After a Fall then what?

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
February 21, 2013 10:48am CST
Relax not a physical fall. A financial ball.For some reason I am not sure what, my earnings are cut in half.evidently 'the quality of my work is down. I guess as I'm too close to it I am not sure what it is that I have been doing differently. Could be my typos and forgetting to edit.But somehow I am not doing the same quality of work or of posts I guess.I have really worked at it but also I am not having fun like I used to.May be the February earnings might be due to all the glitches we have had bu t I cannot blame anyone but myself.So I ask fellow mylotters, what am I doing wrong here.?
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Feb 13
things have been so messed up that I'd hesitate to speculate!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi dawn yes I have also been thinking along those lines too. I just do not know whats causing it but the last two months have been so much less and its taking the fun out of it for me..,
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Feb 13
I think people are posting less too. Now that notifications are back, I'm getting way fewer of them. :-(
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
I am too and before i was getting as many as four hundred which was too hard t o keep up with.I think that lost weekend has cooledda lot of us older users and I hajve had thought of going elsewhere if I can never make more than 37 cents when I w as making 89 to one dollar most all the time.I will edit every post and hope maybe someone will think I do quality work and give me a break I have always loved mylot and do not want to leave but I wo ld like to be better paid for my posts..
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
21 Feb 13
And I thought it was just me whose earnings seemed to be halved even though there's really not much different in the ways I participate here. Oh well, perhaps it's just that more users are active this month or something... I don't see anything that you're doing wrong, either; if anything, it seems you have less typos on your later posts. I can only see one on this post, I know you meant "A financial fall", not ball... Don't worry, be happy and continue to have fun here, Hatley!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
see sishy I c annot even when I edit get away from tyhos as they follow me. oh my I do sound paranoid. lol a financial ball no just the opposite indeed. Hey right don't worry, be ha ppy and I really would love to have fun again too.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
21 Feb 13
I have no idea. I think it is that maybe the economy is going down and everyone else is making less. It also could be that you are suffering burnout. I had the same problem when I had to go through phonebook pages to find customers for windows when I was a telemarketer and actually call them. I still have nightmares. When you work longer, your work suffers, so you make more mistakes, write more then you should, etc. Take it easy and only go on discussions you have an interest on.
@louievill (28859)
• Philippines
21 Feb 13
I don't see you doing anything wrong and that's it, there is simply nothing wrong with your posts although i had also been quite inactive these past few months.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi louievill I still wish I co uld start back to earning like I did in december so I think there is something wrong somewhere.Cou ld be glitches in the earning thing too who knows.
• United States
21 Feb 13
I don't think it's quality of work you're doing wrong. Maybe it's just the amount of posts you comment or start a day. If you say you're not having fun like you used to, then maybe that could be the reason for the decrease in earnings. I know that around the end of November and all of December and January, I just didn't feel like coming on myLot because the content of discussions had changed so much. It wasn't fun for me to really come on here as much because I could hardly find discussions that I wanted to comment on. I just recently came back from this break and things are a little better for me. I still can't find a lot of discussions to comment on but I have a refreshed feeling and am starting my own discussions instead. Good luck!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi courtknee thanks as I was hoping I was not slipping.I do not start a dis ussion every day as I am one who must comment back to all the responses I get.Perhaps I do need to 'bring my unresolved discussion up to snuff?I ju t know I am not really having much fun here lately.
@TLilly12 (1229)
• United States
21 Feb 13
I have been gone from Mylot for 2 weeks, so I didn't know there was, a problem going on here in Mylot, I hope everything gets work out, if not I will have to be spending, some more time away from here to get my earnings, I can't even use my smiles, and i have reached 200.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi Tlilly sometimes iof yuo log ou t then log in again b and hit the mylot code in blue it will work for those who just got over 200 try it and see as some others have had to do that t oo.Most of the mylot problems have been repaired now.
@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 13
You're not doing anything wrong, Hatley. If you made more than 3ยข yesterday, you made more than I did. But then, I didn't feel like commenting on hardly any discussions yesterday, either. (As an aside, f has twice attached itself to d in my reply to you, but I chased it away. I didn't want you to think I was mocking you.)
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@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 13
Atta girl!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hji BarBaraPrz thanks i m ade a wolde 37cents but then I did sleep in yesterday morning..So maybe I just did not have as much But I am determined to get back up, dust m yself off, and start allover again. lol
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
thanks BarBarPrz thats just what i am going to do.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
21 Feb 13
Don't worry, it can be the glitches or it could be me, I can't here here as often enough to keep discussing so we both fall short. I can blame my classes, except this time, it is before noon on Thursday and I got my Sociology work done!!!! This is the 7th week and the first time I got it done this early!!!
• United States
21 Feb 13
Yeah I got it done, whether or not it fits my instructor's way of doing things, I don't know and really don't care.I mean I care, I would love to pass this class with an A or even a B, but considering how hard it is, if I just pass, even with a D, I'll be happy when it is done and over with...
