My Activity number keeps falling
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
April 9, 2017 4:36am CST
This must be the strangest thing that I have experienced here. On Friday I got the impression that my activity figure had fallen. This can easily happen if several discussions are deleted, but cannot happen often because I try to avoid responding to discussions that are dubious.
Shortly afterwards I got the impression that the figure had fallen again, so I made a note of the activity number. On Friday evening it was 42608. When I awoke on Saturday it had definitely gone down again, which seemed extremely odd. It also dropped several times yesterday, despite my spending a fair amount of time here interacting.
This morning my activity level is showing as 42544, which is less than it was 2 days ago.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this recently, or have any ideas as to what may have happened?
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35 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
9 Apr 17
There is only one reason for this and that is that discussions in which you have been involved have been deleted. I know that you don't often respond or comment in discussions which are likely to be deleted by Admin so I suspect that someone whom you often interact with is deleting their own discussions. I know at least one person who has done this from time to time (and that person has, I believe, done so quite recently). It wouldn't be appropriate to name the person here but I have no doubt that you won't find it difficult to identify him/her.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
9 Apr 17
@Asylum The only person who would be able to say whether there were some fault or, perhaps, an adjustment or recalculation happening internally would be @mylotbugs. However, I think it more likely that the explanation I gave is the correct one.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
9 Apr 17
There are people who delete discussions or responses by their own. 
I try to avoid responding to discussions that are dubious.
My discussions aren't dubious, I am dubious! 
I never delete my responses though, don't worry. 
As long as earnings don't go down, I'm fine. 
I try to avoid responding to discussions that are dubious.
My discussions aren't dubious, I am dubious!
I never delete my responses though, don't worry.
As long as earnings don't go down, I'm fine. 5 people like this
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Apr 17
@sabtraversa Many old members who returned here began by deleting all their old discussions, but I never noticed a vast drop in my activity level.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
9 Apr 17
@Asylum Yes, I understood what you meant. My discussion can look nice and genuine (not dubious) but I might still want to delete them someday, that's why "I am dubious". 
As @JolietJake said, you won't lose any earnings. You might miss some potential earnings though, if someone ever happens to be reading your response/comment and is willing to interact with it.
Activity equals potential earnings, not safe earnings. 
As @JolietJake said, you won't lose any earnings. You might miss some potential earnings though, if someone ever happens to be reading your response/comment and is willing to interact with it.
Activity equals potential earnings, not safe earnings. 3 people like this
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 17
I have noticed it but had put it down to misreading the numbers. I try to have my activity numbers go up by 100 before I submit a new discussion...
A couple of times last week I thought that the number seemed lower than when I had logged off. I guess maybe it wasn't my imagination.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 17
@Asylum I will be paying much closer attention.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Apr 17
@Morleyhunt I am currently monitoring mine very closely.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
9 Apr 17
I never really noticed. I never pay attention to the numbers. I will have to keep an eye on it and see what happens.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
10 Apr 17
I can't help you there. I don't pay attention to such things.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
10 Apr 17
Admin doing work and cleaning up the site.
Although, I haven't noticed anything with my account.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
10 Apr 17
Yes, I noticed the same with mine about a week ago. I knew at the end of March mine had passed 19500. But few days later I noticed it was way below 19500. I think admin was doing some kind of accounts or discussions clean up. I noticed my Followers number also reduced at the time. Maybe there was another big clean up done just this past few days. And this time it affected members/discussions you interacted with not necessarily recently.
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
10 Apr 17
@Asylum Yes, I noticed both my activity and followers numbers dropped at the time. The activity number was a huge drop (in the hundreds) while the followers number was only a few. I figured there was some kind of discussions and accounts clean up going on (could be old or recent discussions and accounts).
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
10 Apr 17
@Asylum Oh, that's not the one I was looking at. I never noticed the number next to my user name either. Right now it's 6064
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
9 Apr 17
I never bother checking stats. They might change if people have been given the boot or deleted a post perhaps?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Apr 17
@garymarsh6 It has had no effect on the earnings, but has still managed to concern me.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
9 Apr 17
@Asylum Yes bizarre to say the least. As long as your $$$ don't go down at the same time I would stay happy!
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@pammooratan (4668)
• India
9 Apr 17
@Asylum You were lucky enough. But I have noticed.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
9 Apr 17
I have not noticed this as i don't pay attention to that. With the warmer weather approaching that seems when mylot gets quieter as alot more people out out and about with their families enjoying the fresh air.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Apr 17
@Blondie2222 I retired a few years ago so I am free to visit at almost any time.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
10 Apr 17
@Asylum Yeah. I've noticed it's quiet on the weekends and busier during the week. I work during the week so I'm not on here as much.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
9 Apr 17
I never pay attention to the numbers, even the money number in the corner I forget to look at. (much to my detriment as I often have to wait for a payment because I didn't notice I was close and could have beefed up my time here) Anyway, probably the powers that be are making changes behind the scenes.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
9 Apr 17
@Asylum I had to hunt around for it, but I'm going to watch it.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Apr 17
@Jeanniemaries Mine has fallen a little again overnight.
@dhoyalahoy (1414)
• Philippines
10 Apr 17
Is activity points important here?
I am not sure how activity points may affect the earning or it won't.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Apr 17
@dhoyalahoy More ore less. They do show how much a person has actually done here.
@dhoyalahoy (1414)
• Philippines
10 Apr 17
@Asylum I see. Activity points are pride and glory here on mylot.
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