How do I earn in myLot? - A handy reference guide for ALL users
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
June 15, 2017 8:40am CST
Hello friends and neighbors and other assorted members of humanity, it is I, JJ, with another glimpse at How myLot™ Works.
Today, we'll try to break things down for you a bit.
The first step (and ultimately the most important) is PARTICIPATION.
While myLot does NOT pay you for your participation, you can not receive any interaction from other users (which is what myLot DOES pay you for) unless you participate.
There are three ways for you to participate and receive interaction (and you are paid for any interaction to any of these three items):
a) Create a discussion.
- You will receive payment for any responses to the discussion received from other users or from any 'likes' given to the discussion by other users.
b) Respond to a discussion started by another user.
- You will receive payment for any comments or 'likes' given to your response by other users.
c) Make a comment to any response or to another comment by another user.
- You will receive payment for any comments or 'likes' given to your comment by another user.
Fairly simple, isn't it?
You participate, other people interact with your participation, and you get paid for it.
A WORD (OR TWELVE) ABOUT PARTICIPATION:
You don't need to be a literary genius and write multiple paragraphs. But you do need to write something that will entice other users to interact with what you wrote. Simply writing 'Okay' or 'Good' or 'I agree' is not going to give other users much incentive to reply back to you. Since you are not being paid for what you write, but for what is written back to you, then you need to give them something worth talking about. Yes, if they 'like' your one word response/comment, that is received interaction, and you will earn for it...but not as much as you would earn if they also make a reply back to you.
Be serious. Be creative. Be stupid. Be funny. Be silly.
But try to make sure they can't help replying to what you say.
THAT, my friends, is what pays.
-end of lesson #124,364,976-
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46 responses
@LadyDuck (476662)
• Italy
15 Jun 17
Sorry we do not have the "clap hands" emoji here. This sounds very simple, but I fear I will continue to find those silly comments, like "okay" "hahaha" (
?) or the usual "I agree", with this last comment people think they are always on the safe side.
?) or the usual "I agree", with this last comment people think they are always on the safe side.10 people like this
@FourWalls (75825)
• United States
15 Jun 17
Someone's seen a few too many "I'm new here, how does this work" posts this week.....
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@marlina (154117)
• Canada
15 Jun 17
@FourWalls I skip those now. It seems to me that if one is joining a website, they should know what is required before they join.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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15 Jun 17
I really need to bookmark one of these and just start posting the link on discussions like that.
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@owlwings (43902)
• Cambridge, England
15 Jun 17
Excellente!
Might I suggest that:
" While myLot does NOT pay you for your participation, you can not receive any interaction from other users (which is what myLot DOES pay you for) unless you participate."
might be a little confusing to those who have trouble with conditional clauses in English. I'd propose:
"myLot does not pay you JUST for participating. It only pays you when other users interact with what you have posted."
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[If you want to change that bit to something on the lines of what I suggest and delete this response, that's OK with me!]
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jun 17
You mean you can't just sign up and magically earn?
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Jun 17
@JolietJake Psst. It takes two to tango...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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15 Jun 17
I try to post these occasionally to help out people, realized it had been a while since the last one
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
15 Jun 17
@JolietJake Keep posting them :) will be looking forward for more :)
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@marlina (154117)
• Canada
15 Jun 17
We should be grateful to JJ @JolietJake, he is very helpful.
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@GardenGerty (164248)
• United States
16 Jun 17
You even earn if someone gets mad at you and chews you out, or as some people where I grew up say "blesses you out".
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@JolietJake (50190)
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16 Jun 17
I've had some really good earning days because of arguments
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
15 Jun 17
@JolietJake True. We just need to force others to react on our content. 
By hook or crook or whatever it is.
By hook or crook or whatever it is.4 people like this
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Jun 17
very good advice, I like to ask questions and stuff to encourage feedback as well
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Jun 17
@JolietJake Hopefully the algorithm takes that into account.
@JolietJake (50190)
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15 Jun 17
Unfortunately they stack in order posted and not under the comment they are directed to
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@JolietJake (50190)
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15 Jun 17
@pgntwo That's why they are tagged...and any comment that is not tagged is to the original response.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Jun 17
i really hope that the newcomers will read your discussion. i scrolled the new users discussions and i still see many one-liner discussions that do not need further elaboration.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Jun 17
@JolietJake yes, and asking others to comment on their discussions is a way to increase their bank which, i believe, should not be the case if they read the guidelines. i do not comment on these types of discussions, because it should be protocol for one newbie to learn about the site.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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16 Jun 17
I think that will always be something of a 'problem' here since there is no way to make anyone read the guidelines before they jump in and start posting
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@VivaLaDani13 (60825)
• Perth, Australia
16 Jun 17
@JolietJake Thank you kindly for posting this. Although I have the hang of it now, it's nice to know you like to remind everyone. The new and the old. 
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@lovebuglena (46805)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Sep 17
I didn't know this either.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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15 Jun 17
Yep. Alex finally came out and stated it in a comment in his last discussion
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@lovebuglena (46805)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Sep 17
And here I thought all this time that if I leave a comment on a discussion by another member that I will earn for that.
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@lovebuglena (46805)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Sep 17
@JolietJake So hypothetically, I can spend hours commenting on discussions, and if no one comments on my comments I earn a BIG FAT zero...?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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16 Sep 17
@lovebuglena Yep...that's what it states in the Earning FAQ:
"If no one reads what you wrote (follows a link to it), interacts with it (responds or comments to it) , or otherwise considers it interesting (likes it), then you likely won't earn anything."
(Words in parenthesis mine)
@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Sep 17
It can be confusing, since myLot doesn't write it out in black and white and unless you've been here forever some of the statements on the Earning FAQ page can be a little cloudy
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@JWaveJunction (14)
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9 Feb 20
@JolietJake Yeah I saw that and I do look for good explainer videos on YT to get a feel of this, I found this site on a random YT vid, which was also very vague and although it was a little cloudy, I signed up anyway, cause I have not been writing the last couple of years and figured as long as I was getting some response from a community it would definitely help me over the writing block. For some reason the word virus pops to mind.. I figure, I film, edit and create content for people for next to nothing and it gets such small reach, I guessed if people here are motivated to read and discuss, I was not going to lose anything.
@dentistnd (58)
• Bogota, Colombia
14 Feb 18
Thanks for the lesson, very usefull, I will follow your suggestions
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Feb 18
You are welcome, hope they helped you understand things a bit better
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@Tinissome (314)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 18
Interesting.thanks so much for information.i thinks it's so easy lol
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