myLot earnings: $610.00 in two years
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
August 8, 2017 5:21am CST
But it has taken me much more than 61,000 minutes of time invested here...the figure is probably over 200,000 minutes.
Because even though we don't get paid for our own activity, people can't interact with us if we aren't acting.
But this is overall activity, which includes responses to discussions other people have posted as well as comments on my own discussions + comments to responses on other discussions.
I've had this particular account 19 months now, and have earned almost $500 of the total with it, the rest being earned when I was PhredWreck/SomeGuyTyping.
And I am not the highest earner here.
But I want to stress one point: It is NOT true that "the more discussions you post the more you will earn"
Because I have had days where I posted 8 discussions and earned less than 60 cents.
And I have had days of over $2.00 posting only three discussions.
The content of anything you write...discussion/response/comment...is way more important that the number of things you write.
(I've said this so often I probably sound like a broken record)
(Broken records are a disaster!
)
But having said all this, I am still not going to call myLot an 'earning site'.
After all, we're talking an average of 18 cents (possibly much less) per hour of time spent here.
But then again, I'm not offering to give my earnings away, either.
But you will only get (money) what you give (time) here.
None of us will get rich, or even make a living on myLot.
But we can still have some fun.
And THAT is what brings me back.
(Okay, yeah, the money might influence me too. 
)
)
But having said all this, I am still not going to call myLot an 'earning site'.
After all, we're talking an average of 18 cents (possibly much less) per hour of time spent here.
But then again, I'm not offering to give my earnings away, either.
But you will only get (money) what you give (time) here.
None of us will get rich, or even make a living on myLot.
But we can still have some fun.
And THAT is what brings me back.
(Okay, yeah, the money might influence me too. )37 people like this
37 responses
@GardenGerty (164192)
• United States
8 Aug 17
GenerallyI do not keep track of what my hobbies pay me, because then they become a job. MyLot is my hobby and I do enjoy it immensely. But do not take away the small monetary incentive.
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@dodo19 (47362)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
9 Aug 17
@JolietJake I wouldn't be here either.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Aug 17
Oh, if it wasn't fun, you couldn't make me be here for that price.
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@xtedax (109)
• Quezon City, Philippines
8 Aug 17
Thank you for this information. I've been a myLot member for a very long time now. And yet, the most I've cashed in is only $10. It's all because of my frequent inactivity. There were days when I'd post lots of comments and discussions, and there would be months wherein I won't even log in to myLot. I guess now is the time to come back and be active once and for all.
I also believe that the content of our comments are what makes our earnings bulk up.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
The better the content, the more interaction you'll receive, the more interaction you receive, the higher your earnings will be.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
8 Aug 17
@JolietJake oops, you have mentioned the fun involved. I really had missed last few lines.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
I'd still be here without any money...but I wouldn't be here as much probably
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
8 Aug 17
@JolietJake Same here, I might not be that active, but I will be here for sure :)
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
9 Aug 17
A-M-E-N-!!!
Awesome record collection my friend!
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
9 Aug 17
@JolietJake that is a lot of albums but in our lifetime we can never have too much vinyl records!
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
9 Aug 17
@JolietJake I meant to ask, what's wrong with that Phil Collins album (No Jacket Required?) - was the cover just peeled off on that lower part of it?
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
9 Aug 17
I don't post consistently enough to earn any money here, I haven't even earned enough to cash out yet. I do not recall if I ever cashed out when I was on mylot earlier, but whatever I had leftover, I think got lost when the system was revamped (it wasn't much). So I really don't come here for the money, obviously. 
I like to post things here that I wouldn't post on Facebook for whatever reason, and interact with different people. 
By the way...that is quite an impressive record collection! 
I like to post things here that I wouldn't post on Facebook for whatever reason, and interact with different people.
By the way...that is quite an impressive record collection! 1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Aug 17
Thanks, I've been collecting off and on since I was a teenager
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
8 Aug 17
I just not being here too long, I have cashed out 5 times already, and I am going to make payout this August, hopefully so.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Aug 17
Luckily I haven't broken one in a long time, but I've had a few close encounters
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@Shiva49 (27317)
• Singapore
8 Aug 17
@JolietJake To make a living from online sites is next to impossible for most.
I recall one who should have made over $1,000/ month at Associated Content/Yahoo Contributor Network going by page views - siva
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
True, the potential is there to earn, but realistically, most will earn much less.
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Aug 17
Other writing sites I have been on weren't exactly big earnings either. In fact I got zero on the last one. I still wish we could receive a token penny for each discussion we post (with an imposed limit to thwart the serial one sentence nonsense posters) but one must accept myLot and take it or leave it as is.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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9 Aug 17
Back in the olden days of yore (which is completely different than the olden days of you're or your) we used to get basically a penny for anything we wrote...discussion, response, or comment.
Myself, I earn much better these days than I did then, because it would come to basically $335.46 right now instead of almost $500 ($499.05 at the moment for this account)
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
There are almost 3,010,000 discussions to respond to...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
@redurnet There are between 250-350 posted every day if you scroll through the 'Most Recent Discussions' list under 'Explore'
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@redurnet (1797)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 17
@JolietJake There doesn't seem to be a lot of new discussions but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place!
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@blacksilk (22)
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8 Aug 17
I mentioned this ratio of your earnings on one of my discussions. I'm glad to have found you again, I'll follow you now.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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8 Aug 17
The only reason I earn this well is because of time invested...plus I have been here almost 11 years now so I am fairly well known, which helps in receiving interaction as well.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16967)
• China
9 Aug 17
You have done a good job here!Don't mention how much I earnd here,It is not a patch on yours.However I enjoy being here.
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@Letranknight2015 (52268)
• Philippines
8 Aug 17
I don't earn much as it was before either. But i would have earned more if I was active more.
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