500th post, now can use copy and paste fucntions! But when to use it?

Malaysia
October 15, 2008 7:39am CST
Hi all, I am happy that i manage to reach the 500th post around 4 weeks. Really thanks to all my MyLot Guru as with their guide, i am also reach my first minimum payout. I do have a question on copy and paste function. When do you usually use the functions? Because if we posting the same info in other discussion, it is violate the rules. For those just about to reach 500th or target to break through 500th post soon, lets get the momentum going and achieve together!!! Hope to hear from your advice and guidelines soon.
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15 responses
@paid2write (5201)
15 Oct 08
I think copy and paste is most useful when you want to include a link to a news item or any non-referral link that's relevant to your post. Copy and paste can be used to quote someone's exact words. It is also useful for editing your own post, as you can move sentences or paragraphs around after previewing and before posting. Best of all it prevents me losing a post if my internet connection cuts out. There is nothing more frustrating than writing a long response then getting a 'cannot display page' message. If I have copied it I can reconnect and paste it in again, so I copy everything before I post.
15 Oct 08
This is a really clever idea I will definately keep this in mind when I eventually reach the big 5 0 0!
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Paid2write, i got your point, appreciate your sharing. Also, will take note on your experience on "cannot display page", i should practice it in word or notepad first, then can copy paste then. Again, thanks for sharing and happy mylotting.
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Metalchick, glad that you also benefits from Paid2write comment. That's the beautiful part of MyLot discussion.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
16 Oct 08
ha ha ha ha ha... that is good news indeed. You are so much more active than me when I first joined mylot! First payout within a month! And reaching the 500 post mark too! Well, the next step will probably be in the $100 dollar club. Well, how you want to use the cut and paste is entirely up to you. I usually use it for copying and pasting my own posting just before and after I load a picture for the discussion. Cos mylot tend to remove all the indentation and paragraphing when you load a picture. So to maintain the structure of my post, I will copy it before I load the picture. And paste it back after the picture is loaded. I am sure you will find more creative ways to use the new functions you just aquired.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
16 Oct 08
Well, just to inform you, there is a club here in mylot call the hundred dollar club. You can check it out here -- http://www.mylot.com/w/lists/5_538570/default.aspx I started a topic there -- http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1652488.aspx Do give it a visit when you reach the 100 dollar payout. THe other thing I find particularly useful with the cut and paste? Posting URLs here! No need to type like crazy and hoping that you post accurately for URLs which you want to share with people!
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
21 Oct 08
You are doing mighty good my friend. At the rate that you are going, I am sure you will be getting to your first hundred pretty soon! Just remember to keep a constant effort to post responses and discussions. And you will well be on your way to your first hundred. And many more after that! If only you had signed up under me! Then we could help each other even more!
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi AhGong, really thanks for your support for most of my discussion. Also, glad that you share on the situation on how MyLot handle for the posting of picture for discussion. For the 100 dollar, i remember i get to know you from there. You really make a good roadmap for people. I really hope can reach till that level.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
congratulations for achieving the 500th post... now that you had reached the important milestone, you can copy and paste... but of course not plagirising other people's work... i think what you can copy is part of the article from the news that you think that is interesting and you want to discuss it here... but of course you still have to cite the source and the authour of the article for copyright purposes... have fun with the copy and paste function here... just make sure not to abuse it... take care and have a nice day...
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Lingli_78, great, you have make a good point to use the copy and paste. It is true that not to abuse that and also not get into the plagiarism situation. Really appreciate your advice and guide for that.
@marina321 (4556)
16 Oct 08
I have found it comes in handy when I am writing a discussion and need to move sentences around or if I need to quote something from an article on another site that relates to or is subject of the discussion
• Malaysia
18 Oct 08
Hi Marina321, thanks for you info and response. I get your means now, i believe i will feel the same when i need to get some article info to paste in MyLot for reference. Again, thanks for comment.
@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
16 Oct 08
Hi there! First of, congratulations on reaching your 500th posts! You are doing good I think cause 1 month is a short time for reaching it. I reached my 500th post for about 2 months. Anyways, with regards to your question, the copy and paste is one of the best feature of mylot for me. I use it for safety reasons. There are times that internet connection is disrupted and cut off, so before I submit my post I copy my discussion first so that if ever while submitting my post and the connection is cut off, I can easily reload the page again and just paste my discussion. In that way it saves me the time to rewrite everything again. There are users who make drafts first say in a note pad or MS Word and so they copy and paste their work in mylot. Ciao!
