Why are people typing out article type responses?

@all_n_one (2003)
United States
December 29, 2006 10:05am CST
I know mylot made the change where you no longer get credit for 1 and 2 words but do people actually think they get more for 400 word responses. I am not talking about people that actually just like making long post like that. I am speaking on ones who drag out a response to the point of where it is completely off topic.
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12 responses
@megs85 (3142)
• Australia
31 Dec 06
LMAO SO what you are really trying to say iis that people here at mylot are continuously typing long winded responses that seem to go off on their own little tangent at some point in their post so as to increase its length in an attempt to genertae more money. What I dont understand is why people dont go work for one hour per week and make double what they would in a week here at mylot... LMAO, I'm only kidding. Nah I knwo what you mena, it really bothers me too. Soemtimes I get long responses and they are totally related which is cool. Soemtimes a subject requires a longer answer, but sometimes its just a big right royal pain in the donkey.
@AndreaM76 (1164)
• United States
9 Jan 07
Here's my question. How long is long? I ususally type a response about like the above reponse. I might ramble too. Who knows. I'm liable to lose attention to anyone who have paragraphs in their responses though. Really, how many sentences do you suppose is in a good response?
@mysiraylon (1102)
• United States
9 Jan 07
People like that is by nature loves doing it. We can not stop them it is their way of expressing themselves. They probably are born writer. We simply stop reading up to the point we start loosing interest on it.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I know that I often post long responses, but I'm a long-winded writer from way back. If I have something to say, then I usually have a lot to say. I know I could earn more on mylot by posting a lot of shorter posts, but I really prefer to only really discuss things I'm interested in than just answering everything. The earnings are negligible to me, and I don't care if I make money or not.
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
31 Dec 06
They are obviously trying to get more money out of mylot yea ^_^
@msqtech (15074)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I dont understand I think they believe they get more credit for the articles they obviously copy
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
8 Jan 07
I'm with you on this! If the answer goes on and on and on, I get bored and skip on to the next one. There is a limit to what I want to read about each discussion. Now, if it is interesting...no problem.
@mythmoh (3984)
• United States
30 Dec 06
there is a miscomprehension that more number of words means more cents for a reply.so that may be one of the reason.the second is just want to have increase in rating.so some unrelated posts to the discussions.
@annieroos (1845)
• United States
30 Dec 06
I know what you are talking about its like reading a novel.. LOL.. And sometimes they have nothing to do with what the discussion is about.. or its repeated like 3 times over and over.. i have seen that one before.. over and over, just reworded.
@MakDomMom (1474)
• United States
29 Dec 06
If you see responces that start off on topic and end up way off base, then you need to rate them accordingly. People have been told that a long responce is a good responce. So a longer rambling on one must be better right?? I know it's not, but not everyone thinks that way.
@cowgirl2701 (2079)
• United States
29 Dec 06
I have had some of those. Some of them were copy and pasted from other websites. Just give me the link. I will go look at the info myself.
@suahsan (785)
• United States
30 Dec 06
well my ear you right but I think we all should need to post in a proper way not to post copy article and post so I think when we post so how much will possible we can try it and I think this will be good more descriptive and understood topic will always help everyone and I think mylot had done a good job to stop paying on words…
@34momma (13882)
• United States
29 Dec 06
I have seen those kinds of response, LOL. I think when you have a topic that needs your answer explain it is ok to be a bit wordy, but not so much so that you go off topic. short and sweet and to the point always works best. that is what mylot is looking for. not your life story. I so agree with ya