My Red Star Is Gone!

Join the club! Nothing wrong with yellow and remember that it takes all colours ro make a rainbow. If Idisagree with a person's opinion Ido not rate them negative.Everyone has the right totheir own opinion and I admire those who state their opinion, especially when it is different from taht of the majority. That takes courage I do sometimes rate negative but not because I disagree. I rate negtive when I report someone for plagiarising (copying form elsewhere and pretending it is theirs) and when I report over and over again for posting ref links. I can't rate postive for someone who goes against their rules. Do you think that's right?

It could be a couple people that troll the site and look for people to pick on. Well, what comes around goes around because if they dole out too many negative ratings it does come back on them and they lose some of their own rating power. The numbers don't have anything to do with "rating power" but the lower someone is on the number scale the less of a kick they have when they are giving out negative or positive ratings. If someone goes around constantly rating things negatively then they will slide down the scale quickly. Sometimes people have nothing better to do than to belittle others, that's the only way they can feel better about themselves. Look at it this way, an eight is better than a seven. I've had a nine for over a year now no matter how much I write or how many positive ratings I give out.

Well, I see that you only have 250 posts under your belt. Since the 'Discussion Rating System' is a percentage thing, it is more common for someone with few posts to go up and down like a yoyo. When you have more than a thousand, it takes more 'negatives' or 'poritives' to affect it. I have also noticed that, when you make a lot of discussions/responses at once, your rating seems to go down temporarily. I long ago learned that the colour star somebody has says very little about them except that they haven't posted anything controversial (yet). Soemtimes a low star rating means that they are really people with whom I'd rather not be associated but more often it indicates that they are outspoken (and therefore people I might tend to identify with).

Hi Starangel. I also only have an eight rating. I suppose that i could have a higher rating if I always agreed with other people here on Mylot, but I want to be an honest person and say what I really think and feel. I think that it is important to be honest in my answers. I rarely give anyone a negative, even when I disagree with them. I hope that your rating will go back up soon. I really do not know how this rating thing works. What does it take to get a higher or a lower rating? By the way, I gave you a positive rating on your discussion. Albert

Star- As Diana stated so eloquently, join the club. This has been something that has been quite hurtful to me since joining Mylot, and something I took for a time very personally as I couldn't figure out why I was going down so quickly in the popularity contest. The fact is, I post long threads, long responses (unless I'm ill), and I post my honest thoughts without being mean but my honest thoughts. Some people just can't handle it. As someone mentioned you thread count is still very low and you're in a good spot at 8, and I assume the more you respond that your star will quickly go up. Areas I tend to avoid when I want my star to not be so targeted, as you will, is politics and religion. That tends to the areas I notice people are quite quick to react out of opinion differences. I typically give positives to those who have answered the question, even if it is not as lengthy as I would write. Some people can say what they want to in a very short space. And as most have mentioned, I never give a negative just because someone disagrees with my point of view. I reserve that for people who name call. Just take the advise of those who have been with Mylot for a long time, and you're star will soon fade to the background of why you are here in the first place. Namaste-Anora

what are these stars for? i don't have one at my side. what do they mean? is it the quality of postings that you do or the quantity of postings that you do?

Hello there my friend! Changing colors of star ratings or decreased ratings here at Mylot do happen and likewise experienced by almost everyone here. Like you, I have experienced it, though the difference is that from 92 rating then went low to 86. The red color star did not change anyways and am grateful with that. At first, I was mad and felt bad because I know I have not given anyone a negative rating even if the respondent to my discussion or who commented to my response gives a rude answer or contrary to my opinion. I believe more of a good karma that is why I never give a negative rating. However, it happened to me perhaps not only once. Someone may have given me a negative response because of my contrary opinion. Yet, am in good faith that I consider every discussion an open opinion which other members should not take it personally or offensive. Nonetheless, we cannot please everyone, thus we do not think similarly. There are people who are sensitive to others' opinions and some are closed-minded and onion-skinned and pathetic. You are right my friend. Our ratings decreases due to negative ratings. But, do not get affected as long as your earnings don't decreased by such. Just continue what you think is right and proper and just keep on sharing your thoughts whether it be agreeable to contrary from others' opinion. What matters is that you are sensible enough and that you are not violating any rules of Mylot.

