New MyLot Truth Detector!

I look into my crystal ball.

There are so many different and creative ways that these people are cheating here that it takes a whole bunch of "techniques" to get to the truth! First of all, if somebody posts a scenario or a plea for help or advice and the situation sounds more dramatic than the Jerry Springer show, I always stop and think before responding. I will look at the profile to see if anything is obviously "wrong". I may look at the discussions the person has started already and see that they post a different crisis every day and get tons of responses. Obviously that is a fake. I tend to think that if somebody has a really serious personal problem, they would not post it for discussion on an International post forum and ask for the advice of over 60,000 strangers. Wouldn't they be more likely to confide in a friend or family member? I can see a few people having no one else, but come on... We get tons of them here every single day. To be honest, I also go with my gut instinct a lot of times. If someone is new to MyLot and is posting drama every day, I tend to just assume it's a lie designed to earn money and responses and I bypass it. I know that I may be wrong... One last clue is when somebody posts a discussion and asks for advice but never once reads the posts and comments and does not rate the responses. That person is obviously not interested in anything except earnings.

I don't really think about it . Maybe because I am a really trusting person

Sometimes it's as simple as reading between the lines others you can't really tell. I always try to get more information along with the response I give. That is the point of starting discussions isn't it? To get responses and continue on the conversation. Those who are really trying to get information will reply, those who are just thinking of something to say wont. How often do you think people start a discussion thinking of a hypothetical situation just to get others opinions on a subject? I just come right out and ask them.

There are web-sites people, can, and should go to to see if what they're posting is fact or not. And, I basically mean if they're posting something, for example: the Starbucks not supporting the Troops story; you can go to Snopes.com or other "Truth" web-sites.

I first see if they are responding at all. I sent a few very heartfelt answers to what sounded like desperate pleas for help. Not one reply to anyone. I think this is one indication that a post is hogwash. I would never go so far as to check out someone's profile . Well that's a lie I did it once when I had a friends request that said this person was from Africa, you know the scam. Anyway in the profile it said that he/she was 86 and from India. Sounded like 2 different people to me. If I think something is just too far fetched I just ignore it and go on to the next more interesting topic. I will be checking back to see what other mylotians do in this case. I like this topic!!