Did you click the wrong button?

By MysD
@mysdianait (66009)
Italy
March 1, 2017 8:27am CST
Good morning, good afternoon, good night. I'm having breakfast, lunch,, dinner... tea, coffee, a bath, a shower... I was at work, going to work, in the bathroom ... What is it with all of the posts that look like a status from Facebook? There is nothing to discuss and nothing to 'like' either This is myLot and NOT Facebook! Here we post something which other Lotters can then DISCUSS. Please understand that or there will soon be no advertisers here and then where will the money come from to pay us? Did you click the wrong button? Or maybe you never use Facebook (and in that case maybe you should )
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25 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
1 Mar 17
I have no FB account, but it is a good idea, and I post my status on your discussion : "I have been hurt at the left leg by a scooter on Monday, and I felt on the pavement today, hurting my left knee. Streets are too dangerous, be prepared to see me more often here."
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
Then we would have something to discuss though. Like what caused the scooter to hit you and was the pavement wett and did people come to your aid or turn the other cheek or whatever. Did that really happen? If it did then it'll be good to see more of you and I hope your left knee will not hurt sitting down to type
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@topffer (42156)
• France
1 Mar 17
@mysdianait Yes, and in my street : the scooter came behind me on the pavement, and today I tripped on a security fence which was down on the pavement in front of a high school and I felt : I am an indirect victim of terrorism. There is nothing broken, but bruising, I will see tomorrow if I can still walk. Bad luck.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
@topffer Oh I am so sorry and I hope your injuries will soon be a thing of the past Now, when our friend gets here, I'm sure she would suggest that you should have been looking where you were going rather than watching the school girls... so she will have to think of something else because i said it first
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Mar 17
This is the very reason why I often go quite a while between posting discussions. There is little point in trying to formulate something and depending on a few friends connecting on it as a favour. I prefer to wait until I have something to say.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Mar 17
@mysdianait The old Mylot days saw many puerile posts such as "Do you have a computer" etcetera, which prompted the admin to declare that such pointless questions were contrary to the rules.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
If moreof the newer Lotters realised that then those 'status' type posts would become a thing of the past. I don't remember that we had so many on the 'old' myLot and most of them are pointless now as there is nothing to discuss there. I see that some post them every single day as soon as they log in and before signing off!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
@Asylum Yes and I remember the countless polls which were promptly removed too in the old days. There are many of those now too which seem not to see the hammer.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
1 Mar 17
Haha interesting. I havent seen too many of these posts yet!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
I check the 'recent posts' regularly and they appear there as soon as they are submitted. Recently there have been far too many! Admin removes them quickly too
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
@maezee Yes and it is difficult to find something discuss in one line no matter how hard we try
@maezee (41997)
• United States
1 Mar 17
@mysdianait Maybe thats it! I see a lot of one liners sometimes too.
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• United States
2 Mar 17
But what if I WANT to discuss eating breakfast in the shower while going to the bathroom?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
Go right ahead! You would have at least two responses and I'm sure that the scent of your flowers would atttract many more too and THAT would be a status post that everyone would be interested in for sure!
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@Beatburn (4287)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
@mysdianait Nice scented flowers for breakfast? And in the shower? Now that's going to get 1000 likes.
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@Beatburn (4287)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
Now, that's a unique post. What was for breakfast?
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
1 Mar 17
This is why I do not post every day. I am sure that nobody is interested to know what I had for breakfast and what I am doing each morning when I wake up. May be we can find something to discuss around a breakfast, ONLY IF the post is written not like a personal diary, but... a discussion.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
Exactly! It is those that are just like a status post with absolutely nothing to talk about that are beginning to drive me crazy! They appear one after the other and even someone with the most vivid imagination would have difficulty in stretching them into a discussion
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@LadyDuck Yes, especially when they say it every day from Monday to Friday!
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
2 Mar 17
@mysdianait Those "diary posts" are increasing. What should we say to someone who writes "I had a good night, now I am up, I had my coffee and soon I go out to work"... ????
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 17
Oh you've hit the nail on the head with this post. Personally I will never even open a post if they can't be bothered to think of something more original for a title than 'Good morning' etc.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
5 Mar 17
I am pretty bad at writing titles and I think I only wrote one with that title and I thought all day what to change it to but could come up with nothing better.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
6 Mar 17
@shaggin A title does not always reflect what is in the post itself. Some of the posts with 'good morning' as the title are totally differnt from the ones I am referring to here and they give us a lot ot things to discuss and I'm sure yours was one of those!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
I opened some recently just to see what there was to discuss and what did I find? A big nothing at all They are never in the 'no responses' list though
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
2 Mar 17
Very interesting post. You see when status like Good morning and Good afternoon are posted like Facebook, I also sometimes wonder whether it is mylot or Facebook. However, the problem is other users reciprocate Good morning greetings and forget that it is not a subject to discuss.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
2 Mar 17
@mysdianait These are not ''easy'' but ''too easy'' posts. Yes, you are right that in these kinds of posts there is nothing to discuss, nothing to chew, no juice to extract.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@dpk262006 Yes 'too easy' is a better picture indeed
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
Yes they do, every morning too! I know those are 'easy' posts to relate to but there is no'substance' at all, nothing to chew and get talking about
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@BarBaraPrz (45579)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Mar 17
Yeah, some post are rather difficult to comment on. Remember back in "the old days" there were sometimes too many interesting posts to keep up with?
