Mylot is still driving me nuts!

Northampton, England
February 23, 2018 6:42pm CST
If we were to use tag words to describe Mylots content it would be Jesus,weather,medical,jesus,snow. It is frustrating to say the least that more of you don’t exploit this decent platform to write something interesting. Your work is place on search engines. I’m not criticising you guys but just saying why don’t you try and write something that’s getting on your mind that’s in the news and stuff? It was good to see some good pieces on guns and that ludicrous man Trump and clearly something that polarises our American writers but that’s about all that gets the Yanks going here. I’m also surprised how few people want to talk about sport. A couple of writers do some nice bits on music but in general its hard work here to find interesting stuff. I like the little Florida ice dance girl though. After the 15-year-old Russian won the gold today she should be lifted up to greater things. I check the ‘INTERESTING DISCUTIONS’ section every morning only to see most of my reviews. I think they dominate that list because I am the only one who consistently writes over 500 words. I always check the ‘TOP RATED DISCUSSIONS’ to see if anything interesting there but again it’s just more stuff about somebody’s bowels are playing up or its snowing in Buffalo and the usual crowd are thanking Jesus for stuff that really did have nothing to do with him. Top Rated Discussions literally is that and threads that have the most rates. I try to write stuff to engage you guys and enjoy the comments you write below, polite ‘likes’ back or from people who have actually read it. But it’s so disheartening to see just ten reads for my stuff and then someone who clearly doesn’t speak great English get 30 rates for one sentence on the mango he bought at the market. It’s the thought that members that do make money here will have to slave away all day rating each other for that illusive dollar day. Obviously a few of you are older and some are housebound and one or two agoraphobics in the Mylot mix and this website is important to you and I’m not being disrespectful to you but one or two of you others really should up your game and write something punchy. I get that to most of you its facebook here and no more than social media but surely you are as annoyed with the world as much as I am and want to let rip! And it is the place to let rip as its one of the very few places left online where you can for cents. Now I was going to dump Mylot and try postloop but they have a crappy layout and the small posts there look even worse. I will try some new things on here until April to get rates and reads and then I need a break.
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11 responses
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Feb 18
You are expecting things from mylot that it wasn't intended to provide. It is Facebook basically and we get paid a little for interacting with our friends. Why would I waste an article on here to earn 25 cents that I can put on one of my blogs? This isn't a writing site it is a social site. Maybe it just isn't a good fit for you.
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Apr 18
It IS a social site. But I do enjoy the writing part. I like the act of writing. And sharing ideas.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 Apr 18
@TheHorse I agree, I like to write as well but I think there are better places for intellectual material or longer writing. Just my humble opinion, the good thing about MyLot is you can do whatever floats your boat.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Feb 18
I used to be a writer who did articles of 1000-2000 words for print but the online world complained that's too long and didn't read. Reviews of length and depth find little audience. I have written many travel posts that draw polite and some truly interested viewers. People come here to have fun and shoot the breeze and escape reality a bit and have little interest in heated political debate that usually turns nasty and that I know from experience. If you don't accept myLot for the easy going place it is, then it's not for you.
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Apr 18
I don't mind political debate. All we see is the shadow on the wall anyway. But if someone gets nasty, it means (to me) they've lost the "argument."
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
I hate writing about what's in the news because if I want to read something like that, I'd check the news, not mylot. I read interesting things in BBC news but I'd rather talk about my hair here in mylot. Because that's just the person that I am. Does that make me a shallow mylotter?
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• Northampton, England
24 Feb 18
yes ;-)
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
24 Feb 18
Interesting! I share your concerns to an extent - but only to an extent. I currently spread my writing efforts between two sites, namely MyLot and Virily.com. The "real" articles go on Virily and the chatty stuff goes here. Both sites seem to able to keep going, so maybe this kind of site does have a future. However, I do like to read pieces that say something more than "I had my hair done today".
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• Northampton, England
24 Feb 18
Can you earn more at Virily?
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@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
1 Mar 18
@indexer Can you post texts on Virily which have already been posted elsewhere or is only original text accepted?
• Northampton, England
1 Mar 18
@MALUSE I have not tried Mal. Its a decent site with a good editor and picture option. You can only earn a dollar a day tops ( 500 virals). Thats 500 rates!
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
24 Feb 18
Speaking only for myself. I come to myLot simply because I have made friends here and there with a few of its members. I write a little bit and comment a little bit. If I make a few cents joy joy. But when I want to really read something such as you have stated then I have other websites I visit where the topics and discussions are deep, factual and interesting. Thing is each of those sites only cater to one interest and they don't pay at all (if you're wondering).
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@Deepizzaguy (94310)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Feb 18
I do not blame you for wanting to leave Mylot at this time for the reasons you have given here.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
you posted last january about concentrating on survey sites so i'm surprised you're still posting here. also, what shows up in your interesting list is not the same on what shows up in mine or in other members'. anyway, here's a sports writing site i stumbled on last year that might suit you instead. just do your own research since i'm not a member of it. i'm not an online, nor offline writer either that get paid for news or feature articles, assigned or contributed, so it's up to you what to do with this lead.
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• Northampton, England
24 Feb 18
Im on sports keada fr cricket stuff.
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
24 Feb 18
Still not weaned yourself off Ciao yet?
@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Apr 18
Sports will get you zero reads here.
@NJChicaa (115921)
• United States
24 Feb 18
Well said!
@levis2020 (171)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
Everybody is free and entitled to his own opinion. But not everybody is opinionated.