If you want to know, add me as a friend...

I do encountered this type of discussion. However, I think the main reason is they are not allowed to put the link of the site at the discussion. If this linked is put up, it may risk the whole response be deleted. They are playing safe. So, the only way they can tell you the link / information is by PM (personal message) to you via myLot. If you do not add them as friend, they can use the PM facility. So, it is up to you to see and decide...all the best

I find it to be somewhat annoying. I see it comes from not only newbies but from some who have been here for awhile and should know better. I must confess that at the beginning of my mylot 'experience' I did it too because I read the guidelines and didn't want to violate the terms with a link. Then I got wiser and would name the website because I figure trying to get a referral is not the only reason I'm here. Now when I see those comments, I try to kindly ask if they could just tell us about the website they are talking about. To give us responders a name to put with the website and we can decide for ourselves if we would like to join. Sincerely in Christ, Leesa C. Eph.2:8,9 "Simplify Christmas - Celebrate Christ!"

same feel with me, I dont like to do that either but that's how they try to get referral. dont bother to read if you think they will ask you for friend request.

hi corry crystal, well in make extra money there are lots and lots of the discussions where the starter of the discussions would ask you to add him or her or if you are in his or her friends list then Private message him or her for the link. Also when i get someone sending me add request here i do usually approve them and they would usually send me one or more links telling me great money making sites and unfortunately most of them are scam sites so i dont usually bother.

I too get highly annoyed with this repsonse. Not beause I don't want to be friends but because when I am asking a question I would really like a response in a reasonable time. Alot of time I will become their friend and then they won't come back for over a week and except and give me a response. That is so annoying. Why start a discussion and then when asked a question they don't respond for over a week

With this social networking sites, there are some use this sites to promote their business and some would just mercy for replying for a discussion to increase the ratings. I think its a silly to create friendship here on the net. It cannot be trusted.

Oh, corrycrystal, it's really boring, I think. Sometimes I received such text messages on my cell, but it usually those we called deceptive messages here. And I've never encountered online so far. - Maybe I'm luck. Usually, I will ignore such information. Even if I'm interested in the content at first, this information has had enough of boring me. I won't do anything further. It seems I'm forced to do something, I really don't like it.

yes it is so annoying when others send spam in our inbox. but i think it`s the way of him to promote his link or business. i think if iam interested with his offer, i go through with this email or message but if iam not interested , i delete message. it`s so easy my friends

I do come across some discussion with this kind of responses. Perhaps they are not allowed to ut the link in the discussion as the whole discussion will be deleted. So, to play safe, they need to add as friends before any myLotter can send a PM or personal message via myLot. Some could be genuine and some may not as you mentioned. All I can say is if you find teh myLotter is reliable and genuine, then you can add as friends

I think I too read those discussion before. At first I was wondering why they said that. Later I realised that putting up the link is against myLot T&C. It is considered a violation and the discussion / response can be deleted. I normally did not reply to this type of discussion...

hi corry^^;; i know what you mean by this and i have seen several lotters who are posting the same discussion and topic over and over in a day. I usually browse discussions under the "new" category and every page that i went, i could see the same users having the same topic in like 3-5hours interval. it really pissed me off because i know they are just trying to lure and get referrals since they are offering some amount. finally, i think they were banned since i could no longer see those postings again...good admin