Questions need Answer?!?

The way earnings are calculated remains one of the great "mysteries" of myLot. If you read the site for a while, you'll discover lots and lots of opinions about how to best make money, but people really don't KNOW. They just guess, for the most part... based on their own experience, and what their friends tell them. I don't have actual numbers, but I know you get paid for starting a discussion. and I believe you get a little extra when it gets lots of responses. You get paid for uploading photos to INTERESTS, but not to your profile page. Photo uploads generally pay you 1 or 2 cents each. Responding to discussions seems to be where people make most of their income... but how much people get paid varies widely, depending on the quality of your answer, the tags you add, adding a photo (or not), your "rating" in the community, and so forth. Which all adds up to that some people only get a fraction of a cent per response while some people average in the range of 6-7 cents per response, or even more. Not very clear, is it? All I can suggest is "do your best" and try to write nice complete answers, at least a few lines long-- it may not seem like it helps much in the beginning, but it helps establish you a solid reputation on the site. Choose your friends with some care-- meaning people who are active contributors, and who generally create quality content. When I started here, it seemed like earning was sooooooo slow; it took me "forever" to make just a dollar. These days I make more than that most days I log in. Try to just enjoy the interactivity, and the discussions, and making new friends... and gradually the money part will take care of itself; this is no "get rich quick scheme." But unlike many sites that make big promises, myLot IS legit, and DOES pay members every month. Anyways, welcome to myLot!