I Learned Why We Can't Share an Image With Our Website Name On It
@Cintronwriter (564)
United States
March 9, 2016 7:45pm CST
Greetings to you, like-minded writers and contributors near and far. Today is my first day on mylot.com, and already a post was flagged. Guess I should have read the community guidelines.
But something struck me as I read the community guidelines in response to my flagged post that included the text of a quote, an image with the text, my signature and website url.
Why flag my image for including my name and site on it? I'm not marketing myself, just sharing a picture quote. And than I realized, it's all about traffic which equates to money.
If this site allows me to share an image with my site url on it, and they like it, more than likely, people will leave this site for mine. That's bad business for mylot.com.
Think deeper. How many members contribute on this site in hopes of earning pennies a day? Thousands I'm certain. If Mylot.com allows contributors to share our sites, they lose money.
To make money on Mylot, we need to interact by pilfering through posts, hitting the like button and commenting, hoping to reach that $10 payout threshold, as quickly as we can, and as often as we can.
Mylot makes a hundred times what it pays out. They need you and me. Similar to the government, give a little, take a lot.
Just my two scents. I'm sure I'll ruffle some feathers with this post.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 16
I noticed you said this "To make money on Mylot, we need to interact by pilfering through posts, hitting the like button and commenting..."
That isn't how it works.
Earnings here are determined by how your posts are interacted with by other members.
You'd earn nothing for your above post until it is interacted with by other members...that's means by liking,responding/commenting.
So, basically, it's not what you write it's what others write back to you that will earn for you.
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@Cintronwriter (564)
• United States
10 Mar 16
Good to know @mike197602. I guess the point I was trying to express is the time invested here, if put into one's own site, could generate more than what is gained here. Thanks again.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 16
@Cintronwriter of course it would.
Earnings here for time spent are beyond negligible which is why I see them as a bonus as I'd be on here for free
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@Cintronwriter (564)
• United States
11 Mar 16
@DwDavis, yes sir. The good people here set me straight. Lol.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Mar 16
@Cintronwriter Most everyone here is friendly, helpful, and interesting to get to know. I think you will enjoy becoming part of the community.
@yukimori (10144)
• United States
10 Mar 16
If there's any doubt why a post was deleted, a message to @GoAskAlice can clear it up. He's the one who handles that sort of thing.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
10 Mar 16
The same thing or something similar happened to me when I first posted on MyLot. Someone accused me of plagiarism because I asked some trivia questions. I am a "trivia nut" and love to post trivia, and was used to doing so on another site (Bubblews) but this site is different. The rules are different. I think it's difficult to remember all the rules even after you've read them, but I understand most of them anyway and WHY they are in place.
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@Cintronwriter (564)
• United States
10 Mar 16
@IreneVincent, I was perturbed to say the least and so I wrote this. But as you said, rules are in place for reasons.
