Do You Still Earn If You Copy / Paste on MyLot?
By Angel
@Angelee_27 (3460)
United States
December 16, 2015 1:16am CST
If I copy and paste text, instead of typing it out in the myLot platform, will my content still be eligible for earnings?
For example: I write out a few paragraphs for a discussion in word document and save it. Later, I decide to copy and paste it into myLot as a discussion.
I am not talking about copying and pasting another person's content and claiming it as my own.
Will I still earn for it as though I typed it out?
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8 responses
@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@boiboing Well, yes I do. If I recall correctly, in the old myLot, if you copy and pasted text into the myLot writing platform, it would not allow you to do so. You had to type it out.
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@Angelee_27 what would possibly lead you to wonder if this was not okay on myLot?
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@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
Well, back in the old days, myLot would not allow you to paste copied text. You had to type it out.
If you tried to copy and paste, it simply didn't work.
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@Angelee_27 yes, but in this case you already knew it worked, so if it was your writing why in the world would myLot not pay you assuming it didn't violate any TOS.
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
16 Dec 15
We earn from interactions of others to our posts (discussions/responses/comments) on this new myLot. Perhaps you were thinking of the way the old myLot was when you asked that question? On the old myLot, putting it simply we had a motto then of "I type I earn, you type you earn".
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@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
I knew that we now earn for interactions we receive from others... but do we no longer earn anything for what we type at all?
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@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@sishy7 Ah okay, so if I start a discussion that gets no responses, likes, etc. I do not earn anything from it?
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
16 Dec 15
@Angelee_27 Of course we do... when what we type generates interactions, that is. On the other hand, no one can interact with our posts if we don't type, therefore we don't earn if we don't type...
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
16 Dec 15
we're allowed to do both - write and submit while logged in the site, or copy-paste from word.
what matters is the content is in english, it's original, adheres to other mylot guidelines, and proper credits given if needed, example, quotes, links to news items, etc.
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@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
Back in the old days, myLot could tell if your content was being copied and pasted into the platform. It would not let you paste it at all, you had to type it out.
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@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@pgntwo I think a draft feature of some sort would be a good improvement to myLot. Hopefully, they are considering adding a draft feature.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
16 Dec 15
@Angelee_27 What rotten spoilsports they were back then! I am surprised there is no "draft" facility, given that requirement.
@Angelee_27 (3460)
• United States
16 Dec 15
I like to write my discussion out in word (or sometimes just ideas in notepad) and submit them as I see fit. Sometimes I get ideas for a lot of discussions at once, but I don't want to post them all at once and flood the pages with discussions by me.
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@allenjames (294)
• Philippines
19 Dec 15
Wow! I didn't know about this. I didn't know that we can use copy and paste here. I thought that it was prohibited. It will be useful for me because there were times that I don't have an internet connection or I am in a place where surfing the internet is not possible. But now, I can work anywhere. My time will be more useful.
