Mylotters with 500+ posts have better earning possibility!!

In my opinion, while the copy and paste feature is made a possibility for those who crosses his or her 500 posts, I don't think many members who have that privilege will use that often enough. For me, even though I crossed the 500 posts mark quite a long time ago, I haven't used the copy and paste feature at all until today. I remember there was once when somebody started a post about plagiarism of content from the web for mylot discussions and responses, and I clearly recall that the mylot admin said that plagiarism of content will result in deletion of discussions and responses, unless it has been paraphrased or appropriately sourced and referenced. Besides, many mylot members like to individualize their responses and discussions, so copying and pasting will not be a choice for such members. Copying and pasting may help you earn pennies, no doubt, but most of the time, copying and pasting a response will not have that "continuity" following the discussions. All in all, I think it's really a choice of mylot members who have this privilege of the copy and paste feature; with privileges bestowed on someone, it's the choice of whether you want to use it for your own good or use it for the benefit of everyone...just think of an example like superheroes who are bestowed with superpowers; either they want to use it to help the community, or use it to commit crime and gain a fortune for themselves....

I agree with everything Mandykaren says, I would have said exactly the same if she had not. Additionally, I think I would spend a lot more time on myLot if I could cut and paste. I type rather slowly, two fingers and thumb. And I have to go back and correct alot of mistakes. Laptop keyboards were NOT made for men's hands. So being able to capture quotes and such would be great. And the reason kind irks me too they do it to prevent spammers. So I have to post 500 times to prove my innocence?

I don't think it really helps that much. The copy/paste feature needs to be used very carefully, we can't just copy whole paragraphs written by others on another site and paste them here as our own. We can post links to relevent information and few lines from previously written articles but we still have to add much of our own manually typed words.

Hello, Abhishek! I am over 500 posts, but I don't think that it makes any difference at all. You should not copy your responses. Instead, it all should come from your head, from your creativity. I do not copy any made responses. Nobody should. The copy/paste feature is good to post links of some kind of news that you want to discuss about. Perhaps somebody thinks that it would be worth to post a link of a Youtube video, for example. Then everybody would check that video, it would make his life easier in copying the link. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

I agree with everything Mandykaren says, I would have said exactly the same if she had not. Additionally, I think I would spend a lot more time on myLot if I could cut and paste. I type rather slowly, two fingers and thumb. And I have to go back and correct alot of mistakes. Laptop keyboards were NOT made for men's hands. So being able to capture quotes and such would be great. And the reason kind irks me too they do it to prevent spammers. So I have to post 500 times to prove my innocence?

ofcourse i also think it makes big difference and can post much faster in less time then us... and not only with doing longer posts using copy and paste but also there has been several times where i have had to retype out 1 post few times, taking mebe 3 times longer due to either mylot problem and loosing it after submitting or due to connection problem.. we can copy to save it but would have to take it over into a notepad, but still we would need to retype it all out.. I mustly want to get to 500 posts so i can get in habit of always using the copy option before submitting.. So if loose it, be easy to go back, paste it in and re-submit

Honestly, I hardly ever use the copy/paste feature. When I do, it is usually to post a link to an article or website relevant to the discussion. Or, if I have to pause in my typing for some reason, I will copy what I have already written in case the connection times out before I get back, then I'm not stuck retyping all my stuff again. So, it is a nice feature, but it honestly doesn't save a lot of time if you use it according to the rules.

I may use it once I stepped on the floors of the 500 posters. But I won't to on my most posts. I don't want to have my purpose defeated just by earning cash faster. I'm here to discuss, earning is just secondary. ^_^

I dunno what you mean by "they can copy from other site and paste it as response." Which website will give you the exact answer to the discussion at hand? Besides, that is plagiarism, and you are not supposed to do it. The only thing I have copied and pasted are links and interesting email jokes and fwds that I have received and wanted to share. And of course, if you copy like that you must mention the source, otherwise any time any day, you can accused of plagiarism. Now look at the above response that I have just typed. Does it look like I have copied and pasted it from another website? LOL Most Mylot responses are spontaneous, typed out at great speed on the spur of the moment. Cheers and happy mylotting

That is a good option myLot is providing. but I do believe we must be specific and precise in discussion. To the maximum possible extent content must be ours only. It makes the discussion healthy and lively. What you say Abhi ?

wow I did not know this until now, I will try to reach 500 and see what happens. i hope I could earn more even if I do copy paste. sometimes it is nicer to write in your notepad or word first than typing here right away. I can also save the things that i write as backup or something.

hi friend, ya i believe with you. Before two days only i reach 500+ posts. But now iam not use this type copy and paste. take care have a nice day.

Well, if they did that, surely they'd be breaking the T&C by simply plagiarising other sites. So I suspect they'd be earning a lot less.

I still not yet make use all the benefits you have stated there. For me,it's like nothing much difference from the time I still have not achieved my 500th posts. Maybe I should make use of all the benefits after 500th posts,lol. Then you should work hard on it. Let's work together,cheers!

I have only used copy and paste a couple of times. I find it to be less of a tool and convenience. I much prefer to think and make my responses rather than to hunt down some obscure answer. I prefer to answer based on my own knowledge and experience.

Yes,i've been away for a couple of days because i have to type everything i want to say. Sometimes when i want to quote something that's really disaster for me , i have to write it down on a piece of paper then i type that. It's said this was designed to stop spam or cheating, i think this will definitely work well.Nobody will do that by typing every letter by himself. I'll try to type as much as i can, but this can drive you crazy, when i'm fed up with that i'll just stop. Have a nice day!

this is plagiarism - copy write infringement - don't do it the only way it will really benefit you is if you prefer to formulate a response or a discussion starter [/b]in your own words[b]in a text program, and post it at a later time. if you are pulling text from another sit - it had better be your own writing, or you need to cite the owner - also [/b]do not use copy/paste [b]to post a discussion more than once in mylot - it will be noticed, you will be reported, and possibly have your profile deleted - without warning.

I crossed that threshold and I haven't used it at all. I saw someone the other day who had 3 paragraphs typed out and they were simply posting it in every discussion that they could trying to earn cheap points. People started ripping on this person because it was obvious as to what they were trying to do. I would think someone would probably report this person and then they would be losing all of their earnings for having done that. It is tough to find enough discussions that would allow for the exact same post not to mention how obvious it would be after not too long as to what one was trying to do. It is helpful though when you have certain non-spam links to share like in the associated content topic where you show off articles you have written.

I have passed the 500 mark and I can tell you that I haven't used the copy & paste feature and I doubt that I will. I don't see a need to. I don't plan on copying anything from another site and I don't really know why you think it will make you go so much faster. I guess it's up to the individual user. If you think it will help you when you make 500 then ok you can use it. I hope it will help you go faster. I'm for whatever will help any individual myloter be the best myloter they can be so good luck abhishek! Hope you make 500 soon!

i dont think it will make a big difference on my earnings when i reach 500... unless i do surf the internet and find things to post ... at the moment i dont mind really