Well waddya know, we seem to have a NEW idiot on mylot!

@James72 (26790)
Australia
October 16, 2008 7:59am CST
Now why should we make the effort to repsond to all these different discussions and embrace the true spirit of mylot if we can cut and paste the same words over and over and over again as replies to other comments in someone else's discussion?? It never ceases to amaze me how people go out of their way to abuse the system here on mylot. IDIOT! You know who you are so if you read this then bye bye, I hope you enjoyed it here. Why do you think people feel they can get away with this?
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@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
16 Oct 08
are u talking about me?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
lol. No not at all. Unless you are cutting and pasting the same stuff over and over..... This is just some idiot that seems to think it's OK to re-paste the same thing over 30 times in someone else's discussion. Practically every response has the same reply over and over. Silly really. Thanks for responding and sorry for the shock!
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• India
16 Oct 08
actuallt i cannot really get wht you are saying..if u are opposing the copy paste system then i say tht this system is just made so tht we can gather good info frm internet n put it in our answers or sometimes do thing u a saying here...its all right at least people are taking time to copy paste...i hope there may be some rule for copy pasting too!!not yet got tht service.....a way to go!!!!!!!500 posts Gud luck !! n be happy here on mylot buddy!!
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• United States
16 Oct 08
No, the person he is talking about is using the same response over and over again.....to everything!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
For the record bhushan I am not opposing the copy and paste system whatsoever! This is in relation to some idiot member deciding to paste the same block of text (Around 10 lines mind you) over and over again under every response in a certain discussion. So far there have been over 30 of them done and they are all EXACTLY the same. As per usual it is somebody trying to abuse the system. Thanks for your comments and good luck reaching 500 posts. I am sure you will use the copy and paste privelege as intended. Oh, and I am happy too most of the time! I just get annoyed when idiots appear.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Thank you Bo. As per usual I crapped on and you got straight to the point!
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
16 Oct 08
James, you've been getting mad at too many IDIOTS lately! Sounds like you are spending way too much time on mylot:P This particular idiot probably can't bother to come up with fresh comments/responses and doesn't want to use his head/time/both. I just hope this idiot isn't me.....oh...I'm a 'her'...so that takes me out of this particular 'idiot' race.
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
16 Oct 08
lol...thank you so much James. This will probably be the first time when I'm glad to be LAST in a race...lol.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Me too actually! I am usually very competitive but not in this case. I wonder what the winner's trophy would look like?
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Not at all! lol. You were away for a while remember and revived an older discussion? There is no question that I am on here WAY more than i should be and if I asked everyone else who feels the same to say "yes" then I think we could deafen a small country! For sure this idiot ran out of ideas and thought they could rig the system somehow, but they're gone now so power to the people! Thanks for responding and I am sure that if there ever WAS an idiot race you would come in last for sure!
• United States
16 Oct 08
Lazy, lazy people. Maybe they think, Oh well, I'll give it a try, if it doesn't work, what have I lost, 30 minutes on line? Who knows.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Oct 08
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• United States
16 Oct 08
Hey, where were you yesterday? I was sitting here tapping my fingers on the desk all day. There was no one around, cept me!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Me or Rosekitty Bo? And yes, it is nothing but laziness and a complete disrespect of everyone else on here that makes the constant effort to do the right thing.
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• Malaysia
16 Oct 08
hi james, i know it is not me doesnt the "copy" paste thing run out of topic discussed, is it so general that it can be accepted in all ... or is the reply so simple like "you are right" , "i believe so" ... So boring and not "lively" discussion at all cheers
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
Hi sanjana. It's definitely not you my friend! Unfortunately it's not even a simple repaste of a single line but some 17 lines of text every time! It is a complete waste of this person's time and they are just going to end up with their account deleted and their earnings lost. Silly really. Thanks for your comments.
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@sabbatha (287)
• United States
16 Oct 08
wow, gone a few days and I this is what I miss. Not sure if I'm happy about that or not. Probably not, since I actually love seeing idiots like that since it just makes me laugh at the stupidity of some people. I'll have to see if I can spot them around while I'm poking around for discussions to respond to.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
This idiot appears to be gone now sabbatha and you didn't miss much really. At least this one wasn't being crude or offensive like some other's we've seen before. Thanks for your response and welcome back then!
