Mylot FAVORITISM!! What an outrage....

Yes i have noticed that some people here rate a best discussion to some the same in almost all other discussion even if he/she didnt even have a good response. I think they have an agreement of sort. I saw one before that was a best response but was a one liner while all the other response in that discussion were thoroughly good.

yes i also want to do the same but what can i do , i also want to give the fair and good response to other person who response to my discussion but what can i do some problems with me

I have seen that, and best response given to the first person that responds. However, it is up to the poster to decide what they want. Some people get offended from misunderstandings in language or thoughts. So my friend, just keep doing what you are doing, and just enjoy yourself. There are a lot of nice people here. Do what you are comfortable and happy with. God bless, M&M

I noticed some of it, though t'was a long time ago. In fact, I also started some topic about it. My observation is, some people do 'connive' on some things here in exchange. I don't say all of them, but 'some', to which I see other responses that are more deserving than the one's chosen by the topic starter. And when I looked at their profiles, I see some pattern in it. Especially when you noticed that most of the times, the threadhost skip on other's responses and automatically chooses that certain respondent immediately as it's best response. We can really never be sure of such things as this, because I know that no one in here will ever come out and speak for the truth!;)

If you feel that your response is better than the one marked as the best response, why don't you message that person and ask him? If anyone asks me, I would be glad to suggest that particular response was marked as the best response instead of yours. Sometimes also, there are more than 1 quality answer and it is very hard for the discussion starter to decide. If there is a tie between e.g. 3 people, he may just give it to the one that is his friend, or do it randomly, or... If you feel that someone people are always getting the best responses, might it be that those answers are really better? Ask the person if you are not sure so that at least you know why. :P And I don't think it's fair to say your response has been overlooked. Even myLot recommends (so I heard) that we do not reply to each comment. So as the discussion starter, we can only selectively respond to a few. If the starter made a comment to a particular response, it may be that he found it particularly amusing, witty or interesting. If it was a meaningless smiley or yes/no thingy, it is just a form of acknowledgment - not only for that response but for the responses around it. If he starts chatting away, might it be that he got another reply? So if there was a response and he replied, and then he got another reply, he may add on to the conversation, making you feel as if he is showing favoritism to that person. In some cases, it may be true. If you have been communicating regularly with him - whether on his or your discussions, he is more likely to choose to acknowledge using your response than another. As for ratings, how do you know yours is not rated? The ratings you see are for you to use. There is no way to know if your response has been rated. FYI, you can rate EVERY discussion and responses - except your own. For even if the discussion was not started by you, you can rate responses to that discussion too. Phew! What a long message. Hope you didn't fall asleep reading it. :P

I've noticed that some people do seem to respond to the replies of only certain people or they mark them as a best response, but I don't let it get to me. I'm here to post and if they don't want to hear/read what I have to say then it's their loss.

This type of thing is always going to be present to some degree, so I consider that the best solution is to simply ignore it. I have seen several discussions where numerous good responses have been submitted and the "best response" has been accredited to a very poor and bland reply. In some cases this is a matter of of giving the credit to a personal friend, and I even suspect that in some cases it is the same person with 2 accounts. I would like to see this practice stop for the benefit of the site, although it will never be completely eradicated since more members are joining every day.

is it?? i havent notice it actually..ill try to be observant nexttime..but i really appreciate your keen observation here..

i have also noticed the same. and yes, although I have answered many thoughtfully also, it is overlooked. What give me pain that however good discussion I starts i get very few or responses. It is not at all fair.

Actually NO I hadnt noticed. That really is unfair. I believe some people just make friends and want them to be at the top. I never choose based on that for best response. I chose based on the comment I liked best if possible. Or the one that made the most sense to me. I would hate to think there is favoritism. That sucks.

The peoples ho created the discussion only read the first or second page of responses.The rest wont be read.

Yes there is indeed favoritisms, but we can't do anything about this because it is the topic starters choice right? There are many factors involved in choosing the best response among which is the following: 1.Some mylotters usually choose their friends responses as the best response. 2.It was usually the 1st or the last response the topic starter received. 3.He didn’t have enough time to view all the responses. 4.He had already chosen a best response earlier and wasn’t able to wait for the latest responses. 5.He picked up the best response at random since his discussion was still unresolved for quite sometime now and he couldn’t decide because there’s just too many great responses. And most of all- maybe It's not favoritism at all.. Maybe the topic starter just happened to really like the response of the responder…Well in any case this is something beyond our control. Even the notion of what a quality post is beyond our control. Even our earnings are beyond our control as the administration tends to deduct some at the end of the month depending on how many discussions were erased. So don’t feel bad.. just continue posting on and be happy here at mylot… take care!

I haven't noticed that. I give best discussion based on what was left. I often don't even read who left it untill I choose. Sometimes, It is the same person. Sometimes, I don't have a clue who I picked. Don't take it personally.

people had their own points of view on every opinion..although sometimes you gave your "super best answer" still, some members overlooked at it.

they have their own reasons why they respond always to some people. Maybe they just dont have any idea what to say on certain responses (this happens a lot to me... sorry). Another thing, I think there is someone that always respond to my discussions that i already gave a 3 best answer. Not because she's my favorite but because she really deserve to be given a best answer mark.

i odnt think theres a mylot fvrtisn there

hey im new here so i dont know much about favrtism , but woudd apprecu\ate a ot if u answerwd mine

Choosing the "best response" after you start a discussion is an art. You could make it complicated, checking to see who was most accurate with their facts, who put the most detail into their answers, which persons answered right away and who waited until they had time to read everyone else's answers, if they approached the discussion with humor and wit, or you can take the easy way and just give me the "best respone." I suggest the latter approach .

yup.. iv felt that a bit too.. but then in that case i dont post in those discussions unless its a really interesting discussion.. n in that case who cares.. its not really necessary for the creator to chat with you.. even others can.. Whats possible is that that person has discussed many things with some of those people before and prefers doing that. Though i like to comment on all the posts i think have been posted thoughtfully and not just keeping the money in mind.