Do you look at the star ratings before responding to users here?

Hi there Allknowing! (I just got my red star few minutes ago. I was used with a blue star with my old account..^^) Anyways, since I was a newbie in here like years ago, I don't settle with those mylotters who have stars. I don't really mind at all. And in fact, I always rate everyone in here whenever I encounter them...and it's also like helping them in here. It is definitely very rude to do that. Happy Mylotting! ^^

Sometimes, I do.. when I find the comment very substantial, I get intrigued and I check if this is a long time member or a newbie. When a comment is so lame, I also check to see if its another newbie who doesn't give a damn about mylot's purpose and I'd leave it.

A star is not of great importance to me as far as responding to a discussion goes.I peep into friends' discussions first and look at topics that may interest me.The second thing is I pick topics irrespctive of who the person is. That is my order of priority.

Hi For responding to any discussion, I don't need to look at the users star. I choose discussions for responding when they are my interest related. Sometimes if they are not my interest related I try to find out about it from responses and then response. So its surely not depends on star. About my star, I don't care much about it, but it will be wrong if I will say that I completely don't care about it.

Star? no, it's not of important to me. i comment on topics i want to. To tell you the truth, i haven't even rate anybody yet. i dont even know how to do that, or better to say, i dont even care to rate. everyone can say whatever they want.

I honestly couldn't care less waht your star rating was. If I like or can respond to a topic then I will. The rating just means someone has rated your response up or down. If someone doesn't like you they could just be rating all comments poorly and make your rating go down. But now that we are on the topic I looked at all responses and their star ratings and I have the lowest! Must definitely mean I'm not as good haha :D

I actually do not, as long as the topics is interesting for me i would immediately read it and respond. The start means nothing to me actually, though mine has been fluctuating sometimes lol

Hi All, as for me, i don't really care much about my star rating. I ever seen my star rating goes up and down within a day when i was very active in here. Most of the time, i respond in here according to the topic that i easy to relate with. I won't have the interest to post in the topic where i don't have the knowledge. And makes the topic starter confused with my answer. Hopefully by doing that way, my star rating won't be moving in unwanted direction. Hope you are doing fine...

Star ratings are pretty useless to me and I rarely pay attention to them. They will never determine the likelihood of me replying to a topic. I check to see if the discussion is popular or located on the top because I know that a lot of users are providing insightful feedback. This will likely increase the chances of a prosperous discussion and you don't have to be ranked to contribute brilliant ideas!

To be honest, I don't used to see star of the users while i respond to their discussions. I feel almost all of the discussions are good and the only problem is that i don't have time to respond to every one of them.

No, it doesn't matter to me. What I am looking at is the topic, if I am interested I will respond. That's it and nothing more. I also don't care if the topic was started by someone in my friend's list or not. I just want to share my views to any discussions that interest me. So stars are not that important to me.

There are times that I look at the star rating and colors of the star before responding but doesnt mean that I am not going to respond to their discussion. The reason why i am looking the star i just to know the different colors of each rating so that if I can have those colors I easily recognized it even without looking my own star. Star rating is not important to me because I am more intersted on the content and sense of the discussion. Also I know each one of us here in mylot putting lots of effort to start a new discussion so whether the star rating is higher or low if the topic is very interesting for sure I am gonna respond it.

is there such thing? that's like being racist eh? nope, i don't mind if the one posting is new or old as long as it interests me and I got a something to say.

The star is very significant on my part, because it reflects how users of mylot rate me.. I'm just happy that i gained star from a 4th level.. On the other side, i don't prefer anyone's discussion here in our community. We are here to help other people solve their questions in life and at the same time, to earn. Yahh, you're right, the star couldn't accurately tells if the person is well educated or not. Some of the users can still inappropriately use mylot ratings. But it can be discovered by the admin. :D

I look at the star ratings, but it does not affect which discussions I respond to or get involved with. At the end of the day if there is a good discussion going on then I will just respond. I think I look at the star rating of other users more out of curiosity than anything else. The star ratings do not really fully reflect the person IMO. Sometimes if someone does not agree with you or you have a few responses in discussions that can be polarizing and all of a sudden your rating will drop. I remember that happened to me a few times when I was at myLot the last time I spent a lot of time here. If the discussions is good that trumps anyone's actual star rating to me.

allknowing I do go to friends first, respond to whatever interests me then I hit hot and pick out what interests me and go on from there picking out those that inter3est me and that I can respond to with intelligence.My star rating and reputation do matter as our reputations are figured in with earnings in the my lot algorithm.as for stars its the contents of a discussions that draw me or send me away. a lot of low ratings also have made dozens of discussions in thirty minutes and they are not good mostly. I stay away from people who do that quantity thing as they lose good content by the number 20 disc usson they made.

The star rating system has no effect on whether I respond to a post. If I find a topic I enjoy, I respond. I do not respond to every topic that a friend posts either. I really do not care what my rating is. I just try to stay polite, and on topic. If I go up or down it is not the end of the world, and not something I would start a topic on...like "OMG, my star rating dropped again."

Hello allknowing, Even i too never gave an importance to the star. I know i am not that talented to have a blue star and still don't know how i get it. Its true there are lot of mylotters here who deserve it but not getting it.For me i go to "recent" tab and whatever discussion i find interesting there i respond.Recently i am not that much active here but always go through the discussions this way only.

Not their stars; but if I'm not familiar with the OP whom I'm interested to respond to, I'd like to check their profile to get some ideas who they are and to adjust my respond if necessary. If for some reasons I'm curious about their star status, I'd probably see some clues as well while checking the profiles. But the star alone has never really made me decide whether to respond or not.

for me it does not matter who has how many stars and what color. it is important that we can share your thoughts, to give someone good advice, and thanks to our entries may be able to help someone up.