how do we make money here??

MyLot rewards you for interacting with others in a meaningful, relevant and intelligent way. You will get little or nothing for short, one line comments on other people's discussions. You will only begin to see significant rewards when you post your own discussions, get responses to them and interact with (or reply to) those responses with rather more than 'thank you for responding'! A discussion is like a conversation. It is a non-starter if BOTH people have very little to say! READ the Guidelines and the Earnings Program FAQs under "Help" and also look for where others have asked similar questions and have been answered, such as the link below. Rome wasn't built in a day! It will take time before you begin to see your earnings increase much but if you work at it - and enjoy yourself while you are doing so - you will begin to see what MyLot is about!

You need to create discussions that other people will interact with. You need to find discussions you like and leave meaningful comments. Then approximately every hour you will get some earnings based on how much you contributed.

I guess the best thing would be to simply interact with each other and generate content by doing that

It can take an hour for your amount earned to update. I earn a few cents each hour by just doing light responding and discussions. I'm sure that those who spend even more time on here make even more.