If only it were that simple, that if someone gives you a bad rating, the next day someone will respond and give you a plus but it does not work that way. What usually happens is the one who gave you a minus also replies to others on the post and when you comment on his horrible reply, he replies again and gives you a negative. Also if that person is extremely vindictive, he may go to your profile and negative all similar discussions you made or you responded to and get others to do like wise. Now most of us do not go and plus all the discussions. Now maybe if when someone goes down in ratings, that we all go to their profile and rate every one of theirs plus it might even up the score, but no one thinks about that.

I'm sorry your star has dropped. There could be several reasons why this happens to users on here. However, I think the #1 reason is being involved in heated discussions. No matter how civil one is when they participate in such discussions their star seems to have a better chance to go down rather than to go up. At least this is what I've noticed before. Personally, I tend to avoid these kinds of discussions. It just isn't worth it to me. I rarely ever rate anyone negatively. Even when they disagree with me. However, if they are cheating their way through here (such as copying other people's posts word for word and passing them on as their own) that's a different story. Good luck in getting your red star back!

Colours come and colours go. Many of us have experienced this and most of us have learnt not to get upset over it. The colour represents our myLot rating which may be affected not only by the ratings given by other members but possibly other factors which only myLot knows best. This is my personal feeling which may be wrong. Maybe there are factors when combined together compound the effect of a fall. Trolls and negative raters have always been cited as the culprits and in many cases they may be guilty. But maybe we should take a long look at ourselves. Do not get me wrong, I am not condemning or criticising anyone, as I have suffered a fall twice since November last year. Sometimes we need to look at things close to us. all the best, rosdimy

i dont even understand how the star rating thing works where on here can you find out that kind of information about your own account iam still learning how thos site works?

i'm a lot like you mine has gone up and down a bunch on times since i started on here. i don't really understand the ratings system too much my one friend who posts a lot was a 10 for a time then got bumped back to a 9 and she was not too happy about it. i try not to let it bother me i never try to give anyone bad ratings as long as they give a response that deals with the topic. i always try to give a quality response and some are longer then others sometimes there is only so much you can say on one particular topic.

i never think bout the star, and i dont care what number in it.... as long as i can post some good comments to my friends or others topics, that already made me happy... star and reputation is nothing for me, as long i can keep posting... =)

me too we had the same of it. yesterday i got pink then in the morning i opened it and my colour was white but this time it back again.

Thanks for the best response.

I only give people a negative rating if they get abusive. No idea how many it takes to move your star down though.

"Gotten so mad at someone elses thoughts that you rated them negatively" I had this happen to me just two days ago. I had a 83/100 (or a yellow star with an 8). I went to bed with that on my Mylot account. The next morning my star magically dropped down to a 7 and my xx/100 dropped by ten points between going to bed and waking up. It doesn't particularly matter to me but I still wondered why people rated me negatively so much/fast. Then I remembered it happened right after posting something in a politcs topic that some Obama supporters must have disliked. Then it was an "Oooooh, that's what it was" kind of moment.

Oh i see...It's okay mate..I don't think the star will be the one that indicates your excellent participation. I think with the responses that you've give to other people, those other people will remember them well and so it's by that that you are rated an excellent participator, not a star..But i do know how you feel..Suddenly something you've achieved had been ripped off, you'd want answers and justification... =] Hope you'll get ranked back up..

Congrats for the lucky 9 star.Anyway what is it all about.Do we get ratings if we write many topics, many responses or if we write lengthy things?.

yes, it is ..