If I had any hair I'd pull it out...

By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
April 12, 2017 6:36am CST
WARNING - RANT AHEAD Okay, maybe not a full-blown kick-the-chair-across-the-room rant, but more of a bang-my-head-against-the-desk grumble. I am flummoxed by the number of comments and responses I have read this morning by people saying 'you earn better to do this-or-that' when they don't appear to really have a clue how you earn here. To make it perfectly clear you do not earn for any of your actions you create here in myLot. You earn for received interaction from other users. Period. You earn for responses, comments, and 'likes' you receive. And I am seeing 'the more you write (length of reply) the more you earn' again. This is not strictly true. While people may be more inclined to reply to a few sentences than to a few words, they are also more inclined to reply to a few sentences than to 12 paragraphs. But it is those replies you are earning for. NOT for what you are typing. It is so simple...so I don't know why so many people are having problems understanding it. *steps down from coughee table* Okay...rant over.
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@Juliaacv (53828)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
Well said. Now.....no more standing on the furniture mister! You go out and get that soapbox and use that just like every body else has to do!
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I used to stand on the coughee table to sing at band practice...we had a rule, if I fell off, finish the song and then see if I was okay
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@Juliaacv (53828)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
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@marlina (154117)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
@Juliaacv , Right on Julia!
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
12 Apr 17
Quite often it's old members who are wrong too not just the new ones. Sometimes I say something but I admit I often skip them now so as not to be rude
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@BarBaraPrz (49873)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake Well, you've gotten 25 responses so far to this one... must be worth something.
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake I did just see a discussion a minute ago
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I'm tellin' ya, if half of what I have read today was true, I'd have a few thousand bucks in my bank by now
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
12 Apr 17
They still do not understand this.why do they keep asking.Read the guide lines.How simple is that. Hair sorry JJ I do not have any hair to pull out
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
Mine has thinned quite a bit...which is why I started shaving my head...I decided to go bald all at once instead of gracefully
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake I am bald not.Skin head I guess what they call it.
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
@amadeo I'm a tad fuzzy at the moment, I need a fresh shave
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@Tampa_girl7 (52647)
• United States
12 Apr 17
Hopefully they will eventually learn how things work around here
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I just PM'ed someone a little bit ago about a copy/paste 'joke' for their first post...turns out it was their second account..the first one got banned for...get this...copy/pasting jokes. Thankfully, they removed it and went off to read the guidelines as I suggested.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
12 Apr 17
You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink....
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• United States
13 Apr 17
@pgntwo *starts humming a tune* I've been through the desert on a horse with no name. It felt good to be out of the rain ...
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake Yup: Man. And the Atacama has a certain pull... Why?
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
Does he have a name? Will he go to the desert?
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
Now lets hope that people will take the time to read this!!
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
Normally it ends up only being people that already know
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake that is true!!
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
13 Apr 17
Yes, and the people thinking it is for what they write especially the New people wonder how come their earnings are never increasing. They need to realize if they never take time to interact with anyone then they will never get a chance to earn from what they are posting.
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@celticeagle (175914)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Apr 17
Yes, you are totally right BUT, there are things you can do to enhance the interaction you get. So many members think that Mylot is like other social networking sites that pay. It isn't.
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@celticeagle (175914)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 17
@JolietJake .....Not in my eyes Bucko.
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@JolietJake (50190)
13 Apr 17
You mean this isn't a paying facebook?
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@sjvg1976 (41979)
• Delhi, India
13 Apr 17
Even I am tired of writing same response on these discussions and have now started ignoring them.
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@rebelann (114147)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Apr 17
Well looks like ya told em ..... now for the tricky part, did they pay any attention at all? Hey, I did, ok?
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@rebelann (114147)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Apr 17
Maybe they're just slow @JolietJake .... no no no, I don't mean mentally, I'd never say such a thing .... they could come back later when they've finally learned that there really are guidelines to follow, some people are suggesting they look you up you know.
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I don't see any responses from newer users...par for the course
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@marlina (154117)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
Well said once again!
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
There seems to be a double-handful of new users that are convinced they know what is going on here...I think they've read old outdated blogs or something.
• United States
13 Apr 17
You, and others, can repeat this 1,000 times a day and it won't make a difference. It isn't just newbies who are not understanding it, it's 'old timers' also. Maybe some will get it, maybe not.
