Does any body know how earnings are calculated?

@YazEid (1139)
Philippines
May 31, 2009 9:19am CST
Hello All I don't know how do they calculate my earnings , sometimes I receive a quite good amount of money for few discussions and responses , other times I get so low earnings although I've made a lot of responses and started new discussions !!! how do they calculate these things so I would concentrate on more valuable things
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
31 May 09
The only person who knows hoe we earn here on myLot is the admin. In the FAQs we are told: [i]'How do I calculate my earnings? Discussion activity earnings are calculated based on a proprietary model that rewards quality responses, relevant discussions and images.'[/i] http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq6.aspx#15 In the discussion Guidelines we are also told: 'Don't Post anything that inaccurately explains the myLot earnings algorithm. Our myLot mathematicians have worked long and hard on our elaborate payment system and we wouldn’t want any of our users to make them feel inadequate by breaking their algorithm in minutes.' http://www.mylot.com/o/guidelines.aspx We are paid for our own activity so if you start a discussion and it receives many responses you will only earn if you comment back to them. It is the users who posted them that will be earning for them. If you think less about the earnings and more about having fune here your earnings will increase without you realising it. Good luck!
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@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
1 Jun 09
Thank you very much , maybe they are right to hide it , but at least we need an assurance that it is fair .. and you are right again , i should start having fun here , more than having money :D thanks alot
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@silvercoin (2101)
• Lithuania
31 May 09
No, I don't think there's an exact formula for our earnings.At first I thought I would earn more if I post discussions and get bunches of answers, but I was wrong.Maybe it depends on the common activity here,ratings.I don't think it's possible to figure out how these earnings are calculated.This is one of Mylot's biggest secrets,I guess.Happy Mylotting.
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@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
1 Jun 09
Me too , As once I posted a discussion which gained 30 responses within very short period , the next day i received a large amount of earnings , although I didn't do much that day , but it was a good hit .. later some people told me that it has no effect on my earnings , you get money for your work not for others' .. so I still feel confused .. thanks for passing by
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
2 Jun 09
Earnings, here on myLot, are based on quantity and quality. The better your responses, and the longer they are, the more you get paid. If you just leave brief responses to other people's discussions, you are not going to get paid very well. If you leave long responses, and they are rated good in quality as well, you will get paid more. I think I have been paid as much as 4 cents for a single response. As far as discussions go, the more people who respond, the more you get paid. One day I didn't do anything except start one discussion here. It was so popular, that I made 68 cents just for the one discussion. Of course, I did go in and reply to each response as well. So that probably makes a difference too. Good luck to you in figuring out what works for you on a daily basis here at myLot. And remember, it's all about fun! Enjoy your day!
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@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
thank you all
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Jun 09
'Of course, I did go in and reply to each response as well. So that probably makes a difference too' That made ALL the difference! If you did not comment on the responses you would not have earned for them because we do not earn from the activity of others, only from our own Happy Lotting!
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• United States
31 May 09
No ones knows how they are calculated. All i know is if you write more then you seem to get more money on a post or something. I don't think the Admin here wants us to know. So it will always be a mystery Happy Mylotting!!
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• Philippines
31 May 09
Hmmm.. nobody really knows how earnings are calculated here on myLot. This is a deep, dark secret that only the admins know. I also receive a good amount of money here in a day while sometimes, I don't. Happy myLotting
@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
1 Jun 09
Why should it be a secret ? I know that we get money for what we do , but how can i feel that this is fair if I didn't know that everybody is treated equally and based on their own effort .. what are the qualities and the things that I should do to earn more ?
@3orabi (529)
• Jordan
1 Jun 09
Hello YazEid , I too face the same problem , yesterday I started mylot , and started to participate and respond to others but all what i got was 0.05$ , i dont know how do they calculate it or what should i do to increase my earnings ..
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@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
1 Jun 09
It might be so frustrating for those new mylotters , that they feel that they wasted a lot of time on a very small return .. but maybe after a period of time they will get used to it .. although i didn't yet :D Happy Mylotting
1 Jun 09
Woah 3orabi, I started mylot yesterday aswell and I earned $0.21 don't know how that worked out lol. Maybe you should start adding more thought through posts so that Mylot pay you for the quality of your posts. Hope that helps!
@3orabi (529)
• Jordan
5 Jun 09
yes exactly I feel that I waste my whole day posting discussions , comments and uploading photos and at the end they give me more than the minimum ... some told me to make my comments larger and I did , others told me to send more frequent and also I did , others advised me to upload many pictures and each day I upload more than 10 pictures but still they pay me very low ... I'm now looking for new website that pay more than mylot ... if anyone have such a website I will be thankful if you give it to me ... and I'm ready to join under your page so you will get the referral and both of us will get benefit ... thank you YazEid again ... happy myloting friend and have a nice day ...
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
2 Jun 09
Hello YazEid, I think that you are on the right track as far as learning more and making longer post etc. The key here is going to be patience. With patience and God all things are possible. It's important also not to try to so much that you wind up getting burned out with mylot. Whenever I start feeling like this I have to back away for a little while until I"m able to regroup and refresh myself. Well have a great day and I hope to see you around when I'm here the next time. Take care and stay blessed.............happy mylotting.
@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
2 Jun 09
thank you very much Citychic , I'm doing so .. it needs a little patience and hard working .. I think my post are becoming longer , full of ideas and with a good quality .. and also they started to pay me better have a nice day too
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@kalaga (547)
• United States
1 Jun 09
i joined my lot recently.In the very beginning i thought it is one cent per discussion wheather u start it or respond to it.but after reading all of these answers i am not sure i am right or not.something are nice if they are kept secret.i love my lot and i dont mind them keeping it secret.i enjoy it for making friends and getting some advice and lastly making a little bit of money.so it is ok for me.
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