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@BarBaraPrz (45579)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Mar 17
@shaggin I may have gotten lost a time or two, as well.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
5 Mar 17
On the old mylot every time I refreshed the page there were so many posts I could not find my way back to the one I left off on. Now I scroll and scroll through new posts and it seems very slow here compared to years ago.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
4 Mar 17
Oh yes Idefinately DO remember and how Imiss thoe days! Those posts are few and far between here now, especially at the end of the month when some go crazy and post such a lot of nonsensical one-liners Good to see you again!
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@celticeagle (159452)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Mar 17
You sound a little confused.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@celticeagle I do most times... but sometimes I can't resist the temptation and have to say something
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
No I am rarely confused Many of the posts confuse me though as I see nothing that we can bite into and discuss.
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@celticeagle (159452)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Mar 17
@mysdianait ........Sometimes that is the case.and I just have to move on.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Mar 17
And if anyone is going talk about their breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea, coffee . . . the least they could do is at least OFFER some to us . (Ok, well some actually do offer ). I mean sheesh, let's show some manners people . I am breathing. Shall we try to discuss that?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
We could indeed? Is it fresh or polluted air where you are? Yeah at certain times of the day when I get back after a break, one after another there are the good morning posts and then later allof the goodnight ones from the others hemisohere. Not one day but EVERY day!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Mar 17
@much2say 'Good grief' Gosh the Los Angeles area has so many problems. What with the dam, the gas leak and the threat of an earthquake... aren't you scared living there?
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Mar 17
@mysdianait It looks fresh, but no guarantee that it's unpolluted (this is Los Angeles after all). We are near where there was a gas leak like a year and a half ago. The thing is this gas couldn't be seen. People actually got sick. We may not be in the immediate area, but with things traveling in the air constantly, you just never know what may lurk anywhere. To those good morning and good night posts, we say "good grief".
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@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
3 Mar 17
Maybe they can't tell the difference between "discuss" and "posting status".
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Mar 17
That seems to be the reason. The only logical one at least
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@rebelann (111249)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Mar 17
I wonder if it's mostly the newbees who do that ***scratching my head*** a lot of them post a one liners that're so unappealing they never get a response. I find it amazin that someone could post while on the pot takin a leak .... ok, I exaggerated but what you said is soooo true. I remember how many used to do that on Bubblews, it was really bad there and what amazed me is people would respond with stupid things like "Good post" or something of that sort, I used to laugh. Were you ever on Bubblews?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
Those posts on here get many 'likes' too Yes I was on there too when the earnings program here was stopped. I never felt at home there though and oh boy the spammers there! That was appalling!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@rebelann Oh am I? I am a chatterbox and maybe that is the first requirement to be able to do well here. I see that all of those who do well here just talk, and talk and talk... like you do
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@rebelann (111249)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Mar 17
Well, if all they get are likes than no one is earning anything @mysdianait at least you get responses and you comment on them which is why you're getting rich ..... right?
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• Philippines
2 Mar 17
I rarely post a status in facebook, except that one time I thanked people for greeting me on my birthday.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
I don't remember a 'good motning' post from you at all here but I do remember that you thanked everyone for those birthday wishes on the other site
@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
3 Mar 17
Oh yeah, You're right.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Mar 17
@ShifaLk Well, they tell me I am
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Mar 17
Sometimes Not always
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@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
3 Mar 17
@mysdianait haha really?
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Good one. And many of the newbies will never figure it out because they do not take the time or complain because it is too slow to earn anything here.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
21 Mar 17
Yes they jump in without even reading anything about what they should be doing here
@averygirl72 (37748)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
I find that kinds of post common maybe users also think mylot can be like facebook
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
They probably do and dont realise that each post should have something that we can discuss too.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@averygirl72 Without bothering to think whether it is within the guidelines or whether others will get busy discussing on it.
@averygirl72 (37748)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
@mysdianait They post whatever they feel like to post
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
1 Mar 17
Facebook, truly a den of iniquity. Actually, now I come to think of it...
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
Would you believe that I had to go and look up the definition of 'iniquity'? Now I know and you emote fits perfectly
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
3 Mar 17
@pgntwo and you certainy did this time
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
3 Mar 17
@mysdianait I aim to titillate ;)
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
4 Mar 17
I don't use facebook and therefore don't understand what you're alluding to here.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
4 Mar 17
I have an account there but I don't use it much. Many people, eve before they have breakfast, post saying 'good morning' and nothing else and then before they sign off 'good night' and now I see many if thos eposts here daily. There isnothing to discuss in them whatsoever
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
4 Mar 17
@mysdianait Twitter seems to be even worse.
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
1 Mar 17
I often post a status on facebook, and often to submit a discussion too, err..not sure.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
1 Mar 17
At last someone who is uncertain!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
@Lucky15 Yes they do get tiresome. If someone is posting then we know that they are awaks so no need to tell us in a post
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
1 Mar 17
@mysdianait glad that admit it, hahaha. with facebook, i don't really post an update with everything and the reason why i am not always there, because of those "updates". haha
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
2 Mar 17
You are right. There is not much to discuss but I have seen this kind of posting here.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Mar 17
Yes every day. Some people post a 'good morning' post every single day of the week!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 Mar 17
@thelme55 Yes indeed it does and that is sad
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
5 Mar 17
@mysdianait it sounds they have nothing to discuss about.
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