Stop posting new discussions if you want to reach payout

By MysD
@mysdianait (66009)
Italy
January 30, 2017 3:52am CST
Only today and tomorrow to reach payout for January. Are you there yet? If the answer is 'no' then maybe you are doing soemthing wrong... Check how many new posts you made this month.... then check whether you commented to everyone who responded on them... and check whether they came back and left another comment... and if they did, then did you go back and comment to them again? You can post 100 new discussions but if no-one responds you will NOT earn. YOU earn when you engage others and involve them in a conversation, when you get them chatting back and forth, over and over again, just like in a conversation offline. This month I posted only 20 new posts (and that's more than my average) and have over 3 times the minimum payout. I commented back to every response and then went back and commented again and again... and many of those discussions are still alive with conversations going on for over a month! MyLot is NOT about posting new posts. It is about INTERACTION! Exchanging opinions, making conversation... because myLot is a DISCUSSION site! So you still have two days to go back and chat with everyone on your old posts without making any new ones and you can save those for next month Good luck!
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101 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
30 Jan 17
It is right, the number of discussions has nothing to do with the earnings. I am over the payout threshold with 8 discussions this month, and I have had a very low activity during 2 weeks...
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Well done! Yes I see that you are not here every day but I see also that you are all over the place too If only everyone realised that is what is required here, then they would have so much more fun!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Some members are just doing wrong. They post a batch of discussions and they come back the day after to eventually comment back to their responders. They have a hard time to reach the payout, because it is not a good strategy : when we post a discussion, we have to be present to comment back and start a real interaction.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@topffer I absolutely agree! It is just like a conversation offline: we would not greet someone and ask them how they are ... and then go and do the shopping before they answer and then phone them for the answer the following day
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
30 Jan 17
Too late, I've just posted a new discussion about an hour ago... The first after almost 3 weeks, and my fourth for the month! And I'm here every day interacting... how come I'm no where near the minimum payout?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Oh dear. That will not be the case next month I am certain 'cos we will make you talk and talk and talk!
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Trying to persuade me away from my old habit of read and read and read, eh?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@sishy7 Or you can continue but you will lose out on some sleep
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jan 17
I never monitor how many posts I submit but simply post when I have something to say. Checking back it appears that I have posted 14 this month. I have passed the minimum $5 but not by a great deal.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Considering how rarely I get the chance to travel it cannot make much difference.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Asylum Twice this month is 'rarely'? That means four trips with no internet
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
I had to count mine on my profile as I had no idea at all what the total was. I post when I have something to share but next month I will only post two and see what happens. I can guess that your earnings have dropped due to the fact that there is no internet when you are flying LOL
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@vandana7 (98418)
• India
30 Jan 17
I made it ..yeah...but because of earnings in the last month..lol
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Oh really? I thought you were talking enough everywhere to have made it all this month
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@Daljinder (23222)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jan 17
@vandana7 I made it too even though I started quite late in the month.
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@Daljinder (23222)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait I wonder about that too because she is literally all over the place. There was a time when anytime I entered a new discussion and I would find her there. lol
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@Mike197602 (15491)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
I've got no discussions at all up at the moment and I made payout with over a dollar extra At my current rate I make the $5 minimum every other month. When I posted a couple of my own discussions I made the minimum every month.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
There you go! More proof that it is not the number of discussions but the actual discussing that counts and I know that you discuss lots Just wondering as I typed that... does cussing have anything to do with discussing?
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Mike197602 That's how I felt like when I started the career here, I would earn more if I posted no discussions at all. It takes way less time to respond than writing your own, perhaps. I need to delete some old discussions of mine but I don't want to go below 50 discussions shown in my profile, so I still need to create my own stuff.
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@Mike197602 (15491)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait cussing used to have a fair bit to do with my discussing Not anymore though...think in the last year I've only said one bad word in a discussion...when I woke up the next day it was gone
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• India
30 Jan 17
thats the valuable information for the new users like me thanks :)
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Happy to help!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@HAPPSINGH A lot more than you methinks
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• India
30 Jan 17
@HAPPSINGH doing well, not on mylot as much but outside the virtuality...!!
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
30 Jan 17
Yep, doing a combination of posting and commenting is what to strive for, with more commenting than posting.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Yes that is exactly how it works and you summed it up in a nutshell It works for you too?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@sabtraversa and that is exactly what happens here, every day
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@snowy22315 That's the law of the supply and demand. If all people were posting more than replying, several discussions would be left empty.
