Recent myLot discovery...
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43059)
Staten Island, New York
October 4, 2017 2:43pm CST
I always knew that I don't earn from posting discussions. But I didn't know until very recently that I don't earn by leaving comments on other people's discussions or by replying to comments on my own discussions. I only earn when they interact on those comments/responses by either commenting back or simply liking.
So technically, I can spend many hours a day, leaving many comments (even long ones) on other people's discussions and replying to comments on my own discussions, and earn absolutely nothing, if no one responds back!
So the way I see it, my earnings don't really depend on what I write about (whether comment or discussion), how I write it, how long it is, how many hours I spend, or how many comments and discussions I post. Rather, they depend on whether or not other people actually bother to interact with me on what I post.
So why do I obsess over whether or not I have typos in what I post? Why do I read my own discussions and comments over and over to make sure they are typo free, flow well, and say everything I want to say. Why do I post, read, edit, read, edit... when no one may even look at it or comment back or like? Perhaps I am a perfectionist... And perhaps I should stop trying to be one.
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19 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
4 Oct 17
I strive to not make errors, however, I am human and errors happen. Thankfully we can edit our work.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Oct 17
One advantage of the site is that if we do make mistakes we can fix them.
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@yugocean (9965)
• India
5 Oct 17
Earning at myLot now is different from all ther websites. You post I earn, I post you earn.
It was never an pay per post before, but now it is post so others can earn.
You will not earn from your posts, but unless you post, others will not post for you, and you will earn nothing at all.
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
5 Oct 17
@lovebuglena I agree , sometimes that can happen but most of the older members are responsible and realise that it is in the best interest of all members to respond and comment . The newer members may need some time to get used to the idea of mutual interaction
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Oct 17
@kiran8 You make a good point. More comments on our part gives us a higher chance of getting comments back and more of them. But at the same time, we may get hardly any comments or likes for our comments. And if that happens, it's like we wasted our time commenting.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
4 Oct 17
@lovebuglena It is an encouragement to reply. I love writing though so I am happy to make posts and so on anyway.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Oct 17
Yep. I had no idea either until recently.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Oct 17
I am not sure exactly what you are referring to... But for me, knowing that I may spend a lot of time commenting and posting discussions but no one may interact on them is a bit of a downer.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
5 Oct 17
But it's good that you strive to make your writing reader-friendly, even that can be a factor that could engage people to interact.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
5 Oct 17
@lovebuglena Yeah that's understandable. You can usually see from the responses how many people are genuinely interested in your discussion. But then again, I don't necessarily leave comments on every discussion even though I read it from start to finish simply because I can't think of an appropriate response.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Oct 17
Perhaps I should. But I hate typos and mistakes and want to make sure they don't exist in my writing.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Oct 17
@maezee Are you referring to obsessing over typos or something else?
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
4 Oct 17
I'm having a rainy day. Went out side for a while under the porch roof and watched the rain drops disappear into the puddles. I was thinking about what you wrote here. Of course it doesn't matter and why should we care. But we do and sometimes we care more about what people write than how the stupid reward system works. Oh, did I write stupid? I didn't mean it the way it came out. Hi Leno. Please reply. Woopseedaisy, I broke a rule.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
5 Oct 17
@lovebuglena oh sorry that was an accident. Lena. duh typo's sorry about that.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Oct 17
Did you misspell my name by accident or was it on purpose? 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Oct 17
I am old and I am about to stop caring about typo`s.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Oct 17
Good luck with that . I tell myself not to stress over them and I still do anyway.
. I tell myself not to stress over them and I still do anyway.
@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Oct 17
At least here we can edit stuff we have already written, even stuff we have written a long time ago. Can't do that with published books. Well, with self-published books you can still fix the typos even after the book is published but that changes the publication date.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Oct 17
Everyone should do their part, but it should be because they want to and have something to say, not because they feel obligated to do so or have some motive.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
8 Oct 17
Hopefully that is always the case here.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
5 Oct 17
Yes that's right. That's what i do. If I don't want to post any discussion , i respond to a lot of others discussions..that works
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Oct 17
Typos are not the biggest deal, mostly when someone has a typo we all know what they are trying to say anyway.
@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Oct 17
Often enough that is the case. But sometimes typos make it unclear as to what is being said, especially when there are a lot of typos.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Oct 17
@lovebuglena Yes well to many could confuse things
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
5 Oct 17
Well, a well written post would naturally attract more comments.So keep.up the good work
@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Oct 17
Not all the time unfortunately.
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