How would you feel if myLot charged us to post a discussion?

I would prefer to see a minimum word count to stop the ridiculous one-liner posts that take no effort from those who make them but seem to expect everybody else to build them into something worth reading.

I don't think it would work. Beyond that, I also don't think quality works in a place like this either. On other sites if you tried to write a lengthy, quality post it would be ignored. And let's face it, there are only so many people who can actually write. A site limited to actual writers would fail miserably because many people can't do it well. I find that the longer the post, the less responses it gets, and generally speaking, lengthier posts have more quality. So long as this site still can earn from whatever discussions are posted, quality or not, it can work. But I do agree more quality would drive in more organic traffic which could improve site earnings, but I am not sure it would improve interactions.

Think it would improve quality but would probably reduce members. We would all be careful cause it's like a right minus wrong exam lol!

There would be a mass exodus here including myself.

That would be great idea, especially I rarely post my own discussion

I think that if myLot does that, it will be a little bit selfish on their part because we don't really earn a lot here, so to take out a cent from each discussion started, well you do the Math. But if you are talking about mindless discussions started, there can also be mindless replies, so take a cent out too?

Pooh! You're no fun...

myLot should test it, if good in the future then the scheme can continue.

I do not think it has anything to do with quality discussions but the relationship between users that they pick discussions to respond to irrespective of how lackluster the discussions are.

I am ready to subscribe this option, this seems the best way to reduce the number of meaningless discussions.

I compare that scheme to the current American politics. It is racist to do that to improve the quality of discussions. You know I categorize myloters in 3 types. First, those who have an inborn talent to write excellent discussions. Second, those who learned by trial-n-error to write discussions that make sense. And last and also the least, those like me who love to write discussions but the art of writing does not love them. LOL

I agree that can lead to less frivolous discussions. Then one would be more careful about getting "net gain" from each post - siva

That would seriously piss me off.

I am not sure about it. Because some topics that may be nonsense to some can mean so much to some. Like for an example I can post something like, Hello everyone another day for me and I am excited to get out of my bed then I will go downstairs to eat cereals and blah blah. It may be nothing for some and they won't waste their time reading everything that was posted. But you may not know that the person who posted that some called nonsense post, means a lot cause the person has stage 4 cancer and everyday is a miracle for him to be alive.

That's fine by me cause I very seldom post discussions.

I believe the number of discussions posted per day is around 350 so it would hardly be a big money-spinner for the site. It would certainly reduce the discussions with little merit but then so would a Bubblews-type daily limit.

What I would really like to see is One Member = One Post per day. I think the days of post post post are well behind us and websites actually earn more for less if the content isn't mostly rubbish.

Of course, it would be more interesting if all discussions would be written with full substance, more quality, more interactions, and so on. But, based on different reasons, it's difficult to reach. It doesnt't matter if mylot would charge one cent for each new discussion, or if we would have to write a minimum of words or lines. We have to remember that many users (including myself) are not native English speaker. So, for some of us, it may mean some problems to write or express well in English. Of course, some not English natives do a very good job. But for others, it's more difficult. If we want to improve the quality of the content, it would be necessary to combine several rules like: 1) Charging 1 cent for new discussion; 2) Minimum words; 3) An offer based on different themes to choose inbetween when start writing; those would help to give an idea what to write about; 4) A minimum level of English (including a help guidlines / courses or classes for those who would like to improve their English or, in general, writing skills). 5) Including a correction system.......

I think it is a good idea. One cent isn't much - but then who am I to say? I post one discussion every day or every other day. This is because of the very poor internet service I have been receiving over the past year.

If we don't have discussions how can we respond and comment?