Why is that, there always someone on mylot that brings down your rating on mylot

Yeah, that happened to most of us here... Personally, mine went down in my first few months of my stay here; I did not really understand what could be the reasons, except perhaps that some people did not like my posts on some religion topics... I notice many members who are active in 'religion' interest have low star rating; that probably shows how sensitive that topic is to members here...

It's against the guidelines to rate people down just because they disagree with you, so it's worth sending the URLs of those discussions to admin. They can work out if somebody has been rating you down, and they will do something about it. It's usually the politics and religion interests where that happens. I went down from a 9 to a 6 almost overnight a few years back, so I tend to keep away from those interests unless I really want to take part in a particular discussion.

This is disappointing. Per mylot terms we aren't supposed to give people negative ratings just because we disagree with their opinion or discussion, unfortunately I think some people ignore this rule and do it anyway which causes ratings to go down. Just keep up with the good discussions and eventually it will average itself out and you'll get the rating you deserve.

I have never met one of them fortunatly. And if someone did that, I don`t think I`d be able to discover which one it is. I feel that we all come here mainly to have fun so it`s absurd to lose time doing that. But you know, at every big party there are a couple of guys who drink too much or do other thing like that. Fortunatly I haven`t come across them here. Take care.

i never rated down anyone's answer. even sometimes some people deserve it bcs they are so rude. but i never did that. i just try to ignore it and thats it. im sorry if someone rated you down. you know i think that people who do it are those that like to be mean to others. what do we win by putting someone's rating lower? its a nonsense. even some people here are rude i think admin should delete their answers and not us users who can put it with a + or a - . i understand you bcs i also had a 9 before and now i have a 8. so im sure someone did that to me. anyway dont care for mean people^^ just ignore them cause thats what they deserve

To avoid into bad books of any member -- post only in respect of discussions where you can be more confident. Start new discussions more number and you get responses from friends. Friends will also rate you + thus help improving your score. If you are suspecting some one or two persons purposely pulling you down you can always write to admin and seek his guidance. Otherwise 99% people in mylot are members who encourage others and not pull down the rating purposely. There are measures builty to see one person is not pulling another down more.

hi beennice2 I amso sorry you have had this problem too as sevedral hav e seen their rating drop drastically no m atter how good their posts are. these trolls are back and those who see their stars drop really fast I suggest you contact b y private message GoAskAlice and he will see what they can find out. I hate this as its so mean and so thoughtless.so do try to do your bes t here and if you drop more do contact GoAskAlice.hope this helps hugs from hatley

I feel that there will always be people that will try to spoil things for other people.I feel sorry for people that do things like that to other people, as they must lead a very sad and lonely life. I have never marked anyone with a minus on this site, I only give plus and best responses.

Look at me I had a ten star last week. I made some comments in political discussions and my rating has been dropping by a percent almost everyday since. Hopefully whoever these people are will get bored and find someone else to trash. Childish is a kind word for it. I've seen many children behave better than that. If it continues to drop like this I will make a complaint to myLot. Whatever good that might do. It annoys me because I make an effort to make good comments on all discussions I participate in. I may be a little blunt sometimes but I'm never intentionally rude.

Some users probably don’t agree on your opinion on certain discussions resulting that they put your rating in negative. Also, probably the information you had put in some discussions doesn’t meet the expectations of others resulting that they put you in negative.