics which many of us are, unwilling to talk about in our daily face-to-face conversations. Hence, MyLot, provided me the plattform of not only sharing my deepest of opinion out loud in words, it also allowed me to have a share of privacy. I am glad that the information here are valued by the members. For those posting like few sentences without views or opinions, i feel that its like wasting the spaces of this awesome and fantastic forum. Sorry for being too judgemental. Serious, please dont type for the sake of typing. Share your views, let the world know your pespective. yea?

I try not to comment unless I can contribute or learn something or am interested in the topic. I hear some people say they try to do 100 responses a day--surely they can't all be quality comments? I can't understand why people jump into conversations like 'do you think [so-and-so] will have a good year in F1 racing?' and post reponses that say 'gee, I don't follow that sport'? Grrrrr...

Who turned your crank the wrong way? I am fussy, too, except I dont care how many posts the next person has. Its none of my business nor yours as long as you keep to the quality you want to give out. Chill!

I really don't think it's the fact that people have little to say, I think it becomes more of a way to earn more cash..it's just like working. You do what you have to do to make your quota or earn your amount for the day.

I understand what you're coming from. I'm one of those people who are here to earn money as a full time job :-) In the beginning it was hard to think of posts and seeing that your posts were already posted in the past. And after being here a week, I have a better idea now of how to enjoy the site. I like it better posting to topics that interest me. If it's something I don't know about then I don't write anything but if it's something I have knowledge of, I write as much as I can. I do feel bad when I see posts that are too short, that are just here to be counted as one post.

Honestly, I think people in general are lacking in things to say. Think about most of the conversations in everyday life. How much of it had actual substance?

I agree that most people here seem to be just about posting for the money. I certainly find myself doing that, but I also try to enjoy what I read and post, and learn some new things as I browse. As far as just chatting with my friends, I have another site that I do that on. I wish they paid me! LOL! I can't imagine trying to make this a "job." If I break it down, I make around $.40/hour. I could pick up pennies on the street and make more than that.

I've just discovered MyLot a few days ago and am totally loving it! In my previous life, I was a Regional Administrator in a large automobile company. I'm always talking to people to get things done. But there's one thing I never mastered, which is the art of small talk. And MyLot gives me the opportunity to "walk the room" and join discussions about a variety of things I can related to. It's good training ground.

I think it's funny to read some of the comments made. When I look at a discussion I often think about what I want to say, start typing, think it's dumb or worthless and erase it, then move to another topic. Sometimes I wish I could just throw out the words without thinking, but I just can't. I think it's nice to see other people who are "fussy" about the discussions they choose to partake. (Now I think I'll go read some more of the discussions you've posted.)

I too try to pick the quilty discusions. Some days i find it harder then others and I'm terriable at starting them. A lot of the people on here are gone that use to just say yes, no, I don't know for a responce. So, mylot has gotten alot better there.

I want to make posting became my job, but I find it is diffcult, because I dont have a ot of things to speak and told the others. POsting is a tired work, and make people lonely. I think that posting in some forum to get paid in spare time is good enough. people can make sme extra money for spare time. I like post here, but I cannot post al days around

Some people who earn a lot in this website is turning it into a job, I earn less than a dollar so I it is just a hobby posting here. I prefer to post here rather than chatting nonsense in chatrooms, atleast here I always learn something new and I get to interact with serious people. Be disciplined in terms of proper usage of grammar, punctuation marks etc.

It's not too hard to make this into an obsession. I mean, yahoo answers has some people on there who've made thousands of posts, and they're not getting paid for anything, here when you're getting paid for it, it's not that hard to get up there in the number of posts that you have, or discussions that you've replied too. This is just going to get bigger and bigger.

If you do not sincerely like the discussion or it does not in any way affect you, it follows that you wouldn't have anything vital to share. Your responses will not have any impact on the reader and is even forgettable! So I'd say one should only comment or start a discussion on a topic which he is enthusiastically interested in. Somehow that works!

Well I found mylot through a money making site, but I really don't care about that. I think it is more interesting to talk to people with the same intrests as me. The money really can't be good enough to make it into a job can it? I really don't reply to stuff that I don't find interesting on any site.