Why are there so many time wasters here on mylot?

I'm pretty convinced that, when people are accepting tasks that pay them 1 or 2 cents, if approved, they really don't care all that much if they follow instructions or submit correct content. They bang out a reply as fast as possible and move on to the next task on the list. Ultimately, they probably accept whichever rewards they do get and it's no skin off their collective noses for the ones that are rejected. Personally, I have always been a strong advocate for the tasks section here. I believe it has the potential to be more than what it is. I used to work in it daily and there were several months when I earned in the hundreds of dollars for my work. I only accepted writing tasks that had proven to be reliable and where I had seen, from experience, that I was being consistently approved. Earnings were in the range of $2.50 to $5.00 per task and that made it worth my time to sit and produce good work. I freely admit that I will skip over any tasks that pay a cent or two because I do other things in the same amount of time that compensate me better. Having said that, I do apply myself to any task I accept -- whether it's at myLot or on other sites. I follow the criteria to the letter and, in return, expect I will be approved and compensated. I refuse to be one of those "fly by" taskers that is trying to accept as many tasks as possible and "settles" for whichever ones do get approved.

... and I thought it was my fault lol. I had two workers which didn't provide a link as required. So I thought I had done something wrong while editing the task, maybe the text box didn't work properly? (see my latest discussions). The thing is, the two who ''completed'' the task did both not provide a link. So I thought what's more likely: my own fault or they somehow having the same intention to cheat. I decided for the former. Now that you post the very same issue I suppose it was the latter. I think that the Mylot task system is a VERY nice and sophisticated system as it has worked for me in the past when I accepted tasks. Unfortunately the best system doesn't work properly if there are people who don't play to the rules by intention. I've returned the tasks to both so they may correct them but now I guess that won't happen and I'll probable ban/ reject them if I don't get a feedback from them. I'm new as a task creater so I don't know if the available slots will be updated to the original number of slots but that certainly would be nice. Cheers

grkelly the remuneration paid is less for many tasks. if you pay $2 or more for 500 words article you may get good writers. In fact I did a year ago six articles on one day--three were accepted and three were rejected on the ground plagiarised .($2.50 per article) But to my conscience i never did copying. i cannot blame myself or the initiator also.

Well, I think that your own avatar can give you the answer to the question that you ask; it is because they have dollar signs in their eyes, all they are thinking about is the money, not the task itself. It is too bad that people try to do things in a slap-dash and incorrect manner and then try to get full credit for it, but some people will do anything for money, we all know that.

Its a fact people want money for nothing. That is why this happens of course! I wonder if it is allowable to report them for this? I don't think it is but maybe it could be a good idea. If at least they are repeat offenders of this sort of thing. That way the tasks won't be used up by these people who really don't care to do them.

I have read the whole discussion and I have come to a point that I see many are with you in this but i am saying it is not time wasted for the writers or initiators because they have tried. and if you do not like it you have the right to reject it but not degrade their knowledge to write. It is sad.

unfortunately, there will always be some whom you call time wasters here. putting up a task and accepting anonymous bidders to do the task has inherent risks. many people in mylot are looking for some bucks. if they can get it the easy way, they will do it. i think it is better if you approach individual members whom you know can write well. in this way, you do away with the time wasters in your life.

Honestly I can say that this is something that I knew nothing about. I guess this is because of the fact that I am here to have discussions with other people and for that reason I never even look at the tasks section of the site. That said, I have no clue why there are so many people that aren't putting there everything into the tasks that they are attempting to complete. I would assume that these are the same kinds of people that will post a new discussion and then just abandon the discussions that they've started.