How often you hit +/-/! ?
@nitish_ausumn (603)
India
August 10, 2009 12:41pm CST
Hi friends,
You surely have seen the + / - / ! sign appearing below every response. This is to rate the response how good it is or not like it and so on. So how often you press those? It is actually supposed that once you see a nice response from a user you must have pressed + and similarly for others.
How often you rate the discussions?
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13 responses
@THEcreationist (837)
• India
10 Aug 09
Hi, nitish. I often hit the + sign when i think somebody has responded well to a discussion and to all those who respond to my discussions.
I never rate any response negative.
Happy Mylotting!!
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@THEcreationist (837)
• India
12 Aug 09
Yeah, i do unless somebody is too negative (like rude etc.) or is just responding with so less a description to be considered a negligible contribution.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
14 Aug 09
Hi friend,
It is nice to mark those responses as negative which are less detailed than a measure. It is important to create a measure for all the posts to remain unbiased.
Enjoy mylotting.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
12 Aug 09
Hi friend,
Would you mean that you mark + for every response to the discussion started by you? If it is it is too nice from you. I have to look for discussions started by you. :)
But it is not good, you are just providing bread and butter for those mylotters who are responding to your discussions.
Enjoy mylotting.
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@akuler (3531)
• Malaysia
10 Aug 09
Hi nitish_ausumn,
I always press that button in my discussion that I involved. Most of it I give + rated except for the spammer or trolls. As long as their response or comment is worth something it is advisable to give a + rated. We might have some disagreement on the particular issues but that doesn't mean we should - rated them. That is their view on that discussion and we should appreciate it.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
11 Aug 09
Hi friend,
Thanks for your response.
It is nice to not rate anyone -. But what should we do if someone is trying to take your discussion of the topic or posting just few words or posting some spams in your discussion. For stopping these kind of things we should use -. So that these people get in eyes of mylottians.
Keep mylotting.
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@andrew1425401 (130)
• United States
11 Aug 09
i hit the + more then any other cuz every response is good
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
12 Aug 09
Hi friend,
I would not agree with you at all. Every response can not be good. Some of them could be out of the topic and some can be spam too. How we can rate them +. Try to look for matter in those responses, if you get a new or healthy information through it then rate it as +.
Enjoy mylotting.
@justbeingtiffany (1156)
• United States
10 Aug 09
i think i only hit the minus one once because someone was just being rude and nasty. and i hit the plus sign alot. actually i just pushed it 2 minutes ago because someone response was really super helpful to me so i was garious and hope that me pushing that plus sign will raise there level up. its taking me forever to raise my 9 i go up and down all the time so i like to help other peope raise there levels. and i rate discussion hmm i don't know how to. do i push the plus sign over there by discussion if i like what they wrote? because some discussion i really really love because there unique and we hear alot of the same questions here.
@thedeathknight (335)
• India
10 Aug 09
Hello nitish_ausumn.
I used to rate the responses and comments very often and mostly I try that I could rate them with +. Why I started rating them is because of two reasons:
First, it helps me gain my reputation as well as others reputation to whom I rate.
Secondly, as my main aim to be at mylot is to learn english, so through this I started reading others comments and thus is also helping improve my english skills.
I usually rate them with '+' because most of the time I have to admit that the other one, whose response I have to rate, is making a valid point.
Happy MyLotting.
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@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
11 Aug 09
Hi friend,
You are right rating a discussion helps in gaining reputation to both people. And it is a regard to that person who is really working hard on mylot discussions by giving nice responses with valid points.
Enjoy mylotting.
@apzheng123 (63)
• China
11 Aug 09
I do not often use these symbols,but I want to use as many as possible.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
11 Aug 09
Hi friend,
It is not really good you must have done that. As it helps you too. It helps you too in gating rated. And also if you rate other only then you can think that others would rate you.
Keep mylotting.
@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
10 Aug 09
I always do when I right after I read every discussion. It just take me a second to do so I will rate first before I respond.
It helps to improve their discussion.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
11 Aug 09
Hi friend,
YAh,Rating the discussion as + / - / ! helps to improve the discussion. And it is always good to read responses before we start to respond them but I have seen most of us won't do that at all. They just read the topic of discussion and start responding having no care that what are the other responses.
Enjoy mylotting.
@tuyakiki (3016)
• India
11 Aug 09
In fact I do the same thing nowadays.
I also started a discussion on this topic earlier.And before that I prefer giving positive rating to all the the people,who participate in a discussion created by me. Honestly speaking, as it is not possible to thank all by posting comment,thats why I used to do it.. But later on I come to know that I should not be doing this as per the Mylot rules.
I also give positive rating to some discussions,where I think,its fit!!!
But nowadays I don't give + rating to all........And still today I had never give anybody a negative rating.I give positive rating only to some of the very good posts..It solely depends on the quality of posts.
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@sagnik42 (3592)
• India
11 Aug 09
I usually read all the read the responses in the discussion which I respond. Well when there are 30-40 responses, it is impossible, really
. So when I feel like someone has given a nice response I sure rate that user "+".I have not used "-".I do not want to decrease others ratings. A positive rating does not hurt anybody but a negetive rating does hurt. My rating has dropped only once and that was from 87 to 85. I hope I can increase my rating a little more.
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@incredibleDNA (1742)
• Philippines
11 Aug 09
I seldom hit the + & - sign as I prefer posting new topics and participating to interesting topics as well. Though if I'm really not in the mood for participating with tasks and discussions, that's what i do.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
14 Aug 09
Hi friend,
It is really nice you would sometime to post responses and for rating + /-. As most of us would not have much time to do it.
Keep mylotting.
@dex1007 (556)
• Malaysia
11 Aug 09
I hit + a lot at replies in my own topic. but not always, 2 lines replies don't get much attention from me. i hit + after i replied to a really good topic. which is a lot of the time. i hardly hit - unless its a topic or somebody who has annoyed me or insulted somebody really bad. There you get a +. lol.
@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
14 Aug 09
Hi friend,
Now you should be careful on pressing + as now Mylot admin is also having a eye on it. You must have read the message by MyLot.
Yah it is nice to not give every response as +. As it is like breaking the rules. Marking - sign has a different measures which differ person to person. For me anyone who respond in 1 line only with not a valid point is a response which should be marked as -.
Enjoy Mylotting.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
11 Aug 09
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@nitish_ausumn (603)
• India
11 Aug 09
Hi friend,
Thanks for rating our discussion as +. Yah ofcourse there is no problem in rating the discussions and post if they are creative and have knowledge facts. I basically started this discussion as many of the mylottians won't rate any discussion. To tell them need of it. But you are not in those people who never rate the discussions.
keep mylotting my friend.
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