I have a different kind of myLot goal…
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
April 4, 2017 5:04am CST
# 66
I’m not going to set an earning goal of X amount of $ or such this month. Instead I’m going to see if I can reach a certain number of notifications... 
Do you see the circled number in my screenshot? That’s what I have now. About 2 months ago or back on February first that number was 361 and I had thought it was impossible for me to push it beyond 400. But as you may have guessed, it wasn’t impossible after all because I’m looking at 556 now. It fluctuates daily, of course, and I had seen it to even go over 600 some days... 
My goal is to try to break 700 and possibly stay on that range by end of this month. That number is the total notifications I have for the past 7 days. So if I can break 700, my daily average would be 100 notifications. I’ve read how other members receive hundreds of notifications daily, so I know it’s something that may be quite normal here. But since I have never reached that number myself, I figure it would be a good challenge for me to have. Good luck to me! 
Do you see the circled number in my screenshot? That’s what I have now. About 2 months ago or back on February first that number was 361 and I had thought it was impossible for me to push it beyond 400. But as you may have guessed, it wasn’t impossible after all because I’m looking at 556 now. It fluctuates daily, of course, and I had seen it to even go over 600 some days...
My goal is to try to break 700 and possibly stay on that range by end of this month. That number is the total notifications I have for the past 7 days. So if I can break 700, my daily average would be 100 notifications. I’ve read how other members receive hundreds of notifications daily, so I know it’s something that may be quite normal here. But since I have never reached that number myself, I figure it would be a good challenge for me to have. Good luck to me! 59 people like this
63 responses
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
11 Apr 17
I also thought every time I open one out of whatever be the number, their number comes to zero..that makes it difficult to trace what I have already answered, and what I need to check. I often get x mentioned you in ...... then another x mentioned you in ............ when a whole bunch of same post and same member comes ...I can miss out on attending to one of those. There should be some way to prevent that...
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@crossbones27 (48435)
• Mojave, California
4 Apr 17
I get 50 and am overwhelmed. I am not sure how some of your do it. lol Good luck and if that is what works for you, I hope you get a system that works for you.
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@crossbones27 (48435)
• Mojave, California
4 Apr 17
@sishy7 No, I usually get that after three days or something depending how big of a jerk I was. 
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
4 Apr 17
@crossbones27 
Since I tend to read around a lot, I think I know what you mean... But 'a jerk' has never come across my mind about you as far as our interactions both here and on 'B'.
Hey, is that Redlands as in San Bern...? My then boyfriend used to work at the Chrysler dealer there back in the early '90s... 
Since I tend to read around a lot, I think I know what you mean... But 'a jerk' has never come across my mind about you as far as our interactions both here and on 'B'.
Hey, is that Redlands as in San Bern...? My then boyfriend used to work at the Chrysler dealer there back in the early '90s... 6 people like this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
i am reaching more than a hundred notifications when i log out at night. i still delete the notifications that i made actions to, so the notifs remain below a hundred. i sometimes zero them out.
At long last,I was able to respond to all my notifications. This is a short - term goal for me. Few minutes ago, I had zero notifications but since I will reply...
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
4 Apr 17
Yes, that seems to be the way some members handle their notifications... I'm too curious of what kind of numbers I get as a total from the past week so I don't delete any and I turn on all options for all possible types of notifications I can get.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Apr 17
@ridingbet The system will automatically delete all notifications older than a week. So the 700 target that I'm trying to reach would only be a week worth of notifications that I received without manually deleting any. I don't think I have ever received 3-digit notifications for a day.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Apr 17
@sishy7 oh, i did not know that notifications reaching a week old will be automatically deleted. so, you having 700 means you are so active in the site.
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
5 Apr 17
Good luck! You try answering those who will guarantee get back to you or get involved in an ongoing fun interaction lol I get so many notifications from that alone crossing 100's easily (if I am active)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Apr 17
You're right - that would be a sure way to receive lots of notifications... My problem is I tend to shy away from the crowd and if I respond or comment at all chances are it would be on some 'quiet' discussions... Really, I hope people don't think I'm complaining about receiving a low number of notifications because I'm not... Just like I don't complain about my low earnings... I know full well why I get what I get and I only have myself to blame... 
Still, I like to challenge myself just to see if I can somewhat improve my own rate...
Really, I hope people don't think I'm complaining about receiving a low number of notifications because I'm not... Just like I don't complain about my low earnings... I know full well why I get what I get and I only have myself to blame... Still, I like to challenge myself just to see if I can somewhat improve my own rate... 6 people like this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
6 Apr 17
@Daljinder I think I have forced so many members to turn off their 'Likes' when they got sick and tired of me flooding their notifications...
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
6 Apr 17
@sishy7 Notifications of 'likes' is unnecessary anyways. Its good you forced them into turning it off.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
4 Apr 17
Contrary to your goal mine is to make it zero clean. My notifications even reached more the one thousand so now I'm trying to make zero.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
4 Apr 17
Wow! That's what I mean - how do people get so many notifications and therefore have to delete them to make it manageable?
