Why?
By Toni
@toniganzon (72285)
Philippines
July 27, 2022 6:15pm CST
I know this isn't the first discussion to talk about this and I have seen several people having the same sentiments as I do.
Why? Why do people keep following users when they don't even bother to engage in a conversation with the person they're following? They don't even like the discussion of those people they follow?
Why? Do they only want to read and not bother to interact? Do they think mylot is Facebook or twitter and they just love to browse through the discussions? Is it because they want to be followed back and want a higher number of followers? Or is it simply because they don't know how mylot works at all?
When I follow someone, I make sure it's someone that I would interact with whenever I am active here.
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15 responses
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
28 Jul 22
I think people follow us because on Fb following people is "the thing you do"... I'm not on Fb, so don't care about following anyone. I find all the discussions by checking "Most Recent Discussions". I tell people they only need to follow two people on myLot. One is myLotBugs and the other is GAA.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
The number of followers here in mylot doesn't determine ones popularity or increase in earnings. It's the engagement or the interaction that matters most. And yes I do use the most recent discussions tab to find discussions that I could engage in.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil And most of them think that their post can only be seen by their followers. Because it's that way in other sites. I know someone from another site before who joined here I think two years ago. And without interacting she kept posting and posting discussions like what she does in another site. And then she disappeared in mylot. I guess she got frustrated that she didn't earn a single cent. I have no idea who invited her here without explaining how mylot works. I tried left a comment on her post but she just ignored them.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
29 Jul 22
@toniganzon Yes, that's true... But newbies don't understand that.
Most of them start off thinking that the more they post, the more money they make, too. I try to explain to them about making money here, too, but usually they don't listen.
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@kaylachan (57630)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
There's this online culture that suggests the more followers you have the more popular you are. While this does matter on sites like Facebook or Twitter, it doesn't here. But those same users bring that same mindset here. I will admit, I don't browse through my followers, and keep up on what they're doing. But I also skim through discussions and only respond to those I feel I can engage in.
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@kaylachan (57630)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
@toniganzon Yeah. I know I could do that. I just chose not to. I typically stick to the most recent discussions tab most. But, it also depends on how much effort I want to put here in a given day.
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@kaylachan (57630)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
@toniganzon That's true. I have far more followers than I actually follow.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
@kaylachan Right. That's why I follow only people close to my heart coz they're worthy of that effort. If I only want to stick to the most recent discussions then there's no need for me to follow anybody.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
Very true. They'd rather add people on their list first before they do anything. Probably thinking that the more they follow or the more followers they have, the more success they would be in here. They simply know nothing about how mylot actually works. This isn't Facebook nor any other paying sites where your chances of success or earnings is dependent on your followers.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
@LadyDuck Sad but true that they compare mylot to those type of social media. Most of those users also came from other sites where followers is a must for earning high.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
29 Jul 22
@toniganzon They surely think that it's like YouTube or Facebook where it seems that only having followers matter.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
Yes, and that's not the first thing to be done when you are new in mylot. I think the very first thing is to read the guidelines. And then go to the most recent discussions and interact to topics you find interesting. That way people will get to know you more. And if you have interesting to discuss, post your own discussion.
But a lot of newbies think mylot is like any other paying sites or apps where the first thing you do, is to follow tons and expect those to follow you back before making any move. They think their post won't be seen if nobody is following them.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
31 Jul 22
@JudyEv unfortunately, majority don't, and just leave.
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@JudyEv (325693)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 22
@toniganzon You're quite right but eventually people get the hang of it.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
28 Jul 22
I don't know how to interact with my followers. I only scroll through as many discussions as I can in the different categories of discussions and respond to them.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
31 Jul 22
@aninditasen I never ask my friends to go and read my discussion unless they ask me something related to it.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
31 Jul 22
@toniganzon I too don't ask anyone to go to my discussion and respond to them.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
29 Jul 22
@toniganzon I will try to that. I go to a discussions when a mylot friend asks me to.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
28 Jul 22
I get frustrated with people who follow lots of people, but do not put up posts, or comment or respond. There is nothing to follow, how can I possibly follow them?
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
Exactly! And I cannot follow someone who hasn't engaged with me even just once.
@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
When I get interested in someone's post here, I usually follow them but I do not always like or interact with them every time they post something. If I do get interested in the topic only. I know I have many here which I followed but I haven't had the time to interact simply because I am not interested in their post anymore or just too many and I seldom see them post anymore.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
I am the same. But the few people I follow, I normally interact with them. Coz they are the people who posts things that I know I have something to say about.
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@psanasangma (5884)
• India
28 Jul 22
I've been on and off on this platforms and whenever I returned all my notifications is always blank which is very obvious 
so my only options is to go directly to most recent and and Hot discussion. Besides I make sure to check from the Follow and their discussion 
so my only options is to go directly to most recent and and Hot discussion. Besides I make sure to check from the Follow and their discussion 1 person likes this
@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
I tried to follow more people so I can interact with them. But for some reason they don't reply to me or maybe I have ignored them before on my old posts.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
31 Jul 22
There's really no need to follow them to interact. As long as they are active and they post their own discussions, you can see them in most recent discussions. I only follow those close to my heart.
@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
I think I actually take things maybe to the extreme, but that is how I am, When I come on here, I interact and read as much as I can however if, during that time, there are some people I usually interact with, and I have not seen anything written by them I will go and search for them just to see if they did a post and what they are up to.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
I do the same. The people I follow are those that are close to my heart. And after going through my notifications, I go to the people I follow's discussions. After I'm done with their discussions, I go to the most recent discussions to explore users I'm not following.
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@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
28 Jul 22
I read and comment every day on Discussions posted by the people that I follow in addition to going through all the Notifications.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
After going through the people I follow, I visit to the most recent discussions if there's anything interesting for me to engage in with the users I don't follow.
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@jefferson126 (3050)
• Shenzhen, China
28 Jul 22
I don't know other's intention to follow a person,personally,if i follow someone,surely i will interact with him/her.In addition,when someone follow me first,as a return,i also follow the one for fairness.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
I don't follow back unless I have interacted with that person. Besides, I don't need to follow to interact with people's discussion when they put up something interesting. All I have to do is go to explore tab and tap on recent discussions. I prefer exploring. But I do follow my very close friends here who i'eve been friends with for a decade.
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@jefferson126 (3050)
• Shenzhen, China
28 Jul 22
@toniganzon ,I also like explore most recent discussions,although there is most hot discussion,i don't really like most hot discussion,many persons comment on most hot discussion,but the discussion was not necessarily most wonderful and not necessarily my type.I just care about my close friends's action.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
@jefferson126 I never visit the hot topics. I don't feel the need to.
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@Edsamacos (557)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
In my case, I follow people here but I am not very active here. One day I am here, the next days I am not. SO I cannot really follow and interact with more people. Only those that I see on Most Recent Discussion when I am online.
