Rating the Person "Just because you didn't agree to him/her"

Well I am one who has been affected by the quick falling star, I have no idea outside of intentionally. I do not involve myself in debatable discussions as I have enough cr@p in my off-life life to intentionally inflict further stress online. We do not make a zillion bucks here so I would not waste my valuable time in intentionally being involved in something clearly someone will find oppose-able. I am sadden that people have intentionally affected me and so many others that I have noticed also falling. It may not be such a great deal to some people I always speak form the heart, I invest quite a bit of time here, see my posts and this is after only four months. So for members to do this intentionally really, really saddens me as I have been losing my zest for myLot in the last two weeks and to be honest not quite sure how much longer I would remain, as I really try to be helpful and for some to intentionally do this is appalling. The way I see it is I can get negative before without any efforts in my off-line life so why would I continue to spend the hours I do on here and inflict it intentionally.

I was rated negatively. but i have learned my lesson. the topics that i have posted did offend a lot of people in our country who uses mylot.but that's the mylot life here. i am so sad that things are not accepted as it is.

In fact, if you disagree with a post, but still feel it positively contributes to the discussion, you should rate it positively. Rating quality content negatively will hurt your ratings overall. Remember differing opinions and viewpoints tend to make for the most interesting discussions. This deserves to be said repeatedly, and I also think it should be enforced somehow so people who go about negatively rating for the wrong reasons either lose their ability to rate at all, or they get barred from the site. I do know people get barred from the site, I hear about it all the time, so those who misuse the rating system really should not go around acting all smug like you do. I disagree wtih a lot of opinions here, because they are OPINIONS. Not facts. FEELINGS. Not RIGHT or WRONG. I rate most positively though, even people I vehemently disagree with. Why? That is the purpose and basis of this site - quality discussion. Quality discussion doesn't occur in a vacuum. When everybody says the same exact thing, how boring is that? We should be aware of different viewpoints, awareness is key to growth even if you never decide it is valid. Just knowing it's out there helps broaden your world and understand other people.

I never give bad rate to others discussions, but I do ever and try to always report other who post a referral link or promote theirself.

that's the problem with people like you who likes to keep the start. afraid that such a wrong impression can give you one heck of a bad rating. but let them be. giving those kind of people attention makes it worse.

I'm a newbie. The [-] and [+] is not really intuitive. Most newbies may think that it is meant to expand the thread or collapse it. One only knows about it after reading the FAQ. I think most will not read the FAQ!

If something is bad enough to be rated negatively, then Admin should really be notified so that they can decide to remove it. That is what reporting is about. Maybe the [-] button shouldn't really be there at all. Perhaps a 'three star' or 'five star' rating system would be overkill but I think that a more positive approach would be an advantage. I would also like to see the rating system have an influence on the 'Best Response' (either for the discussion owner's information only or publicly displayed). It is still very important that the ratings should be anonymous, however.

I don't rate the person negative if the person disagrees with me, as long as it's done in a constructive and nice manner. There's nothing wrong with voicing one's opinion but some users would be rude and make their arguments in bad taste. Friendly debates are nice but literally violent reactions don't make a healthy environment here on anywhere else whether it's online or in real life.

i think since we can't see who's been rating us negative or positively, we don't know how it will be stop. since it's anonymous then most users would use their emotion of upset just to satisfy they're anger. and then regret it in the end, but most don't give a damn about their star.

Noway I think someone should be rated negatively for not agreeing. I think that the differences in opinions is what makes a discussion great...If everyone agreed about everything there would be nothing left to learn and all discussions useless. I rate all respectful responses positive and respectful does not mean they agreed with me. It means they discussed their opinion without nasty or hurtful responses. I think that the only reason for a negative rating would be abuse. Great post!

hello dear Letran, I don't rate negative. There was a time during my early days here that someone disagree with my response and even blame me for his ratings down. So,the last resort i did is,report that mylotter to admin. Have a great Sunday dear brother

No I do not rate the person negative if I don’t agree with him. As in this way I would show that I want to listen only what I want. I think the real opinion matters and if this is given by some one. That is most welcome. And I follow this.

Um, I think that everyone has the right to have their own opinions and express them out loud, as well as I have the right to disagree with them . That's why I still haven't used the "rate negative" button, or so I think. Talking is the way to know if another person doesn't agree with you (or if that person agrees, of course), so it's better to say than to rate, I think

rating isn't really bad. look at me, they rated me negative but i still do posting. money doesn't really matter to me. but thank you for raising this concern. i hope others will refrain from stabbing in the back through rating.

Everyone has its own opinion on a certain discussion. We cannot force anyone to agree with us or to our opinion when he/she has a different point of view on something. Hence, such different opinion is not a reason for me to give that person or respondent or commenter a negative rating. Inasmuch as negative rating is concerned, I have never given that to anyone here. I would always give people a positive rating whether I agree or not agree to his/her response or comment. Even when that comment or post is quite offensive to me, I still do not give that person a negative rate.

Of course we shouldn't negatively rate people we don't agree with.. I like your idea on making this discussion, because although I feel like MyLot's cooled down over the past year or so, at the same time, it's always an issue when someone is so set in their ways and stubborn with their opinions that they won't even be open-minded enough to hear what someone else's viewpoint is, and have a civil discussion like adults should. But.. crazy people will be crazy. Ratings aren't really a big deal to me either.

I never rate someone negatively just because I don't agree with them or don't like their opinion. Everyone is welcome to their opinion and welcome to voice that opinion here on MyLot. I will rate someone negatively though if when they are voicing that opinion, they insult or degrade others here, or what they say is offensive for reasons other than just their opinion. Sarcasm can be funny sometimes but if done in the wrong way, it can be very condescending and hurt feelings and there is no need for that. Everyone can voice their opinion but do so with a civil tongue. If they don't, they risk getting that little - box checked. On the other side of the coin, I also try to remember to give a positive rating if I feel that they made really good comments and really contributed well to the discussion. There are a lot of people here that are really well spoken and do a fantastic job helping people out and making thought provoking and valuable responses. I try to remember to reward them as well. I hope everyone does that.

Rating should not be based on liking or disliking. Rating should be based on the quality. Some are against my opinion doesn't mean that he is wrong. So disagreement is different matter and quality is another. Rating negative deserve only then when something irrelevant towards the matter of the topic. Contradictory opinion qualify any discussion. Contradiction is there so it is a matter of discussion. If we have no other opinion, then what needs of discussion. So we should not consider any opinion as negative just because of contradictory opinion. It is a very hard to judge any thing properly. So there is lot of change of being negatively rated for any opinion of different viewpoint.

Hi, LetranKnight25! Yes, you are absolutely right! We mustn't rate a person negative only because we don't agree with his/her. But the question is rating is a personal activity. You know, I know can't represent everyone knows. The myLot program can't judge whether a negative rating is from disagreement or not. So I think myLot shouldn't give the users right to judge other members negative.

I haven't experienced rating users especially with a negative feedback. Though sometimes, users can get quite edgy and irritating with all the spammy effects of "lol. lol. lololololol." Talk about spam. :\ Probably reporting would do. :) Anyway, hope this counts. --Jaja