Learn what should be reported and rated negatively !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good topic, Tom. We do need to be vigilant if we want to keep this site intelligent and fun. As I've said before, I report and report and report until I feel like I am being a tattle tale. Glad to know others are as fed up with the junk as I am. And you are right, not reporting and allowing a bad post to remain is as bad as making a bad post yourself.

Ihave rated a few discussions negatively in my time... though I must say I never reported any discussion, because I couldn't find one that needs to be reported. Anyway, I'll read the dont's list again to make sure I know all the rules.

Nrnot: I think this is a very interesting discussion you have going here and of these there are few. You are right about the garbage especially those one line discussions asking silly questions? and of those there are manyLOL .. Mylot should set up a picture of a garbage can, then the - then the + and all those who think the discussion posted is garbage should hit that picture and then the hits should be counted and taken action on by mylot .. Just an idea. Well you keep up the good work and keep discussions like this going because I see you have a lot of people going and commenting on this and this is good. Oh Im the one that gave you the big + because I think your post earned it so I rated it. Im sure the others agree with me. I sincerely hope otheres who read this post will take action and start reporting the silly one liners that are posted and saying nothing...

This is really good tom, as I know that by this post, most mylot members would really do their part!;) I've been reporting rubbish posts and nuisance mylot members eversince I was here, and I have tons reported just this past week. I just can't stand what this people are really up to here, and why they ignore the rules provided to us by mylot. Thanks and good day..

This time I am being told that I am not doing my fair share here. For one, I am not very familiar with the mylot guidelines. Second, I do not know yet how to go about and around mylot yet. I have so many shortcomings, it is not wise to enumerate them here. My children are helping me around because I ask them to. It seems that I am hard of learning already. I know that there are some much older than I am who are still doing fine. But, it so happens that I do not belong to their category. When it comes to the intricacies of the computer, I find some hard time coping. Okay, I am considering finding out about the guidelines and helping in getting rid of those spammers in the process. Days ago, there was one discussion which I responded to only to find later on that it was a copy paste from someone else's. You should know how it feels - I was disgusted and angered. I made the person who posted it originally know about it for him/her to take proper action. Funny of me. I did it wrong. The report should have been given to the mylot authorities. Now I know better.

Good topic, Tom! Yes, I know how to recognize a "garbage" discussion-- the ones that are straight copies from an EXTERNAL source are a little easier to spot than those copied from WITHIN myLot. It seems quite clear that a large number of people have never taken a moment to read the guidelines-- sometimes it would almost seem like the first time they are even aware there ARE guidelines is when they get a warning from myLot admin. I know a lot of myLot members, some of them "good people" say that those who report trash discussions and cheating just need to "get over themselves," and "lighten up" but in my opinion (rules notwithstanding) they miss the point. This is a web site lives on "user generated content." And they PAY users for that content. The ONLY way that business model works (as in, the company stays in business and ends up making a profit) is when the site content is INTERESTING enough, and of sufficient QUALITY that a random person finding the site will say "Hey, this is pretty cool, I think I'll look around here for a bit." As such, what we are doing when we report and downgrade the "trash" is basically "protecting the goose that lays the golden eggs."

Great post. Make sure to use that ! when someone is rude, nasty, one word, pasting, copying, and all the other broken rules. Also, rememeber to rate + for good ones and "best response". I have rated you Tom, a + for a fine posting. Keep it up.

It's nice to see that I am not alone in the feeling that there is so much abuse of this system here at mylot. I too have reported plagiarism at least once each time I log into mylot. That is a pet peeve with me. As you may know I had told a "friend" that I was deleting them since they continued to plagiarize once they reached the magical 500 post level. That person has destroyed my reputation by going back through my posts and rating them all negatively. This means that my payment is now not even $.01 per post. Although I reported this to mylot this user continues to plagiarize and my good posts are not rated or paid fairly. This has left me with a very bad taste for this site in general and I find that I'm not nearly as interested in posting, until I find a discussion such as this which gets me going again. I think it is very important for us to be diligent in rating/reporting discussions however I don't think that people realize how this too can be abused.