Don't mention the weekend!
By AutumnGold
@AutumnGold (1056)
July 30, 2010 6:43am CST
Apparrently mentioning the weekend is a milestone violation. Correct me if I'm wrong but I assumed violations were mentioning progress on here such as earnings. If my "milestone" is a violation I dare not mention Christmas, Birthdays, Easter, Anniversaries or anything else which might fall in to the "special day" category. Okay I'm learning but surely it's not a reportable offence to mention celebrating the weekend? :(
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Jul 10
I read your responses and see that it probably isn't a violation, but someone obviously thought it was. That's good, because occasionally I mention what I am doing on a weekend and have even talked about what I did on my anniversary or my children's birthdays. But that was back before people started pointing it out, so maybe what I wrote was a violation or not, and I'll never know..
@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Carmel. I just assumed milestones were meant as progress on here, things relating to earnings etc but maybe not. I remember posting on a site a few years back and they had a similar rule about milestones but it meant don't mention how you're doing on here, can't remember the name of the site now. Well I suppose we all have discussions removed but I've been trying hard to stay within the guidelines and I didn't want to slip out of them without knowing why :)
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Jul 10
You are doing fine and I thought the same thing and though diana did seem to say we can talk about these kind but I stopped because I thought it included "our lives" But since it doesn't, I guess I can...:)
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jul 10
A little bite of logic:
The last line in the Guidelines was not there when I joined. They added it later and probably because there were just soooooooo many 'I reached this', 'it's my birthday', I got paid by (add the site of your choice here)' that it was no longer quality filling the pages.
I believe that just saying 'it's the week-end' is a milestone but by making a new topic, never discussed before, even though it is still caused by a milestone, it is still a new quailty topic.
After all those are Guidelines and not specific rules therefore open to interpretation by both sides, with some logical reasoning as to why they are in force.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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30 Jul 10
It is starting to get ridiculous what is considered a guideline violation around here, I think I know what discussion you are referring to and it's not what I'd think of as a discussion about a milestone.
I hardly ever start discussions as I prefer to just respond to others so I've never had one deleted but it must be frustrating to have one removed for such a silly reason.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
30 Jul 10
A discussion, response or comment can be reported but ONLY if it is a violation will it be deleted by admins. They have the last call.
It does seem that there are some users going round reporting topics which are not violations at all. Maybe they don't read the whole topic before pointing their finger 
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@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Nancyrowina. It hasn't been removed yet but I'm still shocked at it being reported. It was only meant as a light hearted fun discussion anyway, I see plenty of silly discussions on here. I might just respond now instead of starting discussions, less hassle :)
@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
30 Jul 10
@ autumn, Please don't let another mylotter discourage you from starting discussions, I have been in that same boat that you are in and the longer you allow it to bother you, the more you will doubt that you start discussions that engage others to discuss. I wish that someone would have said that to me, just wanted to throw it out to you.
I elaborated more about milestones in my response box below on why they aren't allowed. Although as I said before I don't believe that discussion is a milestone nor a violation, in my humble opinion.
@ mysd, I can think of a few resons as to why whether they are accurate or not is another story.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
30 Jul 10
I think it is because that this weekend is the first Monday in August and it is a holiday up here in Canada.
And say why can we not mention a special day?
We do need to say the specific day, so is it all right to say that my relative's turning === in a few days and ask something that I could do for him or her?
I am sure the non mention of Christmas would make all the non-Christians who hate Christians happy. So if one is not allowed to mention Christian holidays it should apply to every other religion or non religion as well.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
30 Jul 10
And they cannot delete all of them. Yes two weeks time will do it. That is because it takes more time to save for all those Christmas gifts.
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@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Suspenseful. I was just referring to those as examples of milestones. I bet there will be loads of Christmas discussions when the shops start selling Christmas stuff in...hang on...about two weeks time lol :)
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@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
30 Jul 10
I think that if you had posted something along the lines of it's Friday again that could be perceived as a milestone, perhaps. I still think it's a leap. The discussion you did wasn't just about it being Friday but about a social event at the end of the day, turning nothing (it being Friday) into something to discuss. I believe that you did exactly what were supose to do when starting a discussion, engage people to discuss something. You had several different topics in your discussion to discuss, music, drinking, party, social gathering at the end of the week.
As always people will misinterprut the guidelines, some do it by accident and others I believe truly believe it and even having the admin point out why it's not they still think that it is. You can't please everyone all the time.
So in my opinion the previous discussion had nothing to do with being a milestone and no guideline violation exists. Their are unique ways around posting milestone discussions you just have to be creative in starting those types of discussions as several on here have shown in the past one very recently did one it's still up and tagged also, but the way in which the discussions are done is what sets them apart from the rest.
Food for thought why is a milestone discussion not excepted here? Because it doesn't solicit a discussion in most cases, most discussions done on this solicit the response of congrads, or happy birthday, it's when you turn the milestone into something to actually discuss that it can be deemed an actual discussion. As always just my 2 cents worth!!!
@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Beanie. That's why I was so confused, I didn't just say "hooray it's Friday let's all talk about it being Friday". If I'd done that I'd have expected it to be seen as a milestone because I'd have been talking about reaching a certain part of the week. I just thought it would be fun to imagine everyone having a party on here tonight. Some people don't read what we say after the title, I've seen evidence of that. Another thing, I wouldn't expect any responses if I just said "hey everyone it's my birthday...anniversary or whatever" because it's a bit empty like you say, nothing to talk about except saying congrats. I'm sure I will have stuff removed from here, everyone must have but when it happens I hope it's because I did break a rule and not because someone couldn't be bothered to read everything and just jumped to a conclusion.
@AutumnGold (1056)
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1 Aug 10
Hello Zandi. It's been wet here so not a very good weekend this time. I hope you enjoyed yours :)
@AutumnGold (1056)
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10 Aug 10
Hello MrDollars. I've since learned that it is a violation if we celebrate a milestone on here. I read that we shouldn't post discussions about milestones but I was just unsure what it actually meant. Thankfully this discussion seemed to escape the clutches of the grim reaper 
@MrDollars (454)
• Australia
11 Aug 10
ah ok. And yes good thing. Would hate to have any of my discussions cut.
$-MrDollars-$
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@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Ellie. They probably didn't read the whole paragraph under the title. If they had they would have seen it was just a silly discussion. It ruined my good mood for a while though :( Anyway bottoms up, I'll drink to that :)
@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Jennyze. Then we're both confused and I haven't even had a drink yet :) Me too, I love staying up chatting without worrying about the time :)
@meissen0212 (67)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
Well as hard earners we look forward to weekends because this is the time when we can unwind and relax a bit. So far, it's the time we sit back and think of desirable things to do. Of course, desirable things would mean positive and beneficial to us like doing our online stuff and getting paid here in Mylot.
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@AutumnGold (1056)
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30 Jul 10
Hello Meissen. Thats right, we all look forward to weekends when we're working all week. It's time to unwind and maybe let our hair down a bit but not too much at my age :)
