Someone is thumping my star points.....

I agree. The only ones I ever rate negative are the ones that dont even answer the question. They just post an "I dont know" or "I am not interested" etc. I think these people are wasting everyones time. I dont know why they even bother signing up. This is a discussion forum. I understand the monetary draw, but I can't imagine they are making much, especially with answers like that.

I as well follow those guidelines.. I dont mark them negitive due to me disagreeing with the responses.. I simply read them and mark them if they stayed on discussion the ones that dont make since I just leave unrated as to not to bring them down..

I have had the same experience my star percentage rating dropped 4% in 6 days. So obviously I annoyed someone. Please see this discussion: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/761474.aspx

Yes! it happened to me as well, don't worry about it. I have a feeling some people have a sick sense of humour and like to annoy us by giving us negative scores and dropping our stars. To heck with them, if they want to do that let them. I will never give a minus rating I will just ignore that post if it is annoying. There are 68 Thous of us here hun we are bound to make some enemies.

Those are great guidelines. Evidently there are a few people on mylot who have such low ratings (because they post low quality discussions) that they go around getting revenge. As I've said before, it would be simple enough for mylot.com to remove those negative ratings by such people .. they have the records of who does what.

As you can tell by the low number next to my name, I am new at this kind of thing. However, I have to say that if all your answers are as good as the one you gave me on natural cleaning supplies there is no reason for your rating to be going down. Someone must be screwing with you and I hope they stop. P.S. - your ideas work wonderfully

Sage Mother ..I am sorry your star is losing it's strength. I know sometimes people can take things personally but shouldn't ..I hope your star gets a brighter shine soon;)+

I guess because it would never occur to me to go around and randomly - people, I am shocked when we determine that people do this. What I cannot figure out is : If your rating falls from one person going in and giving you - ratings, why does it not work the other way? I have tried to help another friend in the same circumstances, by gooing around giving + to her, but it never helped. I am still asking, h9ow do I see the actual percentage that goes into my star?

i think the minus ratings fairy pays us all a visit once in a while. I too had to wear a yellow star for a while and its not good. I think some people have mental issues relating to power and jealousy. With this in mind, words take on a different meaning, any disagreement on here takes on a whole new dimension, it becomes real. Psychologists have field day with this kind of person. If their real world is vacuous, their on line dealings become extremely serious. I honestly feel they would benefit from a mental check up, but they generally keep their level of insanity quiet. Of course, if you have the requisit sandwhiches for a picnic, someone disagreeing with you will not cause a rash of negative ratings. However, i firmly believe there are more out than in, and this is one of the very few ways they can extract power. Let them have their moment, Im convinced the institutions await their diagnosis very soon blessed be keep on posting by the way, you got a plus from me for this discussion much love

I can honestly say that I never have given a negative to someone unless they were just spamming in a conversation. My first negative rating was to a person who responded to my dscussion and his response had absolutly nothing to do with my discussion. I also feel that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and this does not constitute in a negative rating. I mean having our own opinion is what makes us each an individual.

the same thing happend to me. i didnt exactly care or anything, but it kind of bugged me anyway. its because the days leading up to the decrease, i had responded to some contreversal disscussions and there were several people who did not agree with me, some of them expressed their dissagreement. so i am assuming they negatively rated me, thus decreasing my pretty little stars.

These are the same guidelines I follow what rating someone's discussion or response to my own, and I always rate. The only reason I would rate negative is if the person was openly insulting or discriminating against someone. And even then it would depend on how they worded it. If they were deliberately trying to stir up trouble (and I'm sure you know what I mean) then they'd get a negative. Other than that, everyone gets a positive rating from me.

Yes I remember your star used to be 9 the first time you answered my question. I don't know if you remember, it was like 3 weeks ago and I was wondering what star is for since I was new at the time. I hope you don't get discouraged because that's what people do all the time and we have no control over that here. I heard there was a girl who got 10 star and the next day her star was 7, she said she posted quality discussions not one liners but I have no idea what happened then.

I'm new to this site but my impressions are favorable. What started as me being a little curious is turning into an addiction of sorts. This is partly because I expected a lot more junk threads but instead am finding genuine discussions of interest going on. The star rating was confusing to me at first but I did a couple of searches and feel like I understand it better now. For the most part I think it's great and it's definitely giving people cause to think about what they are posting. BUT it has also caused me not to post in situations where I would like to give my opinion. For example, consider these two situations: Situation One. Someone has posted a topic inviting debate over a topic such as Religion (so easy for tempers to flare) or even on a lighter note such as "I love this book, what do you think of it?" where I'm really hesitant to respond because I feel I will be rated negatively for commenting in opposition to the views of the majority of posters on that thread. Ideally I get rated on the quality of my post not on the nature of my views but I doubt this will always hold true. So I hold back from giving my thoughts. Situation Two. Someone starts a really lazy discussion. I just came across one along the lines of "are u aware of ur wants and needs??? I think I am!wht abt u?" and I immediately felt like responding that at least I'm aware of how to type a correct sentence and spell 3 letter words and could the topic starter perhaps outline their context for the discussion. Of course I don't because I'd risk getting rated negatively and it's unlikely that any poster of quality would take the time to read that discussion anyway. So I just don't post. So anyway, I'm sorry you are becoming what appears to be the victim of people rating you as a person they disagree with rather than on the quality of what you take the time to write. I hope some kind of check is put in place also to make sure the majority of our negative ratings are not coming from only one or two people and that this would be viewed as harrassment.

I have had the same experience- a drop of 3 points overnight, from 10 to 7. It hasn't budged since then, although my posts are the same as they've ever been. This system is much too subjective, and it gives people the opportunity to take revenge if someone disagrees with them or it they simply don't like what someone says. I hope that as time goes on MyLot is able to perfect this system, because I am afraid that there will always be people here who will abuse the ratings.

I typically don't give someone a negative unless the person wrote something completely irrelevant to my topic.

I agree with you . But look at my star . It isn`t what it seems . I have a whole story for this . But who to listen it...

Thats really too bad, everyone here are for the same purpose of discussing things out. if they dont agree with anyone then just give them in respond than giving them in points .

I will not rate anyone with a bad rating. I feel everyone is entitled to His or Her opinion and are allwoed to express it. It is not fair for anyone to say it is wrong. To me when you give someone a bad rating your are telling them it is wrong and I do not think that is fair.

So basically it's like someone is stalking after you and is jealous and is just giving you a bad rating if I understand correctly? I'm new here and am just trying to understand. Does your star rating have any effect on your earnings? Thanks for answering my question in a question. I'm really sorry that's happening to you and you are so upset, I hope it stops soon. :) Take care.