I'd EARN a LOT more if...

@koalatbs (2229)
United States
February 11, 2009 9:21am CST
I'd think I'd earn a LOT more here at myLot IF & only IF it didn't run soooo incredibly slowwww! It is so frustrating! When you are on myLot do the pages load extremely slow for you too?! They do for me and it drives me crazy and sometimes I just give up and close it down. Does this happen to anybody else or am I the only one?
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
13 Feb 09
NO WAY! Are you rebooting your computer at least once a day? Are you performing a deframenting of your system so that it runs at it's optimal performance. Are you using Dial-up as your means of Internet service? I'd check those things, because I use DSL and I don't have any problems with any websites running slowly or anything like that. I had that frustration a while back , as well, but it left once we switched to high speed Internet. Hope the above information is useful to you.
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• United States
13 Feb 09
Also do you have enough memory on your computer, especially RAM.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
14 Feb 09
Oh yeah, because 256MB just isn't getting it done any longer. You need a much quicker speed. More like 1GB or higher.
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
12 Feb 09
No i dont have a problem with this site being slow. However my email site is.Yahoo especally when i open some of my mail folders. I dont know if this is because of how many letter that are saved there or what but yahoo can be maddenly slow sometimes.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
15 Feb 09
That is so weird jdyrj777 because I use Yahoo mail and don't have any trouble at all usually and I have hundreds of saved e-mails there. But, you don't have any problems with myLot but I do... go figure! LoL
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Lol!!! Try to figure out these computers and the internet.
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Only sometimes since switching to DSL.. then I run a scan on my spybot to see what's up.. Also we bought an external drive (I think it's called) and we moved lots of files onto it, freeing up space on the hard drive.. as we were getting a bit low on space and that was slowing us down big time.. too many pictures on this thing!
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I think that is probably my problem too flowerchilde... too much stuff! We have tons & tons of pictures & files on this one and it is most likely slowing down sites that need more memory or whatever they need. LoL! We do run scans on it frequently so I don't believe that is the problem. We have the spybot too. Thanks for giving me some tips.
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I really haven't had this problem myself. I use a cable modem and the site seems fine for me. The problem for me is that I have 4 children and trying to find time to come on here and post daily gets hard sometimes. Are you using a high speed connection? Or are you using dial up? I hope it gets better for you soon. I know it can be frustrating when you are trying to go fast and you have to wait for the computer to catch up to you. Hang in there, and hope for the best. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Good morning schulzie - I'm glad that you don't have any trouble with the site loading, especially since you have to deal with 4 kids running around your house! You don't need the extra aggrevation. I just have one son who is 14 years old. He is 5'11-1/2" tall & now is wearing a size 13 men's shoe! He also is at that stage where he is trying to tout his independence and is much more argumentative when I tell him to do something. It seems like anything and everything I say to him starts an argument. Ugh! My mom says it will only last until he is about 25. HELP! How old are your children?
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• Philippines
12 Feb 09
Try to check if your internet connection has a problem. I don't have problems opening Mylot in my computer.
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I think maybe I just need to clean up my hard drive... probably has too much junk on it and is slowing everything down.
• Egypt
12 Feb 09
No, it doesn't happen to me, actually mylot loads a lot faster than facebook. Happy Mylotting ^_^
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
13 Feb 09
You are sooo right... facebook can drive me crazy sometimes. I used it a lot more before they changed their format.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Are you talking about mylot itself or your Internet connection? I've seen mylot load slower than usual before at least once or twice. I know it was this site as I checked some other sites and they loaded just like they usually do. And here I am on dial-up, so I know slow. LOL
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• Philippines
30 Nov 09
Hello koalatbs! I think that the reason why you are experiencing that is because of a slow internet connection. When I am at home, I do not experience having a slow connection. But when I am at work, I have the same experience as yours. That is because although we have a good internet connection, there's just too many of us all over the school that depend on it. I suggest that you get a faster internet connection.
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@littleowl (7157)
11 Feb 09
Well I don't shut down, but it does annoy me that it is so slow at times but if I have set my self to do a certain amount of responses I normally keep going even if Mylot is slow at the time..lol..littleowl
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
11 Feb 09
I don't think you're alone and I very much agree with you. When I was more active, I always kept myLot open and posted throughout the day. Now that I don't keep it open it logs me out and I have to log back in and even that takes forever. Yep, irritating to say the least.
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Good morning Ldyjarhead. Good, glad I'm not the only one... aren't we the lucky ones?! It seems not everyone has this problem though from the responses I'm getting so far. Man oh man... why am I always the lucky one?! lol
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
12 Feb 09
Honestly - everything loads slow for me. I'd earn alot more if i wasnt on dialup!
