MyLot friends please…Do you really need to write 13 posts in 30 minutes?
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15126)
French Polynesia
November 22, 2015 2:12pm CST
Last night I was here on MyLot responding and reading new discussion. All of a sudden I see a wave of new posts coming through. All from one person and to be exact there was 13 of them. As fast as he posted one a new one was on it’s way.
Friends, Members, Guys and Gals there is no need to post discussion like this one the site.
1. We are not in a competition or race to see how many posts we can make in a roll. This sort of seems like a marathon to beat out the rest.
2. All of these discussions will soon land in No Response. Why because people here won’t take the time to read all of these. Furthermore, people will find them uninteresting, one leads to another, or you are trying to spam the system for money. What I mean about spamming the system for money is a ton of discussion on small topics that you post one after another. It seems that you are trying to fill up the page and push other discussion to the bottom or the next page.
Please take note the secret to this site and it has been told by all is INTERACTION! Yes believe it or not you are paid to interact on other people’s discussions.
Read the fine print of the rules. What does it say? You more than likely won’t be paid if you post a discussion that others won’t comment or respond to.
So everyone please try and write 1 great topic per day and interact, read, comment, and respond to other topics. This is how you gain friends on this site. The more you interact with each of us the more we’ll interact with you. No need to post 13 discussion to draw attention to yourself.
Happy MyLotting and I hope we will see you interacting more on the site. We want to be your friend. But like this you are going about it the wrong way. Sorry!
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54 responses
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Nov 15
I have noticed that some people seem to think that a lot of posts will earn them lots of money. They don't really understand how this site works. One great post can do better than 13 poor ones.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@JudyEv Yes I can see this one. But like a few people pointed out in another discussion if a person can get their point across in a few short sentences and others find it interesting then this person is good. I think if a person can write some very short and it is outstanding then it is worth reading and commenting on.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
24 Nov 15
13 posts one after another would indicate to me that the person is copying and pasting. This might be because they have written the posts themselves offline and are then posting them whilst they have an Internet connection but it is far more likely that they have some question and answer forum open in another tab and are copying and pasting from that. The first thing I would do would be to check for plagiarism and report that person if I found that to be the case.
Those who post 'discussion' after 'discussion' saying nothing more than 'I have had my tea', 'I am going to bed', 'I have woken up' &c. &c. &c. will soon find that they are ostracised by most people and, if blocking worked the way it should, would simply not be seen at all by many.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
23 Nov 15
I agree there isn't much advantage in over posting and it sort of hogs the most recent post section for a while. Sad if people lose out because theirs is not seen because it is pushed to the bottom so quickly if everyone was posting rapidly.
I like what @star_disgate wrote here but not sure posting lots is spamming as the tag suggests. Want to explore that concept a little. Meanwhile, I am going to comment like crazy on this post and see how that is accepted.
Is over commenting spamming or is it appreciated interaction. Real question. I don't know.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
Over posting isn't really spamming it is more like flooding the site. I really didn't know what to say on this one but I felt like if a person sent me 13 short emails all at once it would be like spamming to me so this is what I used as an example.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@Susan2015 Yes you're right and I should more than likely of use the word flooding and not spamming.
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@star_disgate (779)
• Phoenix, Arizona
23 Nov 15
To me, spamming would be something along the lines of using incorrect tagging. Example, posting about drinking a cup of coffee and labeling or tagging it as money, family, friendship, dogs.
Unless you are talking about spending money on coffee, while drinking it with your friends and family. And your dog is there watching. :-)
Just an example.
But I agree, I don't think it's spamming. Just over posting.
I also think though that we can't know too much about what is going on in a persons life, to call everyone who is overly posting out. Yes, I have seen some (and I am new) that are obviously overly doing it. But others, I have seen may post several times in one day, but you can tell they are just writing.
I don't think we can sit here and say what is acceptable and what isn't, because again, we don't know exactly what is going on in that persons mind (with the exception of a few)
On the other hand, if we see them posting constantly and no interaction (maybe giving them time to interact) Then maybe that would be a sort of spamming.
But if they are posting several times in an hour (keep in mind I can reach 100 WPM on my best days, especially when I am in a writing mood) and they are still interacting with people. I am not just talking about a little comment here or there. I am talking about actually exploring the site, talking to people and all that. Then that should be fine.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
22 Nov 15
I have seen several in a row on a constant basis. But really, it is up to them to do it or not. Logically to us we know its not a smart move, but to others they may think it is. And since there is nothing in guidelines that says otherwise - unless they are not following all the guidelines...not much you can do.
