How does the Mylot rating system work,

My guess is some people may have rated you negatively. Who knows why, perhaps they didn't agree with what you posted. Sorry that it happened. Hope you can get it back.

The rating star is dependant on other people rating your discussions and ratings + or -. People aren't supposed to rate you - because they don't agree with your views, but not everyone seems to realise this. Or it's possible that someone was just hitting the - button to make mischief or even by accident with a slip of the mouse. I don't suppose you'll ever know, but I do hope your blue star is back with you soon. I'll pop through this duiscussion in a sec and give you lots of nice +s to help you on your way

I am not really sure why it happens but mine goes up and down too. I think that the rating is supposed to go on how people rate your discussions, could be that someone may have rated you negative accidentally. I notice too that if I lose posts through to deletions then my rating goes down too.

Star is our standing here... a rate that we get from fellow mylotters. If ever we get POSITIVE RATING it will increase but if we have negative ones IT WILL DECREASE. You may have more response posted but you might have received more negative as well. I really don't know if it is really the case in your situation. Just my speculation

Hello DonnaLawson, I was shocked this when it happened to me this morning I had 9 stars yesterday and now it seven, I'm quite new to this site. Write to mylot and ask them, they should give you some anawers. Tamarafireheart

Hey donna! Maybe I am too late to reply here because as I can see you got your 10 star back now. I just got my 10 star the other day. It's usually nine and it went down to 8 twice but now I am glad that I am 10. I think one of the reasons why we have 10 star is the number of activity that we have too. I am not really active for my first month and recently tried to be active and then one day, I found out that mine is 10.

there are what are called trolls on mylot, they go around and negatively rate people for no reason at all. There is nothing really that we can do about it, even when we complain to admin they don't do anything.

there were some people going around hitting negative for no reason,you might have had one of those go by you.

It works with + and - that are found on your responses, and discussions, AND photos. So if you end up with a lower star, you have 3 avenues you can get messed up from. Basically, people hit + or - for your discussions (well some do, others do not). The + will raise your overall star rating, which is a digital number. Its represented in whole fraction numerical and as the obvious star graphic. In reality, your rating is a decimal figure and each + and - influence it. From my experience + ratings have less influence than - ratings. Meaning, it takes more + to move up compared to fewer - to move down. Someone could be hitting negative for any opinion they disagreed with (this is against the rules by the way). Or someone could be hitting - just to do so. Don't fret that much over the star. While I take time to debunk the star scam, in the end, its just some graphic. Interestingly enough, other forums have bars related to a persons post count, or titles based on how many posts you've made, or nothing of the sort. The star rating was meant to serve as an indicator of the quality of posting and discussions of the member. Really, the stars do not reflect this at all. If you want an example, simply look at my best responses and other contributions. Also take in mind I've been sent to a 4 rating three times and a 5 once.... The only thing that's changed in my contribution is my time here. And Donna I know you're nice on here. I've not seen anything even remotely glaring from you. If you want to know why I got sent back to the low star ratings it was due to my having an opinion and expressing it, sometimes extensively, other times casually. That's another way a star rating can drop.

You have had posters rate you negative if your star has come down. Sometimes it is difficult to say why people rate you negataive alot of times I think it is to just be mean and has nothing to do with the discusisons. Good luck getting your star rasied back up again.

Its by a very balanced system that's updated daily. I think that's where people miss out. How have you been using the site recently. How much you have gained that is there from the past ? I'm not sure, of course, how its really done, but in the past two weeks I've put in over 200 responses and a few discussions and today, after quite a while I moved from 6 to 7 this morning. I'm not unhappy about the system. I'm begining to get a better and better idea about the workings of it. So its just to continue and see how far I'd eventually get.

yes dear donna lawson now you are in the thik of the o petition and so e ery thing atters e ery one is wat hing you and rating you

That stinks, Donna! It doesn't seem likely anyone would give you a negative rating, so maybe one of the polls you answered has been removed. I have read a few comments where people have mentioned myLot sometimes removes polls which do not fulfil the requirements of the site, and maybe if a poll is removed it takes away points from the people who answered it. I'm not really sure - but I hope you get your 10 back soon ... I'll give you a + to help you along!

It will vary by the rating that other people choose by your response. They can either choose the plus for positive or the minus for negative. It averages out to your rating. So just try to make sure you are posting quality positive material. Good going because I have been stuck at a 9. I have not gotten to hit 10 yet.