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
16 Oct 08
Wonder what they get out of it ? Is it a way of earning money, getting a kick out of it or trying something else...I don't think they will get away with it James, the admin of mylot will surely recognise it and delete them. Idiot seems to be a very mild word coming from you..
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
I don't understand it really. It's not a newbie either! So they surely know what the deal is here by now. I am sure that admin will definitely pick up on it eventually too. Thanks for the response alok and yes, it IS a pretty mild word for me to use I guess! I must be getting mellow with age or something?
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
19 Oct 08
I don't like it at all either wanderer and it defies logic when people act this way. It defeats the purpose of being here. A repetitive response is of no benefit to anybody.
19 Oct 08
I cannot bear cheats like this. We all work hard here to make mylot work and there is no justice when someone can do this and get paid for it. Most people try to put over different points of view to each discussion otherwise there would be no point in the site.
@marina321 (4556)
16 Oct 08
The title of this discussion made me laugh
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
All good then! Laughter is the best medicine right? Thanks for the response marina.
@marina321 (4556)
17 Oct 08
Yes, laughter is indeed the best medicine
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@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
I actually did a search of the username you are hinting at and found this one member. And you said something about a discussion about daily earnings in myLot. You know what? The discussion has been deleted, like any other discussions about myLot earnings. So he really get's nothing out of this. I would like to play with the idea of posting the same response to different discussions. You won't tell the moderators will you?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
What happened richiem is that this user used a block of text as a response to someone else's earnings related discussion; then used the same text to reply to most of the responses within the same discussion; and then used the SAME text once again to start a NEW discussion of his own! Pretty stupid really and all that misguided effort for nothing! Sure, I won;t tell the moderators richiem but someone else will for sure! lol. Thanks for responding.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
This is the thing richiem, if he was really new then maybe someone would have given him some advice rather than move to have him shut down. But he had around 500 posts next to his name so definitely knew that what he was doing was wrong.
@richiem (3644)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
You are right. Someone else will. Better be safe and stop telling everyone I would do it before I actually do it. I didn't saw the discussion he responded to. But I saw his discussion and responses to his discussions. Maybe he is just new here.
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@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
17 Oct 08
it is not the users fault that they post the same discussions.mylot should have done this.imagine many users and some are new dont know that this topic has been already posted.so who is he or she?why dont you say it to let them know.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
It's not like this at all bombshell! They did not come up with a simalar topic as someone else but repasted the same block of 17 lines over FORTY times throughout someone's discussion! This was a member with around 500 posts to their name too so they knew exactly what they were doing. There is a massive difference between a new user's honest mistake and blatant abuse! I am no tyrant and have given advice to newbies on many an occasion. This guy deserved all he got. Thanks for the response.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
17 Oct 08
ok James i got it thanks
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@WATARIKENJI (1534)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
What he did was a not a discussion. It's a paste-cussion. Err.. Do you think he has some problem with his fingers?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
I think that his problem extended considerably higher than his fingers watarikenji! Let's us hope that "paste-cussions" don't ever become a normal thing on here too. Nice word! Thanks for the response.
@rkrish (3003)
• India
17 Oct 08
Are you saying someone is taking others reponses from one disucssion to other discussion and psoting as it is his. i am not gettingit clearly. can you brief i am little poor to understand well,help me
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
It's described throughout this discussion several times rkrish. This user was pasting the same 17 lines of words after EVERY response in someone else's discussion and then used the SAME words to start his own discussion as well. Not very smart or fair behavior at all and he was caught and removed. Thanks for responding.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Very true rkrish, he is a fool for being this way and bravo to mylot for moving so quickly to shut him down.
@rkrish (3003)
• India
17 Oct 08
Its like fooling himself, fine these things are great work from mylot and really appreciate mylot admin for the finest tune of works.