And...the people who do it are not the ones who will read this, I bet the farm on that.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@jaboUK This is a geat idea. I really don't mind a person to post a lot. I just think it might be nice if they gave us a chance to see them, read them, and maybe answer them before posting another one so quickly. Like so many said space them out. I did see on here one person said she has done 30 in one day. Now that one is a lot.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
24 Nov 15
@jaboUK I think this one is very important. I know she called me rude and her tone was not so friendly but still I have to be kind in answering her back. I think kindness will win in the end and open the eyes of people who just don't see.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
24 Nov 15
Yes one is a she and another one is a he. The one who is a she has a few issues and I have been trying to help her more on this site. Being kind to her and giving her a little advice has helped some But still she does this because I feel it is her only way to socialize with others. She has a social worker who helps her daily and I just recently found this out from one of her posts. I have put forth a higher effort of support to help her a little and try to let her know that she doesn't need to do this.
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@slund2041 (3315)
• United States
22 Nov 15
I think in the long run the person with thirteen post will make less money then the ones who are taking our time. I think communicating is the key, now how fast you can post topics. I also hate pulling up a topic and finding only one line to read. I wished everyone would put a little thought into this.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
22 Nov 15
You are so correct. Here the site promotes interactions. Everyone on here tells people this when they first come. The key is interacting, responding and commenting. The site is more of a social communication site where they want to see how we interact with others. Here we gain a lot of knowledge, interact in interesting topics and share with other, This is the beauty of the site.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@ivyparkgirl Kelly I think you have this one so wrong. If you respond to a post and I respond back I am interacting with you. There is no need to have a post to interact. That is why my lot is so special. The more you come to posts like this and other the more we interact with you.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@Susan2015 I do this a lot. I find that some days I have nothing I really want to post so I would rather just read and interact. Then there might be something that is said to inspire a post. Now I write it and don't again for a time. Then on a few days I might have 2 different ideas and then I post them both.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Nov 15
his posts were probably mostly reply comments to discussions rather than new discussions - posting so many discussions in such a short space of time is counter-productive and without giving support to other contributors he would be wasting his time
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Nov 15
@poehere counterproductive and the only way it could be done is cutting and pasting - he's not leaving time to interact with others or for everyone to find his work, if it isn't just copied anyway
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
24 Nov 15
I don't think some grasp the concept of the site. While others do it for the reason in which you stated. I myself tend to ignore them. Especially those in the samples in which @owlwings gave. I know my discussions aren't that great but I do try to write them with more than 'I had my coffee today' or it's 'my girlfriend is the best'.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
24 Nov 15
Yes you are so right. Just adding in a few descriptive words placed nicely in the discussion will draw a lot of attention and give a more visual picture of what is happening. I love to write with creativeness and try to leave a mental image behind of what I am describing so people can visualize this in their minds.
@Tampa_girl7 (48886)
• United States
23 Nov 15
Several a day is sufficient. Nicely spaced apart too.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@ivyparkgirl Kelly I don't think her answer was rude. She is only trying to say to space your posts apart. Make one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. I tried to explain this to you before.
If you post one or two post a day and you get a lot of comments on them you earn a lot more on the site. But if you post 30 posts in a day and nobody comments on them you don't earn on this site.
If you read carefully what the rules say it tells you this. If you write a post and nobody thinks it's interesting you probably won't be paid. But if you write a post and a lot of people think it's interesting then you'll be paid.
Kelly I told you before that if you post less, read more and comment more you can do so good on this site. There is no need to post a lot of discussion. Please try commenting on more discussion and you will earn a lot more money than if you just post discussions.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
22 Nov 15
I agree with this however this person could have been in the same boat I was here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. We had a big wind storm. Several lost electricity (some still without electricity) and internet connections. My landline was down for 3 and a half days. I have DSL so I could not get online until Saturday morning. Some people could have written several posts in their word processor then as soon as they could get online they posted all of them. I did not do this but there are some who could have. I wrote several things during my forced lack of the internet but they were not all for myLot. However, I would not have posted them all at once if they were. I'm just suggesting the person's motives may not have been as you suggest here. But if they were, I hope the person who did it gets the message. And I hope if the person was in the same boat I was that they learn to pace themselves and give some time between discussions.
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@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
23 Nov 15
I don't think that's the case with this new user. You would know if the posts were saved somewhere else before getting actually posted -- because these posts are usually well-written, well thought-out and actually make sense, as in with a clear topic.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
I am not trying to judge people. He is new and I just think he is not understanding this site well. I guess he could of decided to to a weeks worth of posts in one day and then move on to other things. I have no idea and I don't know why he has done this at all.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Nov 15
@poehere You're probably right, he probably doesn't understand this site. Sometimes I look at things differently. My first thought after reading this was I could have done the same thing by writing several discussions when I couldn't get on the internet then without thinking about it posted them all at once. So then my reaction was to get up on my high horse and make the point that this person may not have been trying to scam money but simply unloading several discussions that were written while he was unable to get online. If he had done this two or three days in a row then I would say he must be trying to scam money. I'd also be very suspicious that this person was plagiarizing.