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• United States
21 Feb 13
The only problem with getting a bad grade, even if I pass, is it will bring down my GPA and I guess since I was a horrible student in high school, my typical grade was C's and D's, when I saw I got a good GPA and was on the Dean's List, I guess I felt proud and want to continue with getting goods grades..But not at the risk of losing my mind over this instructor....
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
wow carm good for you with your sociology work all done.I'hope its getting better for you and that you will see your grades go w a y up too. I am also hoping I can once again make a dollar a day as I was doing just before Januaryl.
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Feb 13
Come on, Hatley. You aren't doing anything wrong. We have had some glitches on here. Earning are down due to this and the moral is horrible on here now days. How can any of us be expcted to do a good job when we can't get on one day and aren't able to post the next? Those who do take it seriously get frustratng and cannot possible do good, quality work. Hang in there! Things will get better.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
thaNKS CELTICeAGLE I did mention in a complaint to the admins that if the glitches are not repaired soon a lot of old mylotters will just leave.the glitches were repaired that night as far as being able to post things any way.So maybe the earnings are also undergoing some glitches too hopefully as I used to be able to make a dollar some days.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Feb 13
hi celtic I have lots of time u like most people so I do get on here a lot but maybe I need to relax and not worry as I used to make really good earnings when I was having fun commenting on several discussions for hours at a time.Diana taught me that so maybe I need to go back to it again.
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Feb 13
I am not as hard of a worker as you are but I could do sixty five cents in a day if I came back three or four times and had the notifier and people working on here. Anymore I make about twenty five in a day. ANd not that I am not here and working either. Just nothing happening anymore. Sad.
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@bunnybon7 (50975)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Feb 13
actually ive heard people complain that their earnings are not showing up for days so maybe thats it. i wouldnt know as i have never made payout on once a month no matter how much i work
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi bunnybon well this month I have really fallen as I usually make twice payout or 25 dollars well last month I did make twenty dollars but so far its taken me 21 days at very small amounts to make just ten dollars and a whole eight cents.,It might be glitches have also affected the earnign algorithm but I do not know. I just felt very strange that not once in all this month have I made one dollar and before I can always make a dollar.So I do not know why this is happening to me.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Feb 13
hi cynthiann thanks but I have lots of times as I am retired and not able to get out a lot so I can my lot like crazy but my ardor is being crushed with the tiny amounts I am now getting for the same time spent so I wonder what I am doing different from December when I made 25 dollars in the month.,I am not giving up though as I know I can once again make a dollar a day if I really work at it. b
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
22 Feb 13
You are amaxing to earn so much money. Only once in five years did I make payout.
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• United States
21 Feb 13
Just keep posting, and just keep responding to other people's posts. I have noticed a drop in posts here recently, and that has taken a bit of the fun out of myLotting for me. As such, I've kind of drifted away a bit more over to other things; of course, I have other things that I should be doing anyways--actual work type stuff. However, I do hope that myLot picks up again soon, since it can be such a nice diversion.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi wilson Yes I am going to not give up as I know I can do good posts and have done good ones.I hope too that mylot picke up; and that its earning r tes just co e up a bit as I really can use the money on my cable internet bill. this next month will be hard unless a miracle happens and I m ke ten more dollars. Before this this twenty dollars was my goal a d i did reach it. .
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Feb 13
typos rates picks come make and I did reach it. for on e thing I wish that when I put emoticons o n they would not split a word as that[d really distracting and may be taking my quality of work down too.
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
21 Feb 13
Hello sweet Hatley. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your posts. Maybe it is a glitch no worries at all. I think we need some vodka a pair of hunks and a swimming pool. What do you say?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
21 Feb 13
Good to see you Saphy!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
oh my gosh saphy where the heck ha ve you been? glad you are back. this is worth complaining just to see you here again. Yeah sounds good to me bring it all on. lol
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@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
21 Feb 13
Great. Let me go see what's left of my secret stash.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
21 Feb 13
I doubt if you are doing anything wrong. It's just that this site has more competition now. I've found a site where I'm making a dollar a day or more for the same amount of time I used to put in here, and it is fun and I love it. I'm spending most of my time there, hoping the good times last. A soon as you reach your payout amount you can request your funds and they come immediately. At least that's what I've been told by several others who have already reached the $25.00 payout several times. The good times may not last, but so far I've made over eight dollars in less than a week for writing 23 posts of over 400 characters each on anything I want. I don't have to search for similar posts on the site either, before posting. You might want to try it for a change. If so, just PM me.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi bagarad I will think about it as I still hope it might pick up but I ha ve no way of knowing whether it will or not. I will pm yhou soon if I cannot start to earn like I used to.I think this does have some thing to doi with the glitches too.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
21 Feb 13
I just want to add that when my notifications stopped coming, I got much less active here and more active on Gather because it was more fun -- even though the earnings aren't very fast there, either. That's why the new site has taken my away from both myLot and Gather pretty much. It's just much faster to earn there if you have anything to say.
