Has the discussion earnings dropped?

October 30, 2009 4:06am CST
I had made several long posts and discussions and noticed that I only received $0.10 and a few months back I would earn atleast $0.40 so I am just curious if it was changed and if it did, why has it changed?
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
30 Oct 09
As always there are many factors which you have to consider. Has you star rating dropped since the time you were active before? That would alter the amount your posts are worth as higher stars earn better. Have you checked to see that the posts you started or responded on were not deleted by admins? There are many posts deleted every day and I checked the first page of your activity and see that at least one that you responded on is no longer there. Were all your posts within the myLot day? Their time zone is different from many other parts of the world and could rsult in part of your earnings being aadded when the next update takes place. In other words things are as always - quality is what is asked of us and it is that which earns here.
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• United States
30 Oct 09
Ahhh, but "quality" is such an elusive term, isn't it? What is quality to one person might be crap to another ... just saying. Seriously, though, you should listen and think about what MysD has to say, because she always has good advice and will never steer you wrong.
• United States
30 Oct 09
As MysD said above, there are a lot of factors that come into play when myLot calculates your earnings, and they do not give us the equation. I have noticed that some days I spend hours on here and post a lot of responses, but I only earn a little bit. Other days, I don't spend as much time on here or respond to as many things, but I earn a lot more. I think that maybe some days I have longer and more detailed responses, so these are viewed as higher quality responses than the ones I did the other days, but I am not sure about that.
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@rosekiss (30413)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Oct 09
If you had received negative ratings at all during that time, then you lost earnings. If you posted to disucssion that were deleted because of violations, then your responses were also deleted, resulting in a loss of earnings. There are disucssions deleted everyday, so if you don't want your post deleted, then be sure you don't post to a disucssion that is in violation, or if you start our won discussion, you have to be careful tharer too. I really can't think of any other reasons why you lost earnings. I hope this has helped you. Good luck to you adn happy mylotting.