is it just me

United States
February 19, 2007 5:03pm CST
hi im pretty new here but from reading discussions and replying to some, that it seems people are just on here to try and make some money they dont care about what they repsond or to what topic they respond to it seems you go into one discussion and there are alot of responses that have nothing to do with that subject; Example i put up a dicussion under the subject of Taylor Hicks in american idol and i have these people write back "who is taylor hicks" why bother to respond if your making no sense and just trying to get your money amount up, that seems a little frustrating if you ask me. Of course im new and i could be wrong
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Being new you will take a bit of time to become familiar and to build up a friend base. Sometimes I will answer a discussion when I am not sure of the topic. I try to ask enough questions in hopes of being answered and therefore learnings. I do my response of questioning in 3 or 4 lines or more. That allows me to earn while I learn. ' The guidelines will give you a fairly good idea and people like me will be able to tell you what can work for maximum earnings while participation in learning and sharing on this site. Have petience and it will become something to look forward too. Those hurriers will not last and is best to ignore them. Time evens things out. Good luck!!
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• Grand Junction, Colorado
19 Feb 07
I agree with Willilady, it takes a little time to get aclamated to the system and to get a good friends base. Their are many of us who are here for the discussions to respond in and give advise and such. For us the money is a bonus to fo what we are having fun doing. So don't get discouraged. Best advise as you see discussions and responses that you like or a particular person is replying to the same discussions you are invite them to be your friend. Welcome to mylot and the best of luck here! :)
@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
20 Feb 07
I have to agree with them. I respond to topics that I find interesting. I do the same thing, if I am not familiar with the topic, I ask questions. I earn and learn at the same time. If I saw that topic of yours I'd ask who Taylor Hicks is too. Goodluck
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• United States
20 Feb 07
you are all right i guess i will have to just mainly answer and respond and then work on my friend base and then maybe ill get a some what good discussion from friends and not ones who just want to be here for money, just like the one response i already got to this question. thanks for the welcomes and hope i can add you to the friends base.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
I personally don't care why each person is here. To each their own.... Sometimes I give one word responses but its because if I took the time to read the question, Im going to take the minute to write back, even if I dont know much about the subject.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
yes but why bother to respond on a subject that you have no clue. All they are trying to do is make money which is stupid to give a silly answer when they know nothing on the subject.
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@weemam (13372)
20 Feb 07
I did the same when I started here, I responded to everything , Now if I don't like the subject or I know nothing about it I just move on , I have made some brilliant new friends here and the money was just an added bonus , good luck here on My Lot.xx
19 Feb 07
I don't respond to discussions that I don't know anything about. However I can understand why people do. I usually give myself a target for how many discussions I want to answer in a day or before I go to bed and if there isn't anything I can answer then I am sometimes tempted to go into any old discussion and leave an answer just to get my numbers up. I don't do it thought as I know I will get paid less.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
thats what i have been trying to do. Find just so many for the day, but it seems there arent many that have the same intersts as i do. So i guess for a couple days ill work on the friends base, and see what kind of discussions that my friends post.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
I'm new here too but I haven't seen the money add up to much. So, I don't think people are just putting anything. I think it's more a source to get your voice out there even if it's in font rather then vocal.
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@newtopwin (103)
• China
20 Feb 07
i'm new here too.i think this is a good place not just for earn but only for learn. the more important thing here i think is learn,because people here are friendly,they would like answer all the question you asked.and you can answer the qutestion if you can.help and be helped,here is very wonderful.don't come here just for earn or you will more lose valuable thing:knoeledge
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Feb 07
Well Yvonne you have figured this pretty fast do what I do and ignore them. If you see anything offensive report it. There are a lot on here that are just here to earn the Money, what they do not realise is that with their Silly Replies they are not earning good.
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@stvasile (7306)
• Romania
3 Mar 07
You are partially right. I am one of those that are here just for the money. Nevertheless, I try to respond only to those topics that I have an answer for. As for your example of Taylor Hicks I would have answered in the same way. The reason for answering is not just to get the money but also to get you the money, because you are my friend...
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• United States
4 Mar 07
thank you for being added to one of my friends
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
20 Feb 07
You are not wrong. Some people just don´t read or just don´t care. I have recived some pretty strange answers to some of my discussions at times. =) They will get reported for it though wich is what u should do in this case and that weay they will not get paid. report by pressing the - or the ! if they are spamming or breaking the rules!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Well I dont do that thing. I am selective in my responses as I hate to waste others time as well as mine. I prefer to answer the discussions that I'd like to talk about debate or ARGUE. HAHAHA. J/K Even on my friends discussions I dont respond to them all. I say "why" when the subject matter is of no interest to me nor do I have a lot to say about it. Im babbling now. HAHAHA. Happy postings from Grandpa Bob.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
that is why i have been working on my list of friends even thou i have alot of friends, some of the discussions arent something i like or have a interest in so i am glad to have other discussions to talk about and find out some answers on.
