i need help.

United States
October 26, 2008 3:33pm CST
okay just today i joined the site gather because i really like getting gift cards and it sounds like its a loyal paying site. well i cant figure this site out for anything i really need help. what exactly do i need to do? also i posted like 2 discussions and uploaded like 2 pictures but my points haven't been upated. when do they update points and what should i do to maximize my earnings? please help!
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@nimasa (122)
• Canada
26 Oct 08
oh also this is my first time here too but i think they will update it evey day
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• United States
26 Oct 08
okay thank you so much for your help. thanks for responding too.
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@nimasa (122)
• Canada
26 Oct 08
You need to post discussions and respond to other discussions upload pictures comment other pictures and also u have to refer friends cause u will earn 25% of what they are doing
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@nimasa (122)
• Canada
26 Oct 08
oh also this is my first time here too but i think they update every day
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
26 Oct 08
Sorry, I'm not much of a help. I joined there before I came here. I did pictures, posts, replies, joined groups....etc. Sometimes I got points, other times I didn't. I found the site difficult to maneuver, and extremely convoluted. And I never did figure out what to do to earn points. They don't tell you anywhere on the site. There were days that I posted and replied away, and got no points. This site is so much better, especially if you can refer friends. If you stick with Gather, I hope you have better success than I did.
• United States
26 Oct 08
yeah its very confusing to me thats why i had to post this. i don't really like it i love mylot way more and i think instead of investing half my time into gather i am just going to invest all my time into mylot. thanks for the response!
@Fafner (68)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I have been a member of Gather for years. Like Mylot, the algorithm used to award points is secret. Unlike MyLot, its much easier to get points. YOu earn points for viewing other peoples content, commenting, requesting friends, accepting friends, joining groups, and of course posting articles, vidoes and photos. The more views your articles, videos and photos receive, the more points you earn. To maximize the viewers of your content, you want to join groups, and publish your stuff to the groups. Once you have established some friends, they will generally try and view and comment on your content. Recently there was an update to the site, and it appears that points are not accumulating as fast as in the past. Its unclear if there was a change in the points algorithm, or simply a bug in the update that will be corrected. In the past when points were not being awarded, they eventually fixed the problem and corrected everyone's point count. I hope that helps. If you have any specific questions let me know.
@Fafner (68)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Sometimes there is a delay of hours before your points increase. Check your points the next time you log in over there and see if they have gone up. I don't spent time trying to earn points, I just look for interesting stuff to read and comment on. The points kinda take care of themselves.
• United States
27 Oct 08
yeah my points havent went up today. but yesterday i was reading around and commenting a bit and they went up like 5 points when i logged on today.
• United States
27 Oct 08
thank you for the help i really appreciate it.