Eeny, meen, miney,mo, which way should I go?

Hi Hatley! I am doing it your way too as far as the rating is concerned. I do not neg rate anyone because if it is correct that our own star suffers, then mine will never go up! I know many friends are worried that mine doesn't budge at all so the last thing I would do is try and hinder their efforts. I do report a lot of stuff though, especially in the money interests. Alice told us that reporting does not affect our rating so I shall continue to do so because I am convinced it is for the benefit of everyone when spammers, plagiarists and cheats lose their posts and eventually give up.

I only rate when something hits me strongly in one way or another. If there is something written that I really adore I will praise it and if there is something I find just horrible I denounce it. I think that's what the system is really there for. I know there are those who do it anytime someone agrees or disagree with them but I think that is a bit abusive.

Hi Hatley! I have not thought too seriously about this but I do keep rating most of my responss positive.THe only reason is that someone has been kind enough to respond to my discussion and so I wish to return the favour by rating it positive.I have had the good fortune to have always got polite answers except one occasion when someone was unnecessarily rude.

Hi Hatley, I do rate everyone positive as I feel I am duty bound to help others in their reputation or star ranking. I never rate others negative and if I find the response is unfavorable I would just skip the rating.

I didn't know it helped our own ratings. Like you, I don't use the "-" sign. If someone was nice enough to reply to my discussion I "+" them, especially if they are disagreeing with me in a constructive and educational manner. When I reply to a discussion, I give the author a "+" and as many of the responders as I can, too. I don't think the number on our star affects our earnings, does it? I never really cared much how high it was although it did make me feel good when it hit a 10.

Well, if you rate everything positively, in a way it's kind of pointless. But because of they way it works here on myLot, I do it anyway. If somebody's really abusive I might neg them or report them, depending on how abusive they get. But generally I just rate everybody positive.

I still regularly rate too. Its become a habit for me. I hit the positive all the time. I have only hit the negative one time and that person deserved it. I have also reported someone two times, they also deserved that. Some of us have been here a long time, we want mylot to be here a long time coming. This is OUR community, we don't want or need the trash. We are very welcoming to newbies, we welcome them with open arms. At the same time we don't have to put up with anyones crap.

Well Hatley I suppose there really isn't a quarantee with anything but Yes I do think we should rate everyone I do because I believe it does do you and your pals here good. My moto is this, If You're Good Enough To Respond To My Posts I feel I Owe You a Plus. I am one that does appreciate all my responses and I feel disapppointed when I don't get responses, therefore everyone always gets a rating on their response to me. Thank You for this post Hatley I hope it will remind people to do the kind deed, Take care Dear Friend!

I positively rate everyone that responds to one of my discussions - unless they actually ask to not be rated - for whatever reason... I have, once or twice, accidentally rated someone negatively, but I'll probably not rate someone before I do that if they respond in a way that doesn't seem related to the discussion. I've seldom reported - I know that some people seem to take a JOY in reporting, but I've got better things to do - like play a game!

If I start a discussion I rate everyone that responds to that discussion. This helps later on as it enables me to see new comments by scanning the page for things that are not rated rather than just reading everything all over again. If I respond to a discussion then I rate that discussion as well. Like this one, as soon as my comment is posted I will go to the top of the comments and rate your discussion with the plus sign

I only rate someone negative if they are a troll, rude, racist, or condone evil or bad behavior. Evil people deserve it. I will rate people positive if he response is polite and well thought out, even if I personally disagree with them. I don't have to agree with someone to respect them. Well, I tend to give my friends and kitty people a positive easily, especially on kitty discussions. I love cats.

I do not rate everyone, but when I rate I usually only rate positively. I have only ever negatively rated once, and the comment was deleted for being abusive, so I am not sure whether or not the rating counted. We are only allowed to rate a person eleven times in one day, though, and I encounter some people more than that in one day, so I will not rate everything. I do rate things that I think are of value, especially if somebody disagrees and states their difference of opinion in a respectful and informative manner. These type of responses are the ones that I feel should definitely be rated positively, because they foster discussion and dialog on a topic while still maintaining a positive attitude.

Wow, talk about feeling out of place. Seems like everyone that has responded to your discussion has a huge star rating. Having just started being active on myLot, I have not started rating anyone yet, but appreciate you bring up this discussion to help me learn more about myLot everyday. I have a hard time being negative and would probably have a difficult time with negative ratings unless the person really did something outrageous bad. I have not seen any activity on this forum so far that would probably make me go negative.

I haven't figured this rating thing out yet. I admit, I do a lot more reading and posting that I do rating. I try to remember to do it whenever I can. I try and make it a point to rate good quality, relevant and helpful posts positively and I only rate posts negatively if they are obvious spam or abusive or mean. I try and rate at least once or twice every time I am on MyLot. When I post, I try and be helpful, honest and write quality responses, yet I still have a low rating, which makes me tend to think that most people don't bother rating much at all. Oh well... I just keep on posting.

Hiya Hatley.. Normally, I would avoid the minus button wherever I can. I only concentrate on the positive sign, especially with friends making positive and very interesting posts and comments. I think we should help one another in the lot, and if that proves to be a tiny rating of positive from me, I'll do it. Anyway, it feels so sincere because I can show my happy emotions and naturally to plus it makes sense to me. I know that stars affect our ratings, but I don't think by rating others positive, our ratings will increase.

Hi hatley, First of all I would love to greet you belated merry christmas and happy new year.i have been out for a very long time.I don't know what are the updates now. But i know and i believe that you are there to help me or to update me. With your concern about rating a response, I always do that. It is the only thing that you can do aside from ceommenting on the respondents of your discussion.Giving rating to responses, only means to say that you get to appreciate the response of your fellow member.I think you are right in saying that your ratings increases when you rate one member in his/her response.I started with number. I just post,post and post and did not even bother to rate responses of the respondents.At the later part of being a member here,i came to realize that i should rate and i appreciate all responses in my discussions, and now I am very glad because my star is now 9. Thanks for bringing up this wonderful discussion.

To tell you frankly I want to rate someone discussion here but i don't how to do it? That is why I never rated any discussion since I joined mylot. Have a nice day!

How I usually do it is I rate discussions that I feel are worth it, if the discussion isn't of good quality I don't rate it. If I come across a discussion that is insulting or bad I do not rate it either, I am like you and just report it. I guess I understand the rating process but there is also a part of me that doesn't like it because of the simple fact that someone can easily come in and leave you a negative for no reason and hurt you rating so badly like the trolls did when they were here.

Hiya Hatley, If I give someone a positive rating it´s because I think they deserve it. Well that´s the way I feel in that moment. Other People feel different and will rate what they want to rate as deserving. Really I never give it a second thought and I always turn a blind eye to those other kind of discussions going on. I just surf onto something else lighter and more digestible. I never bother hitting the minus button either I just ignore them.

I think that is a good thing to do because it will help other people who have wrote something good and it will also benefit ourselves with our ratings. But even if you don't rate anyone at all, there will probably not be any noticeable difference. In the end I would say you wouldn't need to rate everyone, but instead you could just give them a plus or minus depending on the situation; you can just leave some posts unrated.