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@Naomi17 (624)
3 Mar 07
I found it hard to respond to quite a few discussions and don't if i know nothing about the subject. I haven't been here long, if i can i try to respond to a few new user discussions and friend discussions and anything i find interesting! The money part does make some people forget to enjoy making new friends to me its secondary and not the most important thing, i come on here to read the discussion take part be part of the site
• United States
4 Mar 07
I agree with you. I dont care that much about the money. LOL actually right now id rather be at 500 so i can do more on here. LOL it would be so much easier to be at the 500 point so i can copy and paste things that way i dont have to always type something out, or be able to check things before i post them.
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@06sport (81)
• United States
20 Feb 07
yup, there are quite a few and that is how its gonna be for some since money is involved.
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• Canada
20 Feb 07
There are indeed some people who are here just for the money, and it seems they don't care about anything else. They're driven to earn, but yet they're on a site that literally pays us a couple of cents per response lol. Welcome to the fold, I too an new (ish) but I would like to say that if you get a response that you find is insulting to you or demeaning in any way, there is a button that you can press to report the poster. On the right side of your screen where each response is, there are three buttons. Press the one with the exclamation mark in to report someone if you need to. For the most part, I tend to ignore those kind of people if they post a response like that. You can usually tell who those ones are because you'll see a whole page of posts that they've posted from time to time. Ignore them and they'll not be able to earn because nobody will respond.
• Romania
20 Feb 07
well i`m not like that an if you want to talk about something interesting i will join you.and yes the thing with the short answers for a quick buck is really annoying!
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@7nicole1 (1633)
• Canada
20 Feb 07
No your right there is alot of people here for the money and you'll come to find alot of things here that will bother you but really all you can do is just ignore it. Alot of people get mad about the samething as you but to me life is to short to get mad at what a bunch of people say on some forum. Anyways I hope you enjoy your time here and goodluck.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
it doesnt really bother me, i just couldnt understand why someone would waste their time to post when they seem to have NO clue in the world what i was talking about. I am hoping to find more interesting discussions and more new friends to chat with
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@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
7 Mar 07
If it's something I don't know anything about and I want to know about, I have responded with a question. I figure since its a discussion and not a question and answer forum then its okay. If it's something I know nothing about and don't think its anything I am interested in then I don't respond.
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@classy56 (2880)
• United States
19 Feb 07
alot of members of mylot are here only to write nonsence replys so they can earn a few cents.so they dont care what they respond to. they dont even read the discussion .so its not you,these members will get booted from mylot if they arent carefull.an finding good discussion is getting harder to fine here on mylot an it is frustrating going thur their junk discussion they post.so no its not you at all..
• United States
20 Feb 07
thanks for the response. I am begining to see by looking at the responses alot of people just say nonsence and im sure by doing that they dont earn much money, nor do they make themself come across very smart you know what i mean.
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@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
20 Feb 07
When I joined first my impression also was the same like you. But gradually I started to meet some really good members who really cares about quality. But lots of peple here who are just trying to make money by posting anything but no quality and sometime it does not make any sense waht they post as a response. Keep searching good discussions and good friends, keep posting quality discussions and responses and you will earn more. And definitely you will enjoy being here.
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• United States
20 Feb 07
thanks for the response the money isnt even all that important it would be nice to have a discussion with people who make sense, i was hoping to find other taylor fans instead i had found people who didnt seem what they were doing..
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@RA2_007 (151)
• India
20 Feb 07
U r right.. There r some people who respond apparently jus because they hope to earn more faster with less effort.. I'm also new to mylot.only about 4 days. I've only started learning to use mylot now. I created my account some time ago but I thought mylot is a boring site, jus trying to attract people by promising money.So I ignored the site till few days ago I felt I should give it a try. I also came across some people with in this short period, who post totally useless responses even when they have nothin to say on the topic. Actually I also joined mylot jus try to make some money. but when I started participating discussions I started getting hang of it..Its realy fun to give opinion on things of ur intrest. Well I guss I can add u as my friend too.. All the best & welcome to Mylot plz tell me what is the number in brackets after my name in the profile if u know..its 11 for me but its not no of friend I have..
• United States
20 Feb 07
hi i realized yesterday that the brackets are related to the discussions you have replied to, i think im right if im wrong i dont know what else it could relate to.
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@quadium32 (129)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Of course there are a few people here who do that just to get money, but if they are making one line posts like that, then they wont get much or any from it at all, anyways. Also, I dont know who taylor hicks is, either, lol.
• United States
20 Feb 07
i think both people were here to make money because when i posted a comment saying why reply to something when you dont watch american idol etc... LOL im sure since you dont know who Taylor Hicks is or american idol you wouldnt of responded. Hope to add you to my friends?
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