Gifties on Toluna Seem Suspicious

I was all enthusiasm, after I had found, my vouchers were safe, and sound, even though, I hadn't redeemed them at Toluna, since very long time. Now there is a catch with points earned at Toluna and my vouchers are not visible :(
Points earned expire after 16 months, finally found this in, FAQ section, not good old tutorial. It is very bad indeed. This will completely snatch away chance of earning slowly, via, daily polls, than qualified surveys. Not everybody is qualified for a survey, and they may have to earn points, by choosing sponsored surveys, which are short and give good points. I do not qualify for half the surveys, and if I am screened out, I get a prize ticket entry, which is useless, for these are a way to lure people to lose their points.
Now Gifties are just that, a lure, but need few hundreds of points. It is no surprise people are giving away Gifties to each other. With, points expiring so soon, one may think they may get lucky to get a gift, if they send the same to others. This sounds ridiculous idea, and is a way to take away points earned in daily sponsored polls.
Now, I must say, I completely lost interest in Toluna again. I could not even find my vouchers, (due to glitch with data loading or may be they expired. They did not even inform me, if they were being deleted because they expired. As far as, I remember, the voucher expired by April 2013). Did you have similar experience at Toluna. Share Yours with me.

A New Toluna Website for India

Hi all,
I got into habit of using Toluna again, just to know, what changes are happening there, so that I can write about them. When I signed in few months ago, I was welcomed with a sign that said, New website for Toluna India. Now it is indeed new, looks good on the outset, and always a pleasure to use, if one knows what to stay away from.
The tabs are now simpler, and easy to follow. With all content, pertaining to a user, categorized accordingly. But like all new revamped websites, Toluna does experience its own set of glitches. There is one more worrying pointer, that I observed, when I checked my points. It says, a certain number of points earned are going to expire. This was strange. I have to find more about it, With no tutorials, and poor loading times, and many glitches, it is not possible to verify all of it by now itself.
It may take some more time, for Toluna to regularize, its website and become efficient like old times. There is nothing more to do than wait for it.

Toluna or MyLot

I have given an introduction about both the websites, and have found they are quite similar in the way they reward its users. While Toluna's way of awarding points is quite lucid and follows rules set by themselves, (one can also trace each point awarded), myLot is different in this regard. Sometimes, one may earn many dollars, while few days they may have to be satisfied with only few cents. There is no clear rule or a defined way of awarding points. Few users at myLot adviced I use, search bar in my page at myLot to earn faster, but at the same time, they warned me, to refrain from excess usage. Rules for awarding money are not disclosed nor are transparent when it comes to myLot.

Toluna Advantage

1. Toluna is far better, than myLot, when one is able to control that urge from participating in sweepstake entries. They are just for namesake, as far as I have observed, because, a winner is the one who has not been using Toluna for quite a long duration.
2. Points awarded are easily tracked, under the You tab, with a header, Your points.
3. It is quite easy to get along in Toluna, even for a newbie. I did not take much time, to understand it. Mylot on the other hand, does not give such a detailed description of cents earned. It just gives money awarded for that day, according to usage.
4. Explore tab in Toluna is quite useful for one can get started, and be involved in discussions, surveys and start earning from it. There is also helpful tutorial to help understand how to earn from Toluna.

MyLot

1. Well, mylot is a place for everybody to socialize, connect and earn meanwhile. It is best, when all the friends are logged in and start various interesting discussion threads and thank the users who reply with an advice. I had used this discussion board, seeking advice for my personal problems.
2. Discussions can be anything, but one should thread them to appropriate keywords, to be categorized accordingly.
3. If one is polite enough, to rate others, and advice others with positive notes, they may earn a great deal.
4. One can also search and click tabs according to their interest, there are many out there, from writing to laughing, there is category for every activity one can think of.
5. There are rewards for uploading pictures at mylot, provided, there are no copyright issues with them.
6. I had a user, who advised me about how to earn at myLot. There are many posts out there, which advice on earning from myLot.
7. Always keep an eye on guidelines, else you might end up losing your account and money in it.