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@RenoMan (90)
• Togo
17 Oct 08
I only joined recently and I think it was my first night here I was going through all the new discussions and I came across one that ended up with over 20 responses to it in less than half an hour and all the answers were the same and in hindu I think. It sure wasn't English. They were all posted by the same person too. It kind of confused me. I thought it must be a problem with the system here. Thank you for clearing up the cut and paste thing. That explains it.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Hi RenoMan, welcome to mylot then! It is good that you realized straight away that something didn't seem right and didn't try a similar thing yourself. That user would have had all their activity deleted eventually so what a waste of time it would have ended up being! When you get to 500 posts you too will have cut and paste ability, but of course it isn't for stealing other people's words or for placing the same thing over and over again like this idiot decided to use it for! Thanks for your response.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
I hope we shall see some of this wit in due course then RenoMan! I have always enjoyed it myself!
• Togo
17 Oct 08
Doubt I'll use the cut and paste. I'm rather fond of thinking for myself and I can be a right old wit at times.:)
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• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Who is the Idiot, pls? I've been reading because I'm curios you might spell out some obvious hints. LOL. I'm a newbee so I'm a bit slow. heheheh
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
In one of the replies I have made sheena I have spelled out the name in a round about fashion and it is abundantly clear I think! Have a look back through the discussion and I promise you it will stand out clearly! Aside from using these clues I can't be specific and write the name here. Sorry! Thanks for responding.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
17 Oct 08
Idiot!! I just hope it's not me!! And if it's me, pls no insinuation , no intro pls feel free to confront me eye to eye if you feel that I am an idiot.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
I will do just that then mimpi! I have a feeling it will be a lifetime wait before we ever have to have this type of conversation though! Thanks for responding.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
17 Oct 08
It is everywhere. I have also seen some people are only after copy pasting. i do not understand their ultimate motive here.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Yes, unfortunately there always seems to be someone, somewhere at any given point in time that is doing the wrong thing subha. I don't understand their motives either other than them thinking they can make some easy money! Thanks for responding.
@jimbomuso (950)
17 Oct 08
Hi James! ahhh.. Idiots today- gone tommorow(yet probably return with new account)! that seems to be a trend within certain groups of users on Mylot - Greed! It really is astounding how mindless some people can be.. don't they ever think "There is a computer program looking for the exact thing I'm doing?". when I think about people like that an old saying comes to mind 'give em an inch, an they'll try to take a mile'
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Hi jimbo. Exactly right. Anyone that does this will surely have a very short mylot life span! lol. I have no doubt that many users that get banned will come back with new user names and account; but all we can hope is that they retunr and toe the line because if they do the same again they will just end up banned again! To do this for a few extra cents is silly really. Thanks for responding to the discussion.
@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
17 Oct 08
I think I know who you are referring to although I won't name names, unless there is more than one such occurrence. I was in a discussion just a couple of days back and saw that this guy posted a chunk of response in every post (including mine) and the same chunk was repeated...obviously a copy and paste job. Looked kinda weird to me why this person would want to do that, because one such post would have sufficed. Maybe the person thinks that by reposting multiple times, the earnings will also be multiplied similarly.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Thanks for not naming names lexus. It does sound like the same person though but I only saw this behavior in one discussion so I can't be 100% sure. For sure they think that by doing this they will increase their earnings but they just get caught and deleted so it's a waste of effort only in the end. Thanks for your response.
@AbbeyB (670)
• Spain
17 Oct 08
Why do people do that? surely they know they will get caught in the end and then be banned! and it ruins the discussions for everyone else.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
They do it because they think they can get away with it Abbey; and because they are lazy and not wishing to put in the effort like the rest of us. They do get caught and they do get banned so what a waste of energy! Thanks for responding.
• United States
17 Oct 08
Yeah. I saw that recently on here and I am new to MyLot. It's a great site so why abuse it over a small amount of money, lol? This one guy did a post 10x responding. Don't they have moderators on this site who watch for posts like that? I would hope so...
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
Welcome to mylot eyelinerpen! I am not sure if there are apponted moderators on here but between mylot admin and members as a whole this type of thing tends to get stamped out pretty fast when it happens. Thanks for responding and enjoy your time here!