My 10 star rating went down!

Well I guess i will join you guys in the 8 and 9 category. I tell it how I see it so I'd rather not be a 10 if I have to pretend to go with the flow just to have the highest rating. I feel much better now about the situation now that you pointed this out to me.

I'm kind of envying the whole 9 position actually... I think it would be good practice for me to try to be a little bit more positive while still making my opinion very clear. Overall though, I do see that a lot of comments from 10's are frequently just in the same direction as the person they're responding too... Or so 'go with the flow-ish gentle' that not much seems to have been said. Maybe they are just part of the majority on a subject... :). I find myself the member of a minority on many issues... Heheh... I should get a MyLot scholarship for it!

Diversity is worth paying for right?

I guess I will just have to get used to the fact that I will be going up and down. It was just shocking to see. But I guess a 9 is not so bad.

This always happens here i hardly think of the ratings here but when i see a huge drop sometime in the rating i do get surprise but still there are plenty of happy to help member here who encourages us to go on and keeps on motivating us

Top - I know that you are not very active on here ... you are here for the fun and interaction rather than the money. I also realize that you do not respond in many places in one day, and you pretty much stick to a few specific interest categories. Therefore, if your rank goes down in one of those categories, then it would be easy to figure it out. However, we do not necessarily know if it was a recent comment/response that triggered the negative ratings or if it was something that we said five months ago that was resurrected by the comments of another user. Mario - Are we there yet? On a serious note, though, I would not still be here if it were not for the fun that I have with you and many other friends I have made on this site. I also hope that my star means that I am doing something right, but even if my star goes down as long as I can still bring a smile to the face of a friend, especially when they need it the most, then I will be happy. Zukichucha - I saw what you were talking about, and you might be right ... I can't really say either way. What I can tell you is that I have disagreed with that person before without any negative consequences. Then again, it would take more negative ratings to bring my reputation down than it would to bring yours down. On the other hand, there were a few times when I had not disagreed with anyone or said anything controversial ... or at least I didn't think I had and a few of my friends that looked back over my activity agreed with me ... yet my reputation went down by a lot. I know that yours seems like a lot, but mine dropped at least thirteen points, which means it went from blue to yellow rather than red. I admit that I was frustrated at first just like you were, but then I realized that my reputation did not affect how much fun I have on here, so why worry about it.

As I don't respond to many discussions daily I generally know the interest where I have been rated negatively, but I can't tell who rated me negatively. It is very difficult to guess it because, as you said, "you can rate someone without ever interacting with them."

as for me....i don't really care if my star goes up or down. i came here for the money, i stayed for the fun, i took leave for some work, and i'm back for my friends.... its turning out to be something like when i go on a drive with some annoying friends of mine....when i'm driving, and they're bugging me..'are we there yet?'..'are we there yet?'..'are we there yet?'. when they do that, it seems like ages until we reach our destination...coupled with the fact that they're being annoying and all. makes for a lot of negativity which everyone in the car can feel. and then the annoyance just grows and grows until i just feel like strangling someone.. but if everyone in the car just sits back & relax...play some car games and have fun along the way, the journey magically doesn't feel that long. all of a sudden we're at our destination, and everyone is all smiling and happy and wishing that the day won't end.. so just like myLot....i've chosen focus on the fun part and not get stressed out, help my friends here have some giggles and poke around a bit. leave out the conspiracy theories and bring in the laughter and smiles... and just simply enjoy myself with the company of others. then, before i realized it, i had a nice blue star shining at me....and it hasn't turned to a different color of the rainbow yet. then i think to myself (which doesn't happen very often)..so maybe....just maybe, i might be doing something right?. but then, that's my own little opinion.. :) hmmm....food for thought...? which reminds me....i'm kind of hungry for the munchies now.. :p

Thank you! Maybe my comment was taken the wrong way by a few people then. :( But I am just upset because I love mylot so much but today it made me mad to see this.

Yes she just need 4.22 +ves or -ves to go down by one point.

PPE: That explains a lot! I just hope you haven't given some vindictive people full guidance on how to f*ck up a user's star!

That is a good way of looking at it Mario! Next time I will remember that just like the stock market I lost value but next week I will redeem myself. I actually enjoy a healthy debate! I don't like drama but love with the right person engaging in a discussion of varying views can be very interesting. Binggaling- I love the name! No you are not color blind! LOL I think he was saying having a 10 is rosy (like saying it is cool).

Mario! Where the heck have you been? I have definitely been missing that bright yellow bum-bum of yours streaking around myLot! If we keep up this interaction, we will surely have all the colors of the rainbow in just this one response box. *HUGE HUGS*

@zukichucha - binggaling is like that sometimes....i think its because i haven't given her a rose in a long time.. and don't tell yourself that you've 'lost value'....that is such a negative thing to tell ourselves. just say that you're 'undervalued'... then you know that you're really worth much more than what most of the others assume... and usually we really are actually worth more than we think...aren't we all?

I totally agree! I am just going to concentrate on writing quality posts so I don't over analyze this situation and let it bring me down. I know you are right that there are immature people everywhere. A mature person would have let me know what I said wrong and why it bothered them.

I never thought of that Ghajini and hopefully I won't be penalized for people getting me a +. I am not asking anyone to rate me that way and that was not the purpose of me starting this discussion. I was just venting and everyone is trying to make me feel better. But you do have a point.

That's kind of you, however I am not sure if this kind of discussion is really allowed since it may just turn into bad things or might be even considered like a means of soliciting positive votes.

You are right. I was putting too much importance on my rating! But now I am just going to ignore it and just continue writing quality posts. More importantly, I am going to have fun! I always rate everyone but only because it is a habit now.

That's the best way of handling things here ! Just have fun and don't worry about anything esp rating because it is not in your hands to change or do anything about it - all the best and happy mylotting

That is exactly what I am going to do. I am not going to change because I would only be lying to myself if I am being fake just to fit in. But at least now I know what to expect.

Wow! If someone can't take a joke or accept criticism then they have problems. I am glad you are back. Hope to see you around! I also don't discuss politics. But only because I have nothing to say on the matter.

I am going to ignore my rating from now on. As long as I know I am making friends and having fun that is more importantly anyway. Not everyone will like what I have to say and I have come to accept that.

Exactly, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if I don't agree I respect the fact that they shared their opinion. But I guess not everyone thinks like we do.

It made me upset but only for a little bit. After I thought about it I realized that like you said, if I let this negative thing affect me then I will leave mylot. I am not going anywhere because I love this site. It makes my day go faster and it is enjoyable to converse with so many individuals.

You are not very far from a blue star either. I hope you get there soon! But since red is my favorite color I will enjoy my 9 as long as I have it.