Has MyLot activity slowed down in the last few days? Or am I just writing really boring posts?

@TheHorse (206210)
Walnut Creek, California
November 20, 2015 5:02pm CST
I've noticed a sharp decline in activity and earnings over the past few days. I thought things would pick up with the death of "that other site," but exactly the opposite seems to be happening. Or am I just losing my mojo and writing really boring posts? My joyous post from this morning bombed, and my earnings over recent days have dropped to about half of my previous moving average. Is it just me? Or are things slowing down as the Holidays approach?
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
20 Nov 15
I haven't been here much myself as i'm away, but I thought you were doing really well.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I'm enjoying myself, and still being as active as I can. I just noticed a lot less activity over the past three days or so.
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@slund2041 (3315)
• United States
21 Nov 15
I had house guest for awhile and not been able to be here much. It will probably slow down until after the holidays.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@slund2041 That makes sense. I'll still be around, except for the Holidays themselves. Not sure if I'll be out of town for Christmas.
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@allknowing (130063)
• India
20 Nov 15
I noticed that too. But those who always get good responses are doing fine.
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@allknowing (130063)
• India
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse But did you notice those who get many responses continue to do so no matter what. What could be the reason?
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@allknowing Maybe some people are just really popular. I'm not sure. I know I have certain people who usually read my posts (and vice versa). But several of them are quiet right now, making me feel "lonely."
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Thant's good, I reckon. It just seems quiet overall.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
21 Nov 15
You are right.The activity here has slowed down.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse I too hope the site gets busy as always.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@silvermist Maybe someone need to post something really controversial.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I hope it picks up again. I enjoy the conversations.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse,I too have been feeling the same,particularly for the last two days.Discussions under the 'explore' feature are old.Most of them already viewed and responded by me.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse May be.And have you noticed slow activities on Sundays and Saturdays?
@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Maybe the initial excitement has settled down a bit. Or maybe it's just the Holidays. It's Friday night here. I went to a friends house and watched the Warriors play the Bulls in basketball.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@else34 I tried to see if some days were more "productive" than others but didn't come up with anything conclusive.
• United States
21 Nov 15
My earnings have been down a bit the past two days or so but I figured it was due to the fact that I haven't been able to be here as much as I was at the beginning of the week.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
My little slump occurred in spite of the fact that I was fairly active. But today I've been able to be more active than usual.
@KnehKnah (3584)
• Philippines
21 Nov 15
I see it's always fast in your wall. Me? Am used to see just few friends who drop-by. I understand that because there are days when I absent myself from here too. Got so much to catch up!
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I do notice that I get more comments when I'm actively commenting on others' posts. That was the case this morning. But it's not the case when I have to work most of the day.
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@KnehKnah (3584)
• Philippines
24 Nov 15
@TheHorse I seldom write too because I enjoy joining discussions in others' posts. Gosh, there are so many funny, entertaining & intellectual posts to choose from!
@GardenGerty (157645)
• United States
21 Nov 15
Things are slower for me as well. I thought it was just the fact that I was busy. I hardly earn anything overnight, either.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Nov 15
@countrygirl244 Nah, it ebbs and flows. Get involved in active conversations on your own and others' posts and you'll do fine.
• United States
21 Nov 15
Oh no! I hope not. I just signed up just this minute for this! Hope it doesn't slow down!
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• United States
23 Nov 15
@countrygirl244 I am new too so I am with you. But, I agree with what others have said here. Every site I have every seen slows down around the holidays. I think people just get too busy!
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
21 Nov 15
I don't know. Is it because it's Friday? Is it people getting ready for the holiday here? Is it because I was too tired to even read a discussion today let alone type a response? Maybe everyone is tired. I think there are always fluctuations.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I was too pooped to comment late at night a couple of times this week. That could have affected my numbers as well.
@celticeagle (159338)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Nov 15
Cute pic. I think they have tweeked things a bit. And with holidays coming it might get rather slow.
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@celticeagle (159338)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse ...As to how much they are paying.
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@celticeagle (159338)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Nov 15
@TheHorse ...Lots of places to go to find posts to answer.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I have a matching"awake" picture. Those were some of my five-year-olds from my old job in Oakland. They were pretty delightful. How do you think they've tweaked things?
