Stars, ratings, and bad posts?

United States
September 7, 2008 12:41pm CST
I signed on today, and noticed my star rating dropped down one. I know that its based on how people rate you. I always try to make quality discussions and posts. They are always decent in length, and written properly. So I can't see why people would rate any of mine as negative. How many of you have had your rating drop? Was it just a point or two, or was it a lot? And that brings me to another question, how many of you rate people posts/discussions? What makes you give it a good or bad rating? I try to rate everyone, as I would hope the do the same for me.
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@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
7 Sep 08
Hi stellarjade. Don't worry about it because it happened with many people here already. It isn't about what you have posted. It is about some people that love to prejudice others. They are called trolls LOL. Well I try to rate everyone specially who responde to my discussions and I always give a positive rate. I never given a negative rate because if I think that the discussion is offensive I only ignore it. And thank God I never get an offensive reply in my discussions as well. So you can see that it is about minds, not about posts. Don't worry dear you will get many positives rates. Cheers and have a nice sunday.
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• United States
7 Sep 08
There are people who will give you a negative rating just because they don't particularly like what you have written, be it good or bad. Another thing I thought of the other day is maybe, sometimes, someone accidentally hits the negative instead of the positive. It has happened to me. I don't rate people negatively, though, unless they are just down right hateful in their reply. I rate every discussion I participate in, including all the responses to that discussion. Even if I don't agree with someone's reply, I don't rate them negatively. They have a right to their opinion, just the same as I do. If someone posts on a discussion I have stared, I give them a + rating, and reply to their response. I just wouldn't worry too much about it. It will pick back up.*S*
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• United States
7 Sep 08
Thank you for the comment. We need more people on here like you guys. Its too bad people can't accept that everyone has their own opinion.