Can someone please explain the star system to me???

@braided (698)
Canada
November 15, 2007 10:55am CST
Yesterday I was a blue star with the number 10 and today Im a red star number nine ... how does this work ??? I'm talking about the star that is attached to your name when you answer questions? I appreciate any help for me to understand this system ....
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@Ciniful (1587)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
If you hover over that star, you'll see a rating ... for instance, yours is currently 95/100. The fact that you've gone down means someone rated one of your posts negatively OR that you've been posting negatively when it wasn't deserved .. and mylot adjusted your rating. Some people haven't really grasped the rating scale, and simply rate down a post they don't like or agree with. The terms specifically state rating is to identify spam or off topic posts, and the only posts that should be negatively rated are those that are directly insulting, or that are obvious spam. If they're on topic and add to the discussion in any way, they should be rated positively. But, not everyone reads the rules. So, if you've received several negative rates, your rate will go down. Mylot will also 'punish' negative raters who've been rating people down against the terms by lowering their own rating. Bah .. hope that made sense. Too many 'ratings' involved in that description, lol.
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@Ciniful (1587)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
Overall, you're a 9 ... I wouldn't worry much. As you can see, my star is a direct result of people not reading the rules and rating me negatively for saying things they didn't like. That's what happens when you participate in contraversial discussion (religion, politics, etc) and the ones who don't read the terms don't like your brutal honesty, lol. It doesn't affect your earnings, so don't let it bother you. :)
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@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
Ok thank you so much ... but what about the colour??? why do some have blue and some red and you have pink i think .. smilin i'm a poet ..lol j/k ... but there are all colours do they have any significance?
@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
Never mind I figured it out every number has its own colour .... daaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh ..now i feel stupid ... smilin .... thanks for everything .. OH i usually rate everyone with a positive ... i think its only fare cause really everything is subjective and everyone has a right to their oppinion ... so thanks again for the imput ....
@julianarw (1521)
• Netherlands
15 Nov 07
Hi, I also not understand really about the star work. And i don't to care much :) I just try to do the best that i can in here, by posting and makes my earnings grows. But i know, the star can go up and down. I see at the moment your rating 95/100, with little bit hard work you will up again with blue star. Oh...about your question, i do check something for you. You can read about star how can up and down in here : http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq11.aspx Good luck!
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@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
Thanks so much for the site ...
@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
ok now i understand the rating but is there any significance to the colour???
@julianarw (1521)
• Netherlands
15 Nov 07
You are welcome. Just read in there, you will understand the system in here.
• India
15 Nov 07
I think you mihgt be now having an idea about rating.its all about your popularity in mylot with ten star being the best.once if you rating is down its because of the negative responses that you might have posted.also i think the star has an effect on the response you are posting that is if you have a ten star then you get the maximum for your replies.iam not quite sure about it,but i think it is so.
@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
thanks so much for sharing and trying to help my confusion .. smiling
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
18 Nov 07
I just realized my star is no longer 10 just now. but I can't see the rating anyway so why is it a big deal. It doesn't affect earnings at all either. What I earned when I was 6 and when I 10 was no difference. I don't remember anymore how it works, therefore I can't care less :)
• Singapore
15 Nov 07
Just to add on, I have a host of FAQs on my profile page. You may check them out if you are interested. ;)
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@braided (698)
• Canada
15 Nov 07
thanks so much .. i definitely will check it out .. have a good day
@murasaki (148)
• Japan
21 Nov 07
I've been wondering about that myself ever since I made my 100th post. Overall, it looks like \I have a fairly good reputation on this website (a 7). Don't know about the colour system. Perhaps I should re-read about the system again...
@braided (698)
• Canada
21 Nov 07
just read everything in this discussion and you will realized that i figured the colour thang out .... each number has its own colour ... it was that simple ... i just thought it was more complex than that ... but no .... well i'm glad my discussion help some to find out about this .... just like it helped me ...