WARNING: Discussions about decreases in earnings are being deleted

thanks for the advise richiem. i know how it feels to get discussions removed and all responses to them will all be gone. i also think it's about time that people here stop discussing about earnings, post numbers, star ratings. those are keywords that we should, as for me, prevent from posting as started discussions.

Yes Yesterday, I have started one discussion about MyLot earnings, now that discussion is no where seen. Its been deleted, may be mylot doesn't want to have discussions on earning within it. Anyways not a problem, until unless they don't disable our ID. I wont start any discussion in future related to MyLot earnings....

Have a nice day,
JnK

This is nothing new. There are many reasons in the Do's and Don'ts of the myLot discussion guidelines that indicate why posts about decreasing earnings would be removed. For example:

Discussion Guidelines - http://www.mylot.com/o/guidelines.aspx

- in the Do's, "Make sure you search for existing topics before starting new discussions." People ask repeatedly why their earnings decrease and the question has been answered.
- in the Don'ts, "Post anything that inaccurately explains the myLot earnings algorithm..."

Also, myLot already explains clearly in its own FAQ why earnings may decrease:

Earnings and Payment Information FAQ - http://www.mylot.com/o/fa... do my earnings fluctuate?

*From time to time it is necessary for myLot to recalculate earnings for the month to curb users trying to game the system. Our proprietary earnings algorithm periodically recalculates all estimated daily earnings for the previous month to take into account posts that have been deleted in the abuse and moderation processes.
*During the recalculation of earnings some users with lower-quality contributions will see a decrease. Any money deducted from users due to our abuse and moderation processes is then reallocated to myLot users based on certain qualitative factors. Due to this, earnings will fluctuate.
*myLot members who have a decrease in earnings have had one or more posts deleted throughout the month. The main reason for this could be that you started a discussion that violated our guidelines or terms, that you responded to, or commented on, a discussion that violated our guidelines or terms, or that a comment you made on a blog article or news story violated our guidelines or terms.
*Please become familiar with our myLot Guidelines and Terms of Use to avoid the possibility of having your posts deleted in the abuse and moderation processes.
*myLot does not reward low-quality contributions, or even worse, attempts to game the earnings algorithm.
*Remember, your earnings are all estimated until paid.

Hope this helps:)

Well it looks like this one cleared, but I agree it's best to not waste your time on discussions that you feel will be deleted.

Hey richiem! I guess you were wrong! Your discussion is still here!
So maybe I am just tempting fate by responding!lol I do know that
there have been weird things happening here and it is true about
the decrease in earnings because I have witnessed it myself! I
don't know why mylot wants to keep it a secret since we are aware
that our earnings are being depleted without knowing why. I think
you are brave to start this discussion and I give you alot of credit
for doing so and telling the truth!

YEah, that happens all the time.. ONe of my frenz here started a similiar post yesterday, but before i can respond to it, it's already being deleted.. lol=D I dunno why its being deleted or whatever, because i dun see anything wrong with it in the first place..

Posts about increased in earnings are fine, but why not decrease?? lol=D BUT anyway, for all those whom had responded to 'deleted' posts, just take it easy.. For, it's something we cant control^_^

I've also noticed that myLot is becoming a little more watchful about the discussions about online earnings. Another thing I noticed is that they are (may be accidently) skipping earning calculation for some particular days. Deleting discussions about other paid to post websites is acceptable (as it ofcourse reduced the rating of myLot). Morover its written in the ToS about "don't discuss about the earning algorithm of myLot" so there is nothing wrong in such posts getting deleted.. (at the least there is no penalty for violating ToS (like many other websites do have negative earnings for violating tos)). About this one getting deleted as well, lets hope for the best

I had just came back from death. Aheheheh... kidding. Hope you still remember me.^_^

I had been gone for a long time I hardly remember if there was a "tasks" in the toolbar before and I'm not even able to tell whether my earnings had changed or not. I don't really worry about it since I don't have a debit card yet to register on PayPal. And even if I could get one, base on the instructions I had read somewhere, I need a minimum of $500 on it before I could withdraw, which means I have to post for probably the whole year of 2010 to earn that much before I could finally spend my hardwork.

In other words, I never really notice if there are or if there were dereases in earnings. But, yer right, let's all just focus on making sound discussions and enjoy posting.^_~

I believe that decreasing earnings discussions are considered in part as discussing the algorithm. I would advise everyone to just not start a discussion or respond to a discussion that is any way discussing earnings. If the person is on your friends list, pm them, if not add them... but if they continuously start discussions against rules and nothing that can be responded to, delete them... It's your call whether you warn them or not.

That's my opinion!

How are you?

I haven't been on here for a LONG time and I make money off my own website so i don't care about earnings off here.

my guess though would be newbies breaking the rules.