My Star Rateing or THE Truth?

You think your rating is bad, you should see mine. Also Sacrificialclam's is low all because of one prominent stance on a hot button topic. And Redyellowdog's has been negged so much by others that he's had his star removed a couple of times. And all because we have opinions and some people just can't stand it. I call it the mental bubble effect. If anything breaches some troll or clown's mental bubble then its negative pressing time against whoever said it. Its sick and the whole star system is pretty broken. You have members on here who either say the "correct" stuff. Or you have members who just go around playing soft. that's the only way to get a 9 or 10. Anyone who actually has a real opinion is toast. Sad part is, mylot you NEED different opinions to have a discussion. If you just have people going "yea i agree" "yes right" "me too" its going to be boring and people are not going to care.

Well my rating went down months ago and has been the same since then even though I have received some best responses. There are a few members here at Mylot that I will not post a comment to any of their discussions because they "can't handle the truth", and will give you a minus on all your discussions or replies, therefore I don't bother posting a reply to them. I don't think the star rating is an accurate way to rate a person. I think Stars should be awarded from Mylot for participation, not for the disgruntled to use against you. That's my opinion!

hey seoguy, I wud always voice my opinion. It deosnt matter, whether opp person agrees with it and mark is negatively or positively. You can lie to everyone but you cannot lie to yourself, unless you tune your mind to take your lies as truth and be proud of it.

I have to make a correction. It's not that people can't stand the truth, it's that people can't stand others opinions. See when it comes to religion and politics (which are subjects I avoid) there really is no truth is there? Where is it written in stone that anything in religion or politics is the truth...and what's not the truth? When it comes to religion and politics some people have such strong convictions that they are so closed minded to see any other opinion besides those that agree with their own opinions. So when you say something that is different from them, they can't handle it because there IS nothing other than their own beliefs. When the truth is that in religion and politics there is no truth...there is no right and there is no wrong...there is only what you believe.

What is Truth? lol (the question of all time right?) I find that truth depends on the individual. My "truth" may not be your "truth" and so on. I agree that some of the most intollerant are the political and religous. It's touted that our country was based on religous tollerance. How far from the truth can you get? Our early colonists were far from tollerant, either in their religion or their politics. Nor were our pioneering ancestors. Guess some of that remains with us even today. However on the other hand, there are many religous and politcal persons out there that demonstrate great tollerance for their fellow man. I like to believe I'm one of them. :) Thanks for the comment, I enjoyed reading it.

There are many people speaking lie.Truth is wellcome at every were. Thanks.

At the moment you and I share the same star rating with a 78. Mine goes up and down like mad so I know it's the same with me as with you, some people can't accept anyone's opinion but their own so they retalliate with a negative even though that's clearly against the myLot guidelines. I'm not sure who could be doing it to me because The Progamer, who posted to this discussion, and I are always butting heads and she's got a lower number than I. So anyone who disagrees with me in the political discussions would probably be likely to give her a positive and vice versa. I stopped worrying about my star rating, if people wish to break the rules and rate according to their opinion on an issue that's the way it is. For me to simply avoid the controversial topics would defeat my whole purpose of joining myLot, which is to participate in back and forth discussions with other users. Annie

What is important is, we must speak what we feel from heart. And we must also be sure not hurt another person's sentiments. And if somebody is not willing to accept another's opinion then they must leave, rather than judge them and demoralise them. But it's a good thing to be different and always express it.

I do care about my rating, to some extent, although really, I wonder why. It would be kinda sad, and probably the time to quit MyLot, when I felt I couldn't give my opinion for fear of my rating being affected. That said, there are some posters and subjects to which my response is almost certain to get me a negative rating. And it may even be deserved, if I'm responding just to be contentious. If I know someone is trying to bait people like myself, and are not interested in a discussion, why rise to the bait? Yet, again, it is tempting on occasion. Part of my reason for being on MyLot is cathartic - I want to get some things off my chest, and confront certain attitudes/opinions. So, all said, I ain't ever gonna get a 10, and I can live with that.