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Nov 15
Honestly I haven't noticed anything like that. I see the same activity here as I always have. Also, remember, the holidays are upon us now and people are out shopping and busy with preparations. So we cannot all be online all the time. I know people here come from all over the world, but there is always a slow down at some point with every site.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
21 Nov 15
HI @ inertyis 4 if I got 20 responses at every post I would nmot worry about iots being slow here so guess I really am not too poploar lol.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Some are reporting a Holiday slow down and others aren't noticing it. I'll probably just keep plugging along.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@Hatley I'd love to get 20 comments on every post! But then I'd be really busy commenting back and never get any papers graded.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Nov 15
I haven't been around much I am on vacation and I think many of the people who were left on the other site didn't want to come here, I cerainly told them about it.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
22 Nov 15
@TheHorse Some people came but there are others who I have been on the lookout for who I haven't seen.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Maybe most of the migration occurred before "that other site" actually shut down.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Nov 15
@BelleStarr There are a handful of good ones who posted so rarely they might not hae heard about this place.
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
21 Nov 15
I cannot real say because yesterday I was busy most of the day and today I only went here for a very little time. Of course my earnings are down, but I was not around, so it's perfectly normal.
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 15
@TheHorse I made a serious search about Sweeble, Sue Greenwood still owns the name and the sites (both .com and .uk). enter Sweeble.com in your browser and check.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I saw your post. What exactly did Arvind Dixit claim?
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
In the days when my earnings were pretty low, my activity was about the same as usual. But others' activity seemed to be lower in general.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Nov 15
No your post is not boring.Not sure what the problem is there.But you are doing fine.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Overall, I'm not worried. I was just wondering if others noticed a little dip in overall activity late in the week.
@msiduri (5687)
• United States
21 Nov 15
And I thought it was just me.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@manuscript122 What Bubblews did was pretty unprofessional. But this site seems much more professional than Bubblews.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
21 Nov 15
@manuscript122 I've only been here about a week. I'm guessing it's just a slump.
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• United States
21 Nov 15
Hope not because I just joined! I'm hoping this will do will well for me if I can find the time to work it. So far I love it but I hate bubblews are gone. I will truly miss them.
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
21 Nov 15
Things always slow down as the weekend approaches. I haven't been n here for a couple of days, so I expected to slow down. I'm worried that the larger the site grows, the harder it will be, as everyone scrambles to read new people and miss out on older acquaintances.
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
22 Nov 15
@TheHorse I'd hate to see it get too big too fast like Bubblews did.
@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
That's a good point. I hope the site doesn't get so big that we lose touch with our original friends here.
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• Canada
23 Nov 15
I've been less active than usual lately. Discouraged a bit but also just busier in life. I'm here right now, though!
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Nov 15
What discouraged you?
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
21 Nov 15
i think that it has been kinda slow.
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• Vancouver, Washington
22 Nov 15
@TheHorse Mine is slow here to it may just be the network maybe or something in the day is off.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Nov 15
@softbabe44 As in internet network? That would make posting slow, but it wouldn't affect numbers once you got stuff up.
@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I agree. I was a commenting "monster" this morning, and my overall numbers are up a bit, but the last three days were...just slow.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
21 Nov 15
I noticed the same. We can check our daily earnings and I've seen that I've also earned only half the amount of what I usually do despite me being as active as before.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
Maybe they tweaked the algorithm a bit, but to me it's felt like there's been less activity--fewer comments on the posts I've written and read--shorter conversations overall. I could be wrong, though.
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
20 Nov 15
It's as much to do with luck as good management. My traffic has finally started to pick up, thank goodness.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
I'm glad. I enjoy your posts.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
21 Nov 15
@TheHorse Me too !
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@Bella128 (2471)
• United States
21 Nov 15
I just started not that long ago so I don't know what the normal is like. I wouldn't be surprised if people are getting busy for the holidays.
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@TheHorse (206210)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
That was one of my thoughts too. With the Holidays kicking in, more people are on the road or having fun (or drama) with family.