Why I give "+" ratings to most people who write responses

Thats good to know! I always give + ratings too. I didn't know what those were for till not too long ago! So you get a + from me!

This is good to know, and I hope that others read this and start doing the same. I believe as you do that most of the time if someone takes the time to post a response then they deserve the courtesy of an open mind and a (+) for the effort. The only time I would rate with a (-) is if the response is outwardly offensive, belligerent, or insulting to myself or another user. Fortunately, there are only a handful of people here who respond in such a manner. Your discussions tend to be controversial and they generate many different responses and opinions, and it's good to know that you don't take offense when someone states their case. It makes for a more enjoyable debate and discussion forum.

That´s more or less how I use the rating system. I fully agree with giving people a + because they took the time to reply to my discussions. It´s good to know you rate all answers, I know, except the useless ones.

Like you I rate everyone who makes a good effort to respond with a +. If people don't read the question or give a few words as a response I give a -ve especially if they have a higher rating than me as I feel they don't deserve one!

Same goes with me. I appreciate those people who spare a little time just to give some sensible responses to the discussions I've started. But sometimes we just can't help the fact that there are really people whose replies are far out. That's the only time I don't give any rating at all. I also give rating even to those responses of somebody else's discussions especially if I really like the way they deliver their thoughts.

Every time a make responses on discussions I also rate the discution with a + I believe that rating is important and if someone here at mylot.com uses his time to give a opinion it deserves a rate. It's like that old saying "You get what you give".

Thats very good. I wonder if you will rate me however as there are already 60 plus responses. Anyways, the will to do so itself is commendable.

blessed be my friend, i agree with you. I give plus ratings also to all who respond to my discussions. I will just ignore responseas that are off topic and will give negative ratings to those who post only one word or post i dont know. Blessed be

Yes I do the same as you I do not expect people to respond to my discussions without giving them a + rating, I seldom give out negative ratings,. Oh I have never complained since joining mylot I also love reading my responses I receive from my friends and members on mylot.

Hello Radicalpatriot..... All those foolish and useless comments should get a negative rating.....they are against mylots policies. Also, the report option is there for a reason.....to be used to remove worthless discussions and comments. Check the do's and don'ts list. Tom

well, i do the same way too...honestly i'll give positive ratings to those who deserves my rating...for those response that were useless, i'll just leave it and never give a rating..i don't give negative rates for them, i just don't want..maybe because if i give - rating, it seems i made them lost their money...if they get - rate from the respondents, surely mylot will deduct it...tha's why i don't give any nagative rating...

In fact I know very little about the purpose of raring discussions and comments. Glad I could collect some important points from this thread. I use to grade opinions now and then. The disappointing thing is that not much responses are recieved to the discussions started by me. I am patiently waiting for some eyes to catch up discussions started by me. Thank you radicalpatriot for opening this discussion. I gathered very usefull tips from it.

fcourse priority should be given to those who spends more time to response..in compare to those useless one..itz a rule which must be followed to encourage the talented guys ....or persong who is applicable to get these grades..to continue their responses..

didntknow this a gave you a plus thanx for info

I personally have never seen if the + system helps with our earnings, but if someone responds well to one of my discussions or starts a discussion worthy of me giving it a "+" rating then I will do so as well. I have on occasion given a "-" but usually will save that for Poor discriminative responses. But it is Good we do have these Rating systems in place to keep this being a Fun place to come to each day.

I absolutely agree! I very, very rarely give out minuses. The main time that I will do that is if someone replies yes, no or maybe, or I don't know, or responds with something that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the topic at hand. Other that that, I'll give out plusses for any reply, basically, even ones that are only a sentence long, as long as they pertain to the topic. I really don't like being negative towards people and giving out minuses. I would almost rather just leave their reply unrated unless I think that they are purplosely not following the rules. I love giving out plusses, though!!! ^_^

I usually post responses to other people discussions because I don't get many, if any responses to my discussions and quite frankly I find it a little bit disheartening. Maybe the fact that I'm a relative newbie has something to do with it. Anywayz, the few discussions I've done that have responses, I've given all of them a + rating, because I appreciate the time they took to respond with a well thought out reply. I've had no reason to give someone a negative rating, and same with the complaint thing. I never had reason. I would give a negative rating to someone who posted a useless and off topic response though and if someone was being downright abusive, I would report them right away.

I like the intelectuall kind of discussions and yours certainly are, 'cose I took the liberty to check them out. But with this one you've graduated! As I'm new to this, I'm trying to get some new friends so they could post a response to my discussions as I'm going to post them at theirs. And so as I'm learning of the ways on how to make this site worth my while, I was wondering which kind of discussions attract more people and how inovative people are at attracting others to respond. I came to a conclussion, that the system mostly works upon the friends relationship. But there are some exceptions. Like this one. Yours. I mean, who would mind to be given a plus to their benefit, realy? And the good thing is, that your intentions to benefit from this, are positive. And you've managed to get the attention of everybody, not just the ones on your friends list. You are admirable. And frankly speaking, I have the same principle. If someone responds to my posts, I grade them "+". Unless useless and selfish posts are the case. Be reading you soon... Regards to you...

I wasn't sure how this rating works, if you are replying to someones post and you read the other posts do you rate them, or is it just the person who starts the discussion who rates the responses? Does that make sense? I only joined the other day and I had replied to loads before I realise I was adding comments which is different. I have a lot to learn.

guys, where can you see your ratings? im just a newbie here so i wonder where can i see my rating. thanks guys