@blackrusty (3519)
• Mexico
21 Feb 13
As i have heard from other people its the issues that my lot has been going though hang tough
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi blackrusty so maybe it is the issues mylot has been going through. I hope that is it as I am not a quittter' and I am not giving up as I know I can do excellent work if I just try a bit harder.So hanging tough might be all I need.
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• Mexico
21 Feb 13
good luck hope they fix what ever the problem is
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi blackrusty I hope so too as I do not want tol b e forced to leave but I w ll if I have to as I use m y eanrnibng to pay down on my h cable internet bill.
@dfollin (24146)
• United States
21 Feb 13
Hi Hatley,I do not see anything you are doing wrong.Maybe it is because of the glitches or maybe it is a new or different myLot employee that is rateing your writting's.Who know's,just keep writting,I enjoy your discussions and relies.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
thanks d follin mAybe I am worrying needlessly bUt soMEHOW something seems wrong and things have certainly changed since December. Maybe its glitches or someone who is not up on how the algorithmn works but I do wish things would get back to normal here
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 13
Something is not right somewhere. I was surprised to see that my earnings doesn't tally with my work done. I noticed that earlier but thought that I was wrong. Lets see what happen next.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi zandi so m aybe its not just me but so mehting is really not quite right ? I have sent in some complaints and h ope they do check things a bit. I know I am having problems with typo's but have started editing a lot more in ho es of alleviating those problems.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
21 Feb 13
Well, I'm not sure but as your first responder said I've noticed that I get very few notifications compared to a couple months ago. People just aren't participating. I was in the doc's office last week and saw Reminisce Magazine. Before I could really get into it, though, my name was called. I love that magazine, love reading about how life was in the 30's, 40's and anytime before the 80's. I'd like to enjoy more of your memories of how your early years were, the kinds of things you ate and did, the attitudes of society, etc. It would bring smiles to many faces!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi dragon I have a reminer to send in for a new subscription to Reminisce Magazine so am thinking of sending it in. I can do some discussions of things back some years. Let me think about it awhile. so perhaps I could revive my earnings some way.It started going down in January then this month its been half as much as I usually by now have earned twenty dollars and now only earned ten dollars. sad.[
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Feb 13
i hope that you don't decide to leave and not come back, hatley, as i do enjoy your discussions and posting responses to them. I am not going to get payout this month either, unless i can do better myself. i do think though, that after they were down last weekend, we all have wondered if we are going to make it or not. I know that not being able to post has hurt my performance some too. i am not making all that much in here anyway, but havintg to leave and not post because of the downtime, really had an affect on me anyway. Now, I am not here just for the earnings, as i do have fun, but when things happen, sometimes it makes me wonder if it is all worth it. i will continue here, and hopefully, it won't happen again. just hang in there hatley, and you will make it. Take care, and have a good day.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi rosekiss no I am not going to leave as i am determined to see my earnings rise. I usually make 20 to 25 dollars each month but here it is the 21 and I just made payout ten dollars and a whole eight cents when before I would make twenty at least.Could be with t he other glitches they also have one with doing thb earnings too.
• United States
21 Feb 13
Hi Aunt Hatley! I don't know the answer to this but it usually takes me at least over one month to reach the $10 payout. I remember when I made it every month. I've noticed that I can only respond to a handful of people here. If I can't understand what someone is trying to say I don't respond. Likewise, when discussions ask about boyfriends or raising babies I usually don't respond either because I have no real input to give. Posts that I find annoying I won't bother with either. When it stops being fun I just give mylot a rest. Do you think anyone is negging you? I'm not sure if anyone actually begs people for typos. I wonder who decides what a quality discussion is? To me, if its a valid discussion and I can read it, it is a quality discussion. If typos were a reason not to pay us then the folks that have difficulty with English grammar and spelling wouldn't make money either. I just wonder if there are folks that follow you and neg you when they don't like your posts? Maybe mylot has changed their formula on how it pays us. It's just a guess, and in no way am I suggesting otherwise. I say this because I used to easily make a dollar a day. But now I can't find enough topics to keep me busy.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hiu PointlessQuestions see my typos are rubbing off on you now loll.I have no way of knowing if ayone is nbggin me as my number is so big now it would take a lot of negging to bring m star down now.thank heavens for that. I am just hoping I can not make typoos and maybe earn a dollar a day once in awhile again.
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• United States
21 Feb 13
Edit: not begs but negs
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@subhojit10 (7375)
• India
21 Feb 13
Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well i can understand your situation very well and i think there is nothing to get worried about this, may be u have lost your confidence over this due to which u r thinking that way. i would like to suggest u to get back your confidence and start working with the same vigor and i am sure u will get flying colors in your results. What say?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Feb 13
hi subhojit10 you know that really could be the biggest part of it as I used to have fun and enjoy myself and not even watch my earnings for several days at a time.So maybe just do my best start having fun again.I used to enjoy being here all the time. So some how life maybe has interceded and I lost my confidence. time to start having fun and forget the earnings.
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