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Iskayz, thanks for sharing, you really make a good point to alert us on the situation. I would think that i should start practice like you just in case it happened to me too.
• India
16 Oct 08
i am new in mylot give me some helpful instruction .
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Paresh_navadiya, welcome to MyLot and i believe you will like it very much. For helpful info, you can easily get to understand it from most of the discussion. Important, be more descriptive and post quality comment or response.
@krebstar5 (1266)
• United States
15 Oct 08
Copy and paste is best for providing links. You have no idea how happy I was when I didn't have to type out the long website addresses when I wanted to use a reference in my post. I will also use cut and paste when I am posting recipes from time to time.
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Krebstar5, Good info, it is really true, copy a long website address really a difficult task if to manually type it out. Thanks for sharing.
• Philippines
15 Oct 08
Hi there adriantys78! Reaching your 500th post in 4 weeks is remarkable! You are really great! Congratulations also for reaching your first payout! You must really be very happy and proud about your achievements! For now, you will be able to copy and paste. Just don't abuse it. You will be an inspiration to a lot of members of myLot. Happy posting and good luck to your other goals!
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Dolce_vita78, thanks for your comment. Ya. I tried very hard to reach the 500th post. Really hope that this will inspire other mylot members. Again, thanks for sharing.
• United States
15 Oct 08
I just hit the 500 mark myself, and I am sooo glad I can use the copy and paste function!! I like to write all my stuff on Microsoft Word first, to make sure there are not spelling mistakes, and also because if something goes wrong, my computer will automatically save it before shutting all the way down. I would also use it when try to share a reference link. Some of those links are long!!
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Hermitcrabheaven, Congratulation to you too, i can understand your feeling too. For prevent spelling mistake, you may use the FireFox browser, it have built in for spelling check. True that we no need to waste time to copy those ling link. Thanks for sharing.
• India
15 Oct 08
i think u can use copy paste option when u answer a discussion which is similar to the other one before and also u can pick some data from internet n put it here so it may reduce ur work n u can get a good money for ur posts.. Thts the way i think!!i hope i reach 500 soon!!wish me luck!!thx
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Bhushanbodkhe, Ya, you have your point too. Base on observation, notice that you really post a lots to archive the 500th post. All the best and i believe with this momentum, you definitely can reach that in short term. Thanks for sharing.
@winzpc (2354)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 08
Congrats to you, I seldom use it. I use it when I have cut my sentence in the below line to paste it in the above line. It happen when I'm look my sentence is unordered. keep post happy myLotting...
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Winzpc, thanks. Correct, i find that really helps whenever i want to swap the sentences here and there. Thanks for sharing.
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Oct 08
Congratulations! I've also achieved this milestone a couple of days ago. I want to be able to use to copy and paste lyrics and news articles.
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi 1hopefulman, Congratulation to your success too. Believe we can make full use of the copy and paste features then. Thanks for sharing.
@Metalchick (1391)
15 Oct 08
Massive congratulations are in order for reaching your 500th post. I'm still working towards mine so can only dream of using copy and paste at the moment. It could prove very useful here one way or another but as yet cannot comment too much about it.
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi Metalchick, Thanks and i believe you will reach the 500th post soon too. At that moment, you will enjoy the features.
@EAStanley (2688)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Congratulations! I still have a long ways to go! For me, I would have liked to be able to copy/paste my poetry from my email into a post here. Because it takes 5 seconds to copy/paste versus taking 20+ minutes to friggin' retype the whole thing! GRR! *LOL* But, I wanted everybody to view my poetry right away, so I just went ahead and blistered my fingers retyping instead of waiting for 500 points! *LOL* But, that is just me! :) Congratulations again! :)
• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
Hi EAStanley, thanks and you are halfway to reach the 500th post. I believe you will reach that level soon and definitely you will enjoy the copy and paste. Then you will save the 20+ minutes then. Thanks for sharing on your way and really appreciate that.
• India
11 Dec 08
oh my god u realyy reach the 500 posts if u did so its great man bcuz if u can copy paste so u dont need to write with ur own finger u just need to copy from any other web and then paste as long as u want and earn like crazy i think its great if u can copy paste i write 8 lines in every post and per day i write 10 posts but my total day earing is only 25 iam little disapointed but i will do my best and try to reached 500 posts and then just copy and paste if i have ability to copy paste i will write almost 30 posts every day but best wishes for u can u tell me is this copy paste ability is for copy from any web and then paste it if yes so please message me .