Do You Hate Giving Bad Ratings?

It is a good habbit that you rate all your discussion and I try to do the same for my discussions as well :) Though I do share your sentiments about giving a negative rating but then again I do also keep a few things in mind: *Even if the discussion is one or two liner but very relevant to the topic, then I + them. *If the one or two liner discussion is somewhat related to the discussion then I stay neutral. *If the answer is a one or two liner and completely of topic or if there are traces of spam then I give it a - *For those who cannot write English well and if they have attempted to answer any of my discussion and have not been good with the spelling or the grammar, I give a + for the effort that they put in. Well hope this helps out a bit, All the best!

oh yeah you can say that.I hate giving bad rating to people despite the fact that i was bad rated once.I even had lost my star star then and i know who the person was but i decided to do nothing at all. I wanted to show to the person that i was a better onw.Also i was negatively rated for no reason at all.I still dont understand why i was negatively rated.

I rate every response a +. The worst I do to a oneliner response is not to rate them at all, but I have never given them a minus. The only people that get the minus are the ones that respond without reading the dicussion or have copypasted their response. Hmm, well I dont hate giving negative, but I just love giving people more pluses :)

Well, I have given a negative rating once. It is when I really got pissed off and the response did not make any sense. I even had my referral link and asking to join under me, I was new then and did not know that it was against the rules to post referral links. Then, without any due respect, that person just said that the link I posted is a scam and gave his referral links. How rude! But, the rest. I always give a positive rating especially those who respond to my discussions. Even they are short. It's a simple way of saying to those people who respond and took time to read my post. :) And if the response does not really make sense at all, as in no sense, I just do not rate that person. In that way, I won't affect the ratings, and the earnings as well. Because I believe that since mylot is paying for quality discussions, the higher the star rating is, the higher they get paid. :)

nancyrowina, This is how I do mine. I leave a comment to each and everyone that responded to my discussion, with something meaningful, then I rate them positive. I never rate someone negative if it is a one liner, I have voted in my time since I've been here on MyLot, twice for abuse and reported them. In the beginning I use to comment to one liners, like "hey newbie share a bit more" or something to that extent, now I just ignore them and don't rate them positive.

I am normally very generous with pluses. But some people really deserve the minuses. And I never worry about slapping them right. :P

I also sometimes give negative rating when people responde with something that makes no sense I usually make a check on the person and find that he or she has posted the same response in many discussions. I do not feel bad at times like this coz they are breaking the guidelines and they are probably aware of it as well. it is not very often that this happen though and I sure prefer to give a + =)

No I don't feel bad because it's in the guidelines about it. But I don't rate all one liners with negative ratings though because sometimes they're response can be summed up with one line. But those who make no since what so ever - yeah they get it. If you want to leave them a comment I have at times but I think it's up to you personally :)

i always shy away from giving negative ratings. pluses are easy to give and the negatives are so hard to award to anyone. if it is difficult to give a positive rating, i'd rather leave the response not rated at all. if i can sense that the reason for not having done well is the language difficulty, it will be wise to give some allowances. we all have our shortcomings and it is only proper that we also understand the shortcomings of others. good luck, nancyrowina. may you find more responses worth giving some positive ratings always.

Hello: When I first came on MyLot, I gave someone a bad rating and that was because I was totally against what they had to say, but in time, I felt sorta bad about it; I know that we have a wide range of people with a whole lotta opinions, but this one really ticked me off. Nowadays, I don't do that, but then I was so mad I went right to the minus sign;

I rarely give a bad rating, but I don't hate doing it. If someone is offensive in any way, abusive in any way, is blatantly self promoting and/or breaking the rules, then they need to be aware of that through their rating. I have to admit though, I think most people aren't aware of the importance of it.

Hi,nancyrowina! I hate giving bad rating to other Mylotters.I won't do that. I know that maybe I cannot accept others' opinions,but it does not mean that I must give the bad rating to others. If I see the discussions or repsonses which I don't like,I will keep silent but not giving a negative rating.That's unfair!

I don't give bad ratings. (except I reserve the right to do it if someone has blatently copied) I always rate everything positively. If it is just a one word answer or one liner which doesn't add something to the discussion I guess I would just ignore it. If I did give a bad rating I would feel bad, so that's why I avoid it except in very rare circumstances.

i haven't been here very long and have only started one discussion, and only got 4 responses, so i didn't have to worry about giving neg. rating. as for my responses, i would definitely appreciate knowing if someone thought my response was useless and why. i don't contribute here to earn money. sure, that is a bonus, but lets face it, we ain't gonna get rich on mylot. i'm here for the conversation. to learn things. to meet people. if i'm throwing around false answers, careless remarks, or am being rude, i want to know. now, i may not agree with you and that may start a new discussion, but please, if you ever find you need to rate me negatively...do so and then let me know. thank you.

I will give bad ratings if I half to. if someoe is nasty. I will give bad ratings, I made a mistake yeaterday thogh. I wanted to give a = but I press the - button didn't mean too!

I do not hate giving bad ratings. I do not mind one liners as long as they have something to do with the discussion. Also if I find that the person has not read my discussion and taken things out of context, then that person gets a minus. There are also some people that believe that anonymity and being hundred to thousands of miles away and being on the net gives them license to be rude insufferable ignorant bores. They love to insult people because they are cowards.

I try not to give any negative ratings on responses to my dicussions, although I have done on a couple of occasions but they were to people who simply left rude remarks. Sometimes it is difficult to make a decision when you are faced with a single word or two, it seems pointless somehow.

Hello,nancyrowina ,i will always give positive rating to those who reply to me,i will never give negative rating,even someone give me yes/no reply,i will just leave them unrate,i do not want to affect the earnings of other people,i do not care whether they are saying something sticking with my discussions,as long as they have put effort on it,i will appreciate their opinions.

Tell you the truth, if I come across a response that plain doesn't make sense to me maybe because the person doesn't have the command of the language or are one-liners I just plain don't rate them...the only time I rate something negatively is when the response is downright offensive,...and if it's really offensive will report it...I haven't gotten too many of them thank goodness...but one crops up now and then

I don't really give negative ratings. As much as I would like to and I think they deserve it, I don't. If I don't like the response or if it's one liners and totally senseless, I ignore it. I don't like others to rate me negative, that's what I keep in mind. If I don't like it, I ignore it.