I opt to receive everything that I can be notified of and never delete notifications, and still I can't get a total of 600 for a week... 
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That's a LOT of notifications! 
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
4 Apr 17
@ilocosboy I like to keep mine at zero also. It makes it easier to know which ones I've responded to.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
4 Apr 17
That number in brackets does not represent the true story as they get reduced over time. Atleast that is what I see
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
4 Apr 17
@sishy7 Hats off to you that you have a detailed explanation about how notifications present themselves. In my case I only look at the number in red. and the number in black does a song and a dance despite the red showing a huge number. sometimes.
Some love to play with numbers and you seem to one of them. Have fun (lol)
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
4 Apr 17
It's the total for a week's worth of notifications I get. Let's say I get in:
Day 1 = 10 notifications
Day 2 = 15 notifications
Day 3 = 5 notifications
Day 4 = 10 notifications
Day 5 = 20 notifications
Day 6 = 5 notifications
Day 7 = 10 notifications
Then that number on Day 7 will be (10+15+5+10+20+5+10=75)
Day 8 = 5 notifications
Then the next day on Day 8 that number will be (15+5+10+20+5+10+5=70)
Or I can look at it as: Total Day 8 = Total Day 7 - Day 1 + Day 8 = 75-10+5=70.
You're right, the number can get reduced but it can get increased as well. To increase it, obviously I have to consistently get above the average of what my daily number is. In my simple example, the average would be 70 divided by 7 or 10 a day. So if I keep getting more than 10 notifications a day, eventually that number will increase.
I'm sorry if this gets too long - I do get carried away sometimes when talking about numbers... 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
24 Apr 17
@allknowing @sishy7 can get too involved in her numbers for me to remain interested, if she was anyone else on myLot! But since it is @sishy7, I normally ride out her explanations... they aren't difficult to understand, but I bet she could confuse both of us if she really wanted to doing that! LMFAO!
I hope you are doing well today, allknowing! 
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
9 Apr 17
lol I used to not delete notifications as I go
But now I love to see the number closer to (0)
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
9 Apr 17
@sishy7 Haha I hate it back then! Now I love to see the # closer to 0! I am adding to your notifications
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
9 Apr 17
Dearheart, I start panicking when my notifications go over the 150 mark, daily. (I also delete each notification as I take care of it, too, so mine will HOPEFULLY never approach that high number!)
If that is what you are shooting for, I suppose I am willing to help you reach that amount. I am adding one to your total right now. LOL!
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
9 Apr 17
@DaddyEvil I have yet to receive 3-digit new notifications at any given time. That's why I'm trying to get to 700 total for a week; that way I then can safely say I get an average of 100 notifications a day when I see a total of 700.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
9 Apr 17
@sishy7 When I am nearing 150 notifications I am not quite so appreciative of receiving more of them, sishy! (I panicked once and started deleting them. They were coming in faster than I could reply. I know, bad boy! I couldn't help it
!)
!)4 people like this
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Apr 17
lol those are just the ones you haven't worked and removed from the list! lol, I try and keep my worked, but am over 150 odd atm
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@sishy7 @Jessicalynnt I have to delete mine when I have responded as well or I would be even more confused than I normally am!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Apr 17
@sishy7 I gotcha. I delete mine so I know what i have worked.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
29 Apr 17
@DaddyEvil It took me 5 days to get to this notification. Lol! I will try.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
8 Apr 17
No - 700 is the total for a week's worth of notifications that I'm trying to get. Chances are I'd have already worked on them because I check my new notifications regularly. I don't delete notifications manually after I'm done with them. I just leave them on the list and they get deleted automatically after a week.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
My goal is always an an icr are of 100 in my activity bar. Some days it's easy...I can find lots to comment on or reply to. Other days it seems to be a difficult slog to get more than twenty or thirty.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
4 Apr 17
Yes, I can relate to that... I also watch closely how that number inside the () next to my username is moving. 100 a day is definitely hard for me. I know mine was at 19500 at the end of March. And here I am, 4 days later, it's still at 19600+ range.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
@sishy7 I try to have it go up by a hundred between posted discussions. Last month that was daily. The last couple of days I've been struggling.
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@diosabella (4789)
•
7 Apr 17
And here I am cleaning my notifications all the time!3 people like this
@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
8 Apr 17
@diosabella It won't if that's what other members are doing - what they do with their own notifications won't affect me at all... But if I delete my notifications after I work on them, then that will probably drive me nuts!
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@diosabella (4789)
•
8 Apr 17
@sishy7 I hope deleting them when its over won't drive you nuts!
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@Mass_Sonu (1021)
• India
10 Apr 17
@sishy7 700? all the best! Hope to see you reach your goal pretty soon
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
11 Apr 17
@Mass_Sonu I've reached my 700 target sooner than I expected!
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