Newbies understanding of Stars

Yes I have after fathoming it out. I tried putting myself on the other side of the fence and reading the FAQs from their point of view. The FAQs don't say 'do this or do that' but they are filled with suggestions ansd tips, none of whih will lead you up the garden path. If you skim through them, then you will miss some very vital information. For example concerning the star: "The DRS is factored into our proprietary earnings algorithm" http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq17.aspx = your star affects your earnings "If you earned nothing, then you didn’t post anything" http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq6.aspx#16 = you do NOT earn for what others post "generate discussions that engage other users and provide insightful responses and comments to other users discussions to further the topic" http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq6.aspx#14 = myLot is not a question and answer site Those are just a few examples but it is easy, if you don't rush it, to see ALL of the others.

Hi allknowing, I am not a newbie but still a learner in mylot. When I was a newbie I haven’t read the rules (please don’t ask me, why). I learnt the rules from discussions itself by observing other’s posts especially by the seniors. I read the rules thoroughly once when one of my post censored by the admin. I could not understand what I violated through that topic. I could not find an answer from the rules too because I haven’t violate any guidelines with my topic. Coming to your topic, I think I have some idea how the rating systems works. But I feel bad when people are getting down with their ratings without any reason. One member has written that when she/he didn’t like the reply, will give a negative rating. It means still many members are not aware how the rating system work or how to use the rating system properly.

I thought you're gonna teach me about stargazing and navigating by looking at stars. I'm disappointed

Oh so the 10 rating star is the highest it would be cool if it could go higher. I have a 10 rating star yeah still it is hard work that got me my 10 rating star and also it's thanks to the mylot users.

Well before i responded i read all the views here, and i learned from it,it seems no concrete answers were created here, what i notice here is pure speculations,which is which, we don't know,only you and the admin knows about it for sure, i am only 2 months here in MyLot and i have a 149 points and a 9 red stars beside my name..i didn't know how i got those stars...i just responded and started topics that i know i can answer beyond my understanding,that's it...

i'am a newbie and i have never questioned the star status story before but i would love to find out since you brought up this wonderful yet funny discussion

well,I don't know what it means but on my behalf as long as I have an opinion that matters most for me.It don't bothers me for a reason I'm just answering whatever it takes and I don't care what stars are for.I'm helping that's the most important part of the topic.

I'm also a newbie here and I admit that I don't know the standing of the stars in a person. I'm also eager to know what it means. Does it mean if you have a star, you are the best to comment or to respond to discussions? Some of those who got stars has more than a thousand points already. wow!