When someone rates me with a + on here

I would also like to know the answer to this i hope someone out there has an answer. Also i read on a post where some said thank you and followed it with i know thank you is against mylot guidelines is this true can anyone help with this. I can understand mylot not wanting to respond with thank you all the time but if it is thank you for giving advice or an answer to something as well as other comments what is the problem.

I'm anxious to find out if anyone knows about this, too. I religiously try to hit all the +s, but am I really doing people any good or am I just wasting my time? Why is it that mylot never tells us anything but expects us to figure it all out on our own?

I noticed after I began rating all the discussions I read that it "seems" like my earnings increased, but I am not sure. I make it a habit now of rating everything I read, well, most of the time anyway. Sometimes it slips my mind, but it is beginning to be a habit.

I am not sure exactly how they help, but many have stated here that it does help with our rating. I do try to hit the +'s when I feel it is truly deserved. Sorry I couldn't tell you anymore on this.

I have no idea, can´t even figure out my own earnings, there´s no explication regarding this at the FAQ section. I always rate the answers I get, but I don´t know if the person who makes a + answer is going to earn more.

thank you for bringing up this topic for discussion as me too would like to know whether the + sign have any effect in one's rating and thus the earnings.

I have not noticed a difference and I have been rating since the first time I started.

Well I have just read the myLot Guidelines again and this is what is says about the rating system, or at least part of it. The DRS (Discussion Rating System) is factored into our proprietary earings algorithm, so this will help us properly reward valuable contributions to the myLot community. So I think this means that a positive or negative rating will impact on our earnings, although they will of course check that the rating is warranted.

coz you have been a nice friend for me, i will +rate you. keeps responding to my discussion, will you? I don't know the function if the rate, i'm sorry. P.S. I have so many discussion with no respond.

i don't think it makes a difference

i rate your discussion!you can try on me!thanks!

I am not sure what all the rating is on here, I would like to know about this also and I would also really like to know what it does...I have not been on for awhile I got super busy with my home business and am glad to be back...I would think that it would give you some type of points in the ratings..

i have no idea too... do you know what the stars mean with the number inside?

i don't know...i am just new here..maybe it does, when your comments are rated because it would mean that people have liked what you have said...

I believe it does affect payment but not too sure how. I do not rate everything positive but only those that I think warrant it. For example something that is one word in response, does not warrant anything in my opinion. If a response is a quality one, is related to the topic of discussion and is well thought through then I will give a positive rating. I do not necessarily have to agree with the response to give a positive if it fits the criteria I have mentioned. I think to give everyone who responds a positive rating detracts from the purpose of a rating system.

I would also like to know, I rate most discussions when i think about it sometimes it just doesn't cross my mind!

would also like to know the answer to this

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you will find that there are FAQ's & guidlines on the use of mylot along with other information its all explained there. Hope this helps

please tell me if you know something about it i am a newbie

After reading through this discussion,we still don't have an answer. I wish that MyLot would clarify this. I rate discussions as I read them, starting with the initial discussion "blurb" and then I rate the responses as I read them. I hate to see that some users rate their friends automatically with a +, because this takes away from the meaning of the system. I have to believe that rating has some affect on earnings, but who knows how they figure this out? I just try to be diligent about reading the discussion through and rating fairly. Of course I give negatives to irrelevant, stupid, or 1-2 word responses.