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@PainsOnSlate (21849)
• Canada
12 Apr 17
I love your rants, You make my day! I laugh out loud when I see someone posting 10- 20 discussions in one day - and no I don't look at any of them. I used to tell them they were wasting their time and should be reading and commenting AND like on other so we old guys and girls know you are here but no - never a response and never see them again so I stopped trying. Good clear knowledge probably not reead by the newbies...their loss.
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• Canada
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake I wish all of them would notice - they would be successful here is they did.
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I'd give up, but every once in a blue moon I catch the attention of someone that needed to see it.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
12 Apr 17
I don't have a clue how to make the dollar money increase, but it increases, so I'm happy!
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
It boils down to the more you talk, the more chances you give people to interact back, which is what we get paid for
@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
14 Apr 17
Really? We earn here? For real? For sure? Whatever happened to the 'I type, I earn... you type, you earn' mantra before? Sorry, can't help it.
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
15 Apr 17
@JolietJake yeah, I remember you and Ms. D using the phrase often.
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Apr 17
Yeah, that used to be pretty much a standard reply back in the day...I think I saw MysD use it first
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• Malaysia
14 Apr 17
Thanks for the speech. We need it now and then. I hope the table is fine.
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• Malaysia
14 Apr 17
@JolietJake Haha. Poor table. I bet the next time you are ranting on earnings and such, you better prepare a sandbag or something.
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@JolietJake (50190)
14 Apr 17
I may need to go on a diet, it was kind of wobbly
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
14 Apr 17
"JJ" - @JolietJake - Not for the purpose of making you feel bad or that you wasted a whole lot of finger tapping on the keys, but "so what?" People do not understand about one thing or another. Something new with that? p.s. This kind of "rant" will not teach anyone anything that they did not already understand. (Fractions of pennies from heaven will not weight a person down and send them to hell and gone...). That you can believe. Let's get back to ranting about ranting now. -Gus-
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
14 Apr 17
@JolietJake - Hi "JJ" - I sure enough did not intend to anger you or to make you feel bad (somehow), but your post about people not understanding how they earn their hundredths of cents from posting stuff onto MyLot was probably the gazillionth time it has been explained - and all a person needs to do to understand that stuff is to look at the tally atop their posting screens. What amazes me is that the "earnings" to be had here are of any real importance to the fun of posting and receiving comments (if any). A person can earn more and at a better pace by recycling waste newspaper (etc.) than posting stuff - but it is not nearly as much fun to do - recycling used words in those waste papers rather tan creating your own words for website friends (such as "JJ") can read and to which they can respond. No matter all of that, I do enjoy reading your "rants" and your "non-rants." -Gus-
@JolietJake (50190)
14 Apr 17
I beg to disagree. While the majority that need to read this won't, there are those that do read it that didn't understand how they earn their hundredths of cents.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
12 Apr 17
And I wonder how many posts have explained this over and over. Silly how some people just don't get it.
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@BarBaraPrz (49873)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake At least. But you know, only the people who "follow" you see them.
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
I think I have posted eleventy hundred and sebenty-twelve
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@JolietJake (50190)
13 Apr 17
@BarBaraPrz How do you figure that? They are in the 'Most Recent Discussions' list for all to see.
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@NJChicaa (123221)
• United States
12 Apr 17
Let them say their nonsense. Who cares?
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
@NJChicaa MOM!!! She won't stop touchéing me!!!
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@JolietJake (50190)
12 Apr 17
Evidently *I* care
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@NJChicaa (123221)
• United States
12 Apr 17
@JolietJake touché
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• United Kingdom
13 Apr 17
Thanks for the information, JJ! I recently came back to mylot after having a few years break from it due to work commitments, and I have to say I don't think I ever really had any idea how we got our earnings. I just used to be as active as possible and appreciate whatever I got in return! I think it's nice to just have discussions - getting paid for it is just a bonus. Mylot has changed so much since I last used it. The layout is so different and there didn't used to be a "like" button.. and also we used to be able to make a list of our interests which I don't see that we can do that anymore which makes it slightly difficult to find topics I'm interested in.. but I'm sure I can find something!
@JolietJake (50190)
13 Apr 17
You may have known me long ago, I was the Lamb way back when.
@JolietJake (50190)
13 Apr 17
@Samanthaowen1991 I saw you bumped into Mike. There are several of us here from years back, glad to see you return.
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• United Kingdom
13 Apr 17
@JolietJake omg yes!!!! I remember the lamb!!! Oh wow, so nice to see a couple of old faces (or names) on here!!! I don't think you guys would remember me, you were definitely a lot more active than I was. My username was pretty much the same as now.
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