@birjudanak (14319)
• India
23 Nov 15
i think they may be new because when i new i do same but after said my one friends i stop to putting more,so they might be new but some put only one or two sentences in discussion which is very bad thing.they dont know what to do and how to interact friends.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@birjudanak Yes you are so right on this. I do agere and I hope that we will; always be able to help out new people.
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@birjudanak (14319)
• India
23 Nov 15
@poehere yes i also help them because one day i am also in this situation and make new friends look good who follow us and interact more.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Nov 15
I just wonder why a discussion can be made with just one sentence? I still prefer a long post anyhow.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Nov 15
@Bluedoll well, as long as that sentence states the main issue that you wish to discuss about, then I think having a one-sentence post is fine.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
23 Nov 15
@ridingbet In the end if people don't want to discuss a certain topic I guess it doesn't matter much how a post is arranged?
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
24 Nov 15
Very good post.
A user posting 13 discussions within a span of short time doesn't make any sense. He might be under the impression that posting new discussions will fetch him more money, which is a wrong thinking. You have rightly explained that he was doing more harm than good, not only to himself but also to the site.
I hope he gets a chance to read your post and others who believe in posting multiple posts will also take a lesson from your post.
A user posting 13 discussions within a span of short time doesn't make any sense. He might be under the impression that posting new discussions will fetch him more money, which is a wrong thinking. You have rightly explained that he was doing more harm than good, not only to himself but also to the site.
I hope he gets a chance to read your post and others who believe in posting multiple posts will also take a lesson from your post.@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
24 Nov 15
@poehere Excess of everything is bad, so goes the saying. If anyone is starting too many posts in a single day, he just isn't interested in interacting with others. He is going beyond the spirit of the site.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
24 Nov 15
@dpk262006 Like a few said to me they are getting sick of these people who only expect you to comment on their posts. They only want to interact on their own work. So in such cases the only thing we can do is not interact with them until they chance and can be a productive member of this site.
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@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
23 Nov 15
Here what happing is former bubblews writers.who are use to doing ten a day need to get in habbit to make changes.They are just use toone way. Now there others people who like writing but their time can be limited. This can be other reason they post a lot.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
Yes I can see how both of these is very true. I wasn't on the other site but I did read somewhere you had to have so many words to post on that site. Here you don't. Maybe they are writing a lot and just splitting this up to make a series of post. I don't know what to think of this one.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
I think that the longer you don't write a new post the better your chances that people will be drawn into different conversations and all of a sudden you notice them and find them. I have done this more than once but when a person has so many on they don't really have much of a chance to have a lot of people find their stuff and comment on the good one.
@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Nov 15
@Susan2015 I think so too. I don't have a problem with how many posts someone makes as that is their business and personal choice. But they have to know that not all of their posts are going to be read and it's just a waste of a good post to me.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@Susan2015 Yes I agree one post every few hours is a good thing to shoot for. Give people a chance to find what you have to say.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
I guess you are right. But I learned something the first week I was here. If you work less, comment more, read, and respond you can easily earn a nice amount each day. If you work like them and write a lot and wait for comments then you work too hard to get them and you earn less.
My first few days here I wrote more. I waited for people to find my work and leave me a comment. When I didn't get so many I wrote another one hoping it would work. Same results. Then someone said to me - interact - respond - comment. I didn't get it . so I asked. They said just go to explorer and start reading what other write. comment on their stuff. Then you'll see the difference. When I did this I found out I worked a lot less and got a better result. I also found when I did this people now came to my work and commented on it. Soon I had people following me. Soon I started to follow them Then it was all clear how it all worked. First week it is sort of unclear until you follow the simple formula here.
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
@funtool Yes they do work well and so far no issues on he site at all. I know there is no rules for posting 100 posts in a roll. but if you look around and read a few comments and different posts this isn't what people like.
I think following the many and not the few is a great idea on this site. The many write once or twice a day and spend a lot of time finding what other wrote and commenting on them. This is what the site is about communication or what they call interaction. Making comments on other stuff and starting a few of your own.
@Ponder243 (197)
• United States
23 Nov 15
I can't imagine how a person would be able to post that many at once. It makes one wonder about the validity of the posts. I would rather write two or three and be known as a true, sincere writer. I'm brand new here, but I've already learned that it is great to get the interaction from others. The guy in question is really missing out by not interacting.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
23 Nov 15
I do have to agree with you on this. I have no idea why he did this but he did. It makes it a little hard to interact with so many at once. I would rather just have one or two to deal with and all the other comments from posts I have commented on. It makes it so much more fun to read and leave comments. I don't want to spend all my time here writing. I enjoy so much reading other people's work.
