Yay, four sentences will grant me pay - linecounters...

i think we shud try to keep our comments short but to the point as then people will bother to read them

I've seen a lot of people asking that question on here, and I have to agree, it's weird-you either want to post to a site like this, or you don't. What's the point? I like being able to communicate my ideas and read other people's discussions and such, and maybe learn a few things, too. Hopefully I'll even bump into a few people who have the same interests that I do!

I do accept my pay from mylot with thanks every month, but I don't agonize over the length of depth of my comments. If I have a lot to say, I say a lot. If I have a little to say I say a little. If I have nothing to say I don't bother to comment!

I haven't paid enough attention! I didn't realise there were paid-per-line calculations going on. Do "best responses" earn extra credit, too? Quality has to count for something, but how is that judged? I'd love to see some extra credit (or maybe a penality of some sort) for garbled and unitelligilbe discussions and responses: sure, I realise that myLot is conducted in a language that is not every contributer's native tongue, but even so...

I know it sound weird to me too. Why we should count our comments ? if we refer to myLot guidelines, you will get answer for it, our comments do not just few words on it. Although, few words is enough to respond our discussion, but we want have earning right ? so we added some unmeaning words on it. Maybe the reason is for more descriptive as well. Instead thinking of this, just be a good responder, okay.

You make a good point. I just began using this website, and am just beginning to notice how difficult it is to reach the payout. I think that if people enjoyed writing on here and posting content, the payout would come on its own time (and likely quicker too). The focus should not be on how many words or sentences the individual is writing down, but on the effect those words will have on the discussions.

I just respond cyberfluf and however many words it ends up as, so be it! I have a habit of crapping on anyways and always seem to have something to say. By default this generally means I will very rarely have less than 4 - 5 lines in any response. I have no issues at all reaching minimum payout and usually reach it in the first week of a new month. I just have fun and say what I wanna say. The rest just falls into place!

Those who count the lines they make here in mylot only make me think that they are only up to the earnings they will have. I think the answer depends on the discussion. 1. if the discussion is very much appealing to you, then you answer in a lengthy manner. 2. if the discussion only has one question which is not that sensible, then you answer in a number of sentences only. 3. if you can relate very well to the discussion, sometimes you get carried away by your emotions and knowledge and that even those unnecessary ideas are to be seen in your post. 4. if the discussion poses a yes or no answer from the users, but yes or no is not accepted here so broadening of answer is a must. An explanation, that is. Since we have a rule here in mylot to have a minimum of 4 lines per discussion, we need to maintain a sensible answer. If ever you want to answer in not more than 4 lines, make sure its worth thinking and it helps the topic starter and other people who might read your thoughts. People who answer in long terms without the sense of doing it only wastes his time answering because money is more important to him rather than giving his input. And besides, he only makes himself look like he is a low intelligent creature.

Hi Cyberfluf, As you know I find it hard not to waffle on about something so in general my responses are fairly lengthy but some can be just a few words. I am not too fussed on word or line count really. It is the interaction between the poster and the responder that matters far more. Huggles. Ellie :D

I didn't even know that there was a "minimum" line count for payment! Thanks for the enlightenment. I'm not a counter. I'll ususally say what I want to say and not dress it up with "filler" words which are just out of context and don't add anything to the subject. I have been guilty though of many one-liners which I suppose now that I know, give me such little increases on a day to day basis. Sometimes the answers get too long though and people won't bother reading them. You are right though, responses should be about the discussion. The entire idea of making money here is crazy. Unless everyone here is your referral, you'll never be able to retire just by mylotting. Enjoy!

Ya know i do see that alot now that i think about it. I see alot of that when i go to respond to a discussion and am curious on what others have written or what they thought about it. I just simply wish mylot would pay people more for good responses instead of paying us all the same chump change here and there.

When I respond I do try to be as descriptive and detailed as possible but I don't prattle on (intentionally) to make it longer. And sometimes a discussion really only warrants a few word response no matter which way you look at it. I know the responses you're talking about and they bug me too, sometimes people even make their lines shorter to get more of them (don't know if that works or not) or add big spaces and extra punctuation. Well, that's more than 4 lines, gotta go! (Also, I think moderators would really help in this respect)

yes you are absolutely right and i agree with you.why do the responses need to be more than four-liners when quite a few can be answered in a better way in a sentence or two.hope the mylot management understands this soon but there are various forums on internet which have word counters etc so that the posted article is of the minimum required words.there must be some reason to all this.

Right. Happy mylotting. There's my one liner right there. Well I do count my sentences sometimes. Just to make my response longer. It might help me get paid much higher. So I make my replies in as many sentences as possible. Just to make them longer. See what I mean? Did I mention I want to make my response much longer? Anyway, I don't really mind people doing one liners or just-a-few-liners. They have their reasons why they're here and I understand that. I also try to make my responses several lines so in a way I'm like them. I do, however, try to make my responses as relevant and significant to the discussion as possible regardless of how many lines they are. Happy new year.

I don't know in which category do you put me into. Sometimes I am in haste to answer a lot of responses at one go and I do tend to write short answers. On other times I do write longer responses if the theme requires one, or it is a subject that I am knowledgeable about. Sometimes I realise about the spelling mistakes when I hit the submit button. That would be too late to correct any mistakes. I am not the type to count each and every single word. (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog

Well, you have a lot of sensible points in your discussions and I agree mostly all of them. Although I am counting the number of lines for every posts that I make but I also make sure that the quality of my response won't be affected with it and that everything I wrote is related on the topic on hand. There are times that I won't be able to reach the number of lines I am setting but I don't jeopardize the quality of my response if there's nothing else that I could say or to add up. I basically just keep on writing and only responding on discussions that I have something to contribute or something to say about so that it won't be hard for me to just keep on writing. I always write a customized response in every discussions.

i also want to know how mylot is measuring our responses to get paid so that we can write in a well manner with a good grammer and also descriptive if it is paying just for response then no body will like to reply more than one line because every body wants to earn more and more money

Well, I think you shouldn't count lines or sentences when you respond. I give as much or as little details as the answer truly needs. I mean, who wants to set there reading four lines when one is needed and the other three are just filler? I don't. I'm here to try to help people, get opinions and help, and make friends if I connect with certain users. While I can't blame myloters for wanting to make money, I think MyLot should enforce methods to make sure people are giving quality responses.