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I feel for you saundryl... being on dialup. I used to have dialup and hated it, especially after getting a taste of high speed and then having to use dialup afterwards.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
16 Feb 09
I was on high speed for three years in the city then moved to a farm and i just cant justify the 700 dollars to install satellite internet for semi high speed.
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
11 Feb 09
It was awful for me last night. I tried posting four or five times to a discussion and it never would go through. I just finally gave up. Haven't had any problems this morning, though, so far.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
11 Feb 09
I'm glad you are not having any problems so far today Barb42. That is good. Hope it stays that way!
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Well, I am having problems. I just went back to the discussion from last night and tried to post my comment. It still will not go through. I have no idea. The discussion is by a friend, too. I have no idea what is keeping my comment from going through on his post alone. That was the only problem I encountered last night.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
18 Feb 09
check your connection or your computer speed....:D
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I do not believe the problem is with my computer speed or my connection because most every other website that I go to loads quickly without problem. It is mainly just the myLot main page.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
oh too bad...hmmm..why not ask help from mylot admin?:D
@vishwaskg (514)
• India
11 Feb 09
HI Koala... Its because ,, mylot page has so many images and different titles and subtitles to download which makes it slow in your case ... so try to open without the images being shown,,,,i have opera browser and so i have the option of preventing downloading the images ,,, which made my downloading pretty fast.... So give it a try Cheers Vishwas
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Thanks vishwaskg - I figured there was a good reason. :)
@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I totally agree. Some days I sign in during lunch and just want to go nuts, but it goes so slow I only get to 4-5 posts :( I'd earn more money if the pages loaded faster and I'd earn more money if we could skip the "tagging" step and the step where they ask you to add the interest.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Hi vivasuzi - Well, I am glad to know I'm not the only one that has this trouble sometimes. It seems that a lot of other people do not have any problem at all. Why can't we be one of the lucky ones?!
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
19 Feb 09
If you have dial-up, mylot is going to load slow no matter what you do. I have DSL and use Firefox as my browser now and they load very quick for me.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
23 Feb 09
I do not have dial-up... we have Verizon FiOs which is pretty fast most of the time. My main problem is with myLot and the home page loading is soooo incredibly slow. The other areas of myLot seem to work just fine most of the time.
@Chey1970 (1186)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I haven't been on here much as of lately.. and was MIA for a very long time.. but it is and has always been where it lags (badly). It shows it's loading and just keeps on trying to load. I normally hit the stop button then refresh and it would fix it 9 out of 10 times.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
23 Feb 09
Oh... HI Chey! I guess you have been MIA for quite awhile. I was too until about 2 months ago. Now I'm on almost every day again trying to have some fun & earn a little extra moolah! LoL! :) Hope all is well with you. Keep in touch!
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yes, when I had dial up, it did this a lot to me. I could not stand to go through this. I am now on WiFi and sometimes my connection to myLot is not promising. It is very hard for me to be on the Internet. So, yes, this has happened to me a bit. That explains why I was unable to post many days. But for some strange reason the connection is very fast.. It was like this all yesterday. I was able to post to almost 100 discussions yesterday. If they keep this up, I will be good to go! So, I am here for now, but I don't know what tomorrow brings.. It is really unpredictable. I hate slow connections! I love having Roadrunner. This is a fast speed of Internet connection. So, I do know how you must feel. I have been through the same thing.. I hope that you can access the Internet with no problems or complications real soon! No one deserves to be slowed down!
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Hi cream97 - Is roadrunner an internet company? I have never heard of it before but I think it is a GREAT name! I do not have dial-up, I have FiOs with Verizon. That is great that you were able to post about 100 discussions the other day! I don't think I've ever posted that many in just one day before. If you keep that up you'll surely make payout! Keep up the great work! Right now, I'm up to $4.92 but yesterday's earnings having shown up yet so I'm hoping that it will take me over the $5 mark. I really hope I'm able to make payout. Wish me luck!
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
18 Feb 09
It happens sometimes then I'd just quit and do something else like blog... or watch a movie. Even though I'd rather earn some than waste my time, I don't have the patience to wait for a page to load when it takes more than a minute. Thanks for the response on my discussion!
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I know what you mean oyenkai... it can be so aggrevating when it takes a page so long to load. I sometimes just leave myLot for awhile and work on something else or do housework... which is probably what I should've been doing in the first place! lol :)
@jakeb1 (562)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Like other people have already said, MyLot is loading fine for me and others. The only slow page might be the front page. You should get your computer checked out or get a better internet connection. If I had more time, I would be earning more on MyLot as well. I try to get online here when I can.
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Yes... it is mainly the front page and it is pretty aggrevating. I'm now just trying to avoid that page as much as possible and work around it. Thanks for your suggestions. Take care jakeb1. Hope you have a great day!