So... Which earns more?

I would say it to be the good discussion. I heard somewhere that if you make a discussion with a lot of replies then you get payed for each reply after 10 or something like that. I would definitely have to say discussion on this one also because it is only like 3-6 cents per reply and it could be 3-10 cents per discussion if you get a really big one going. Still, if you get quality on either one you should most likely get the highest amount of money or in discussion sense of money you will get about half. Also, I think that if you make at least 2 discussions a day with at least 3 replies on each that should rack up some cash for you.

I'd say a good one started by you. If others agree it's good they will all give you a positive rating hopefully!

I think the quality discussion will earn you more, but will take longer than a few quality replies... I usually do more quality replies than start discussions because I feel this is the most beneficial.

I think, starting a discussion with quality topic and quality explain would give you more earn (normally should be like that), but to start and take care your discussion is more boring and takes time than replying on someone topic with a quality response, so we should balance our response post and starting a post. I usually starting a new topic arround 1 or 2 topics, and do reply post of other people arround 30 post.

Honestly, I have no clue!!! I haven't been on here long enough to really notice a pattern yet. Although I have a good number by my name in just two weeks, what does that mean with $3.02????

I think it depends. Let's say you have a new discussion. Even if it's quality or not doesn't matter. What matters is that a lot of people would respond to that (like if a lot of your friends will reply to your topic no matter how useless it is). If your topic gets to be on the "top discussions", that means you had around 20 or more replies. That single discussion would earn more than around 10 responses to other people's discussion. If you think you can do that, fine. If you couldn't (which a lot of people would agree), then make it up for responses. The more the better, but it should be quality discussions (at least 4 sentences). You would have great chances to be chosen as "best response" and this will also boost your star rating. These will further boost your earnings.