Is this what you think as well?

It is not so much as the money but at the same time when you make a short meaningless discussion you just make it more difficult for someone to give a quality response. By making short discussions then the response will more than likely be one dimentional. Thats just my opinion anyway.

Hi Caramello. I think if you have a 10 rating then you must be good at your discussions and your replies. I think you have quality discussions. I am not in here for the money at all. I just like the conversations, and looking at different types of opinion.

I look at it as quality is quality in what you have to say, one can put a lot of words into a discussion but that doesn't mean it offers a quality discussion, I have always found your discussions of quality, you are on my notify list so you must be ok....

caramello, I am totally confused by the concerns of people who assume that it is the "shortness" of the response or discussion that causes them to lose money and or ratings! I once thought this to be the case as well but after the last few months, mine and some of my "friends" discussions, not short or meaningless either I may add, have not assisted in getting more "money" and one of my "friends" has even dropped in the ratings by "60 points" in the last 3 weeks. I myself as you can see generally reply with a lot to say, lol so for me as I said, it becomes rather puzzling but remains humerous!lol

I wouldn't worry about what one person said to you, Caramello. For one thing, your discussions are not short and meaningless- they are always fun and get a lot of responses. I don't think that we lose money unless the conversation is deleted, which yours haven't been. If that's her opinion, then she's entitled to it. You have a high rating and you're a lot of fun around here. So just keep on entertaining and having fun!

everyone has there own set opinions as to what will make people the big bucks in here, and i have read so many different ones i dont know what to believe anymore i say just be active and respond to discussions that interest you and you will make money.

I respond to the discussions that interest me or my friends that I ave a comment on, if I have nothing to say I won't reply. I do not judge the discussion or the reply on the amount of word or lines, only on it's content. I am only here forthe fun of it too, which is the way I feel it should be. Have a fun day, hugs.

This just to prove that we cannot keep or make everyone in this world happy caramello, because one of my now "former friends" complained that my discussions were too long and so they couldn't respond to them, because it took too much time to read. LOL However from my understanding of the situation it is the quality of the discussions and responses that counts, not how long it is. If you can put forward your point in 2 or 3 lines, then that is okay. From there the people who respond to your discussions should be able to add their piece and still make a good quality response. I cannot recall that you have ever started a discussion that I have not been able to understand. Of course your friend might just not want to respond to your discussions at all, which is his/her loss rather than yours. Certainly some people are here for the money rather than the conversations they can have, what they can learn etc but it does seem to me that you have been offered a rather poor excuse. It is the quality of his/her response that earns them the money, and in any event if the friend cannot respond and add to the discussion, they they should not make any response at all. Those are the rules. Personally I think that the earnings formula is a closely guarded secret, so anything we think might contribute or detract from our earnings is just guessing rather than actual knowledge. Don't get me wrong, the fact that we do not know how the earnings are calculated is not a bad thing because at least it stops those who might try to find a way around it in an attempt to cheat to make the most money (big bucks as you would say) for the least amount of work. Just keep doing what you have been doing in the past caramello, your rating indicates that you are doing very well and you do get responses to all of your discussions. Ignore this person, whoever they are, because they are the loser in this situation if they feel they cannot respond to your discussions. :) PS See you have changed the avatar back again, and luckily I recognised it this time around.

Well your rating is 10 so I simply cannot agree with your friends, Your discussions and responses must have been good that is why you must have got this rating. Well someone has lost money because of you is unbelievable to me. Keep posting discussion, I will definately respond.

I don't know about any of your discussions being too short. I thought it was the response that had to be a reasonable length. It is not as though you ask "what is you favourite colour" I don't have a problem with your discussions and as you have a ten, I don't think many others have either. You go girl.

Yes this is right as I did lose money due to this reason, and if the discussion is at least 5 lines or nearly that then of course I can respond to their discussions as some people they only submit 1-2 lines and therefore it is not giving other people anything to respond to really. I am not receving big bucks for this either but I like to respond relatively.

Anyone who think's their going to get rich sitting behind a pc in forums need to rethink their money making process,i just answer what subjects i like i don't care how long they are,you can flip burgers at mc"donalds for a week and make more there in a week than you can here in a month,$$$$$$$ that,s all they think about

I don't think the length really matters. If I have something to say then I'll say it, if not I don't respond

I try to respond to posts no matter how long or short they are because for me, if I can add something to the discussion I will. I didn't realize that by responding to shorter posts that we were losing money. I thought we earned based on the quality of our answers to the discussions as well as the discussions we write. As for me, I'm not bothered about what I earn. I've been here 5 days and I'm having plenty of fun and making new friends along the way. All I want to do is make it to 500 posts and I'll be happy lol.

I cant imagine why anyone would think they are going to make big bucks posting in a forum. The pay rate at the McDonalds drive through is better. The pay is just a little bonus for me here. I enjoy the posts and discussions.

As long as the discussion is god, i do not care if it is one word or 1000 :-) The money i make her is not even pocket money so it´s safe for me to say that i am here because I enjoy it!

If no one responds to our discussions it does affect us all, as we like have a good thread of thoughts and ideas that we can comment back on. that is the idea behind mylot and some good friends are made here with people having similar interests and topics to write on. We do get paid for doing this but my main aim here on mylot is to make friends in the community and enjoying reading about other peoples lives around the world.

I respond to both long and short discussions. My response gives me money, not your discussions...and furthermore, he/she won't "gain" money by not responding at all!

I KNOW what you mean! I gave up making money. I was spending like forever doing 30 comments for a few days. It paid off. I got $1.02 one day for 32 comments. Then I did 32 next day and I got $.52 HALF the amount. Now I dont stress. 20 comments or a little less (today) is fine. I make what I make. I dont want to spend my life on here. I only do this cause I have no job. When I get one, I will come but not as often or not as much. Its to have fun, kill time and do it cause I got no other income coming in :))

may be u r rit caramello...but ur frenz r rit on their opinion...they r replieng fr money..n they must see these things which effects the earning..but i don kno much abou the process how to earn more...so i m doin the sam thin whih u r doing....