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@1hopefulman (45125)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Tell me, is the length of the comment of any consequence in earning?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
I have no idea but I doubt it. It should be engaging so that others will come back and talk to you some more. The longer the banter goes on then the more we are discussing Now I am wondering if women or men are better at discussing than men are
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@1hopefulman (45125)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
@sabtraversa What you say makes sense. (short commnet) Thanks Sabrina for responding to my question. I always wondered about that and I was curious if anybody knows for sure, whether it makes a difference if our comments are short or lengthy. Have a nice day now! (long comment)
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@1hopefulman They could implement something like that, it would feel right at the beginning, but then some would abuse the system and type useless stuff just to add more characters.
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• Williamsburg, Virginia
30 Jan 17
Thank you so much for this post. It makes a lot of sense. I will go back to all of my old posts and check them out. God bless.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
I hope you will have good results too! Make comments on those responses that get peole to come back and continue the conversation just like you would if you were talking tosomeone offline. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@taramarie39 That is a point that I didn't mention as I hoped someone else would - and you did! When we interact by commenting over and over again with people here we can certainly get to know them much better. I have been here 10 years next April and in that time I have made many friends from all over the world. I feel that I know them as well as I know my offline friends now
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• Williamsburg, Virginia
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Thank you. I will definitely will let you know. It has worked pretty good so far. I hope this will help me make payout. This is fun as well. I am getting to know others. Hopefully it will be lasting friendships.
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
I had highs and lows this month, I made $2.50 this January but I have the December earnings left. When I first started to be active here I thought it was about placing some responses here and there and then leave for a while, but today I found out I could spend several hours in a row! And "old" posts like this allow you to comment on responses, I spent my whole myLot afternoon on this page. We have 13 hours left, maybe I can make it to $6! (Currently at $5.92)
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Only 13 hours? There is all day tomorrow too so if you are free you could even make it to $7 Remember too that 'cut off' time for payment is midnight at myLot's time, not hours so you could stay up all night tomorrow and go to bed at 6.a.m.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@sabtraversa Yes and that is LOADS of time!
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait I thought it was the 31st today, sorry. So 13+24, sweet. Well, about 12+24 now.
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@LadyDuck (453773)
• Switzerland
30 Jan 17
Diana a lot of users will never understand that this site is not about posting to earn. This month I have posted 4 discussions and I am 4 times over the minimum.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
More proof that it isnot the number of posts that count at all I doubt that those who should read here will not and they certainly won't read the responses. Such a shame that we try to help but it goes without being noticed
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@LadyDuck No, I agree that they don't listen. Next month I will try not to post any at all and see what the result is. Maybe just one or two as I haven't mentioned Chicca for a couple of weeks at least
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@LadyDuck (453773)
• Switzerland
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait I try to spread the word here. It is important to participate to the discussions, not to write dozens of posts every day. People do not listen, so they will never learn.
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@Morleyhunt (21478)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
Too bad those who really need to read this won't. And if perchance they took the time to read it, they won't apply it to themselves. Besides of their hundred discussions....most of them didn't rate a comment. It is excellent advice....hopefully at least one or two will apply it.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Yes I guess many who it is aimed at will not read at all.. and then yet again next month we will see the same whines like evry other month before It is so darn easy and practically what they are doing on Facebook without earning there!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Morleyhunt Yes I leave mine first too before reading the others. I don't like to be influenced by what others have said before I post mine. I find it so disappointing though when some never get back to comment. It seems so obvious that they just threw a post up and were not really interested in reading what we thought at all
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@Morleyhunt (21478)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait so true. I try to get back and respond to as many of the responses as possible. There are many though, that are impossible to really turn into any kind of discussion. I've also learned not to read any of the responses until after I've made my response...then I've responded to the other responses as well. Then there are the days that there is hardly any discussion posted that inspires me to even like them let alone spend the time responding.
