Gonna Ruffle Feathers Here....But I Don't Give A Crap  

There is always a steady stream of, mostly, newcomers who come to MyLot to tout their wares or treat it like PickJack or think that copying and pasting stuff from the Web is an easy/lazy way of making money.

Thanks to an increasing number of watchful members, MyLot is able to monitor most of these and they either don't get very far or they quickly realise what is good and what is not. It is unfortunate that most (but not all) of them seem to come from the Indian subcontinent which has caused me to think twice (and spend some time researching) before accepting offers of friendship.

These people are sullying the name of their race, not only here on MyLot and other sites but in countries where Indians happen to live. It is an ideal that everyone should aspire to, I know, that one should always judge people on their individual merits but, unfortunately, it is rarely possible in real life to escape thinking, even momentarily, "Oh, a young Indian ... hmmm!" Does that sound racist? Well, it is not! I know many people from the Indian subcontinent who live in our community, and I have great respect for them on the whole but I find that I tend to be much more wary of the younger members of the community because of the general impression I have of them from the Internet.

WHOA! GIRL! I have to agree that I've noticed the same thing..

P.S. has anyone told you what an amazing person you are lately?
cause ya ARE!

For one thing being ignorant about all those sites you mentioned does not count me as one of the culprits. I have only myLot to occupy my precious net hours. But i am saddened by the fact that my fellow countrymen from my beloved Philippines are involved in this unpleasant situation. I don't know anymore what to say...I only wish things are different...

Pye...This is the most daring rant that I have ever come across here that goes beyond the boundary of mylot. When it touches other nations it kind of smells politics brewing within the literal world. Excuse me but am not involved in any of those writers sites you mentioned above except for mylot which I have been consistently involved for the past 3 years and have not been convicted of any crime like cheating, plagiarism etc... It is really very sobering to think of what these the so-called citizens of these Asian nations capable of doing all those cheating and whatever that has brought bad image to their countries being listed here. The actions of the few are very degrading to the majority of people from these nations and I have no knowledge that this has come to a serious matter which might warrant a ban for all people from these countries to participate in any sites and probably in mylot should it persists.

The truth of the matter must lie somewhere in the middle. The way we handle these issues in the international arena must be very carefully thought out. If we perceived as honest and forthright, I think have the battle is won.

To be honest, I wasn't sure this discussion would still be here. I didn't realize the countries had now been banned from other sites. I knew some countries where PayPal didn't go were because of that, but not countries who could still receive payment. It IS a shame that the rotten apples have spoiled it for the rest. I realize a little goes a long way in their homelands since the cost of living there is so much lower - but, it doesn't justify ruining it for everyone else. It appears that ethics have deteriorated worldwide.

That is so sad that a few bad apples can ruin the bunch, but that is the way of the world, unfortunately.

There are good and bad in every group, I have found.

I have also rejected some friend's requests because they are from those countries. I don't want to simply be 'collected'. Now, if they are participating in similar discussions, participating in mine or me theirs, then it doesn't matter to me what country they are from. Then, there is some common ground to warrant the 'friendship'.

Thing is they will do it to earn a few cents. Did you notice anything about the countries you mentioned? They all have a very low standard of living and a few cents is worth something to them. That is why you don't see people from countries with a decent standard of living being guilty of the same things. They need much bigger scams to get involved in.

Preach on sister!
What I hate is someone who either doesn't grasp the language and won't bother to use a translater or just doesn't understand the discussion. Their responses don't make sense. Either they're about something totally irrelevant to the discussion, or they're so broken English that you can't figure out what they're trying to say.

Hell you shouldnt apologize at all, who cares if you ruffle any feathers, dont be PC being PC is fuucking bullshiit. And you are damn right. Hell almost every time a damn plagiarizer is found on here they are from one of those damn countries. Hell what do you expect? Most barely have any education at all, barely know english so can barely type it at all, so the only way they can do anything is by copying it. Hell im surprised they actually know enough to find something that half time goes a long with the discussion or anything else. You know what im surprised at? That people from damn commie china, where they dont even care about their own people and the internet is censored, are even allowed on here. After all they might learn about freedom and shiit from americans or other people. Cant let that happen.


And before anyone says im racist or I should apologize or any bullshiit like that. Just let me tell you I wont. Fuuck that. Im not PC in one single damn thing, and you can rot in hell before Ill ever apologize.

Sometimes it is necessary to bring things to light even they are unpleasant. There are always people who are willing to do the unscrupulous to get ahead and make things bad for everyone else. I am sorry to hear that so much of this is going on. I love the conversations and interactions here and it did not occur to me that there was so much cheating going on with the other sites and possibly here. This does hurt the integrity of the system and before long none of these sites will be willing to pay anything. Who wants to pay people to lie and cheat? More importantly, if people would take the time to offer genuine works, they might actually have something of value to offer the community.