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@Happy2BeMe (98795)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
More people need to take the time to read this discussion! Some people seem to think they have to post discussion after discussion and they never respond if somebody does respond to them. It all seems like common sense to me but some people just don't get it! I hope they take the time to read this!!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
I hope that they do too and that it can help many who are struggling to understnad how things work here. It is so darn simple but maybe holding a conversation is going out of fashion? Too many never get back and comment when we leave a respionse, even a thoughtful one and that is so disappointing at times.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Happy2BeMe Yes, they wouldn't do that in an offline conversation surely? Or maybe they would as they would be too busy exchanging messages on their phones Maybe conversation will eventually vanish completely
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@Happy2BeMe (98795)
• Canada
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Yes it would be nice if they would at least acknowledge that they read what we responded to their discussion. What is the point of responding if they are never going to go back and check it or if they have nothing else to say about it?
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@tom_view (6412)
• Kolkata, India
30 Jan 17
it seems that you have a great stategy
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
It is not 'my' strategy though. It is exactly what myLot explain to us in the earning programme
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@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Jan 17
True, the whole point here is not just the posting, it is actually having interaction, a discussion between mylotters. Here is alot like bubblews also. I usually have ideas for posts, but i write them down on paper and post the slowly so i can have time to answer to my posts and have plenty of time to read everyones posts around to discuss. I actually like to give my opinion more than starting a discussion. I think is is more fun that way. Plus since i do not have alot of time i cant tell if what i want to write has been discussed before. So i would rather just surf around and interact withh all of what is been posted first, them if i see that it is a good time, then ill post.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Absinto if we were born to be writers we would not be here but we would be publishing elesewhere and earning big bucks too. Instead here we can have fun, interacting and meeting new friends while learning about new cultures. However if we are just 'hit and run' posters we will never get to know anyone and will not make new friends and consequently will just be 'yet another Lotter' as no-one will have got to know us at all. I have a question: why, with such a big number beside your name, do you still have the anonymous green avatar instead of something unique that we can recognise you by?
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@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Jan 17
@sabtraversa Of course we all want to be able to get a good idea for a discussion and see it take off full of opinions, but sometimes it isn't that easy.
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@Absinto I use the search option here, usually not tags but "full text discussions", to see if someone had my idea before. However, if the discussion was started years ago, I won't mind and start mine. When I have the idea for a discussion I feel blessed, responding is just easier but not always as satisfying.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
31 Jan 17
As always a great tip.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
31 Jan 17
Hope it can help someone
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
19 Feb 17
@jhechorain With a daily amount like that, you will have no problems seeing your bank drop at the middle of next month when it all moves over to Paypal Happy to help and keep it up!
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• Susanville, California
2 Feb 17
It is already helping me, thanks! I did really well yesterday with 0.36 cents.. not anything to write home about I suppose but it was certainly the best I have done here since the new launch.
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• Philippines
30 Jan 17
Even if I wanted to, I would procrastinate specially if people can only respond to you only once.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
We can only respond once but we can comment forevet and forever. That is what many of us do and many peole get involved in the same chain of comments too. It sometimes takes time to read what was happening in the previous comments but it's fun and it is discussing!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@sabtraversa I just got back and see that you have been busy but make your own box too so that we can a discussion going there too I was busy offline too but I am back for at least an hour and then again after dinner. I can't comment on your response though if there isn't one
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@sabtraversa (12379)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait I haven't replied to this discussion yet, been busy commenting the responses here. And I need to get outta here, I have some things that need to be done in the real world too.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Jan 17
Very good point some may not realize.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
It will have served a purpose even if only some have read it and decide to put it into practice. Hopefully eomeone will and then next month we might wee fewer whines
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@PatZAnthony Yes I see that many do that too and the two sites are so totally different. In fact there isnowhere with a set-up like myLot at all.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait Yes, someone will do better now b/c they read your post. People confuse this with Bubblews and other old sites.
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• United States
30 Jan 17
I must have been very good this month, it's my highest in a long time.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
You have been very busy this month and made a lot of banter! Well done!
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• United States
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait I think I owe a lot of it to you!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill Are you suggesting I am a gossiper? As long as we don't let the dust settle, all will be well
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@sans224 (1808)
30 Jan 17
Exactly. u said it right. its the activeness that really matter. i enjoy more with responds and comments. just started 5 discussions in my first month.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
Hello there! Yes I notice that you makes lots of responses and comments because I read a lot and see you on many posts Getting involved and meeting as many peole as possible here is what makes it so much fun as well as making your bank climb quicker
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jan 17
@sans224 I am a keen observer
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@sans224 (1808)
30 Jan 17
@mysdianait thank you. great to know that u notice me.
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