If our STARS are determined by HOW other members rate us..........

Good morning Beaniefanatic13, It's nice to visit with you again. Hmmm, the great mystery of the earnings algorith. I certainly haven't figured it all out, but I can say without doubt that ratings do affect our earnings. I was involved in a discussion that had less than 20 members reply. There were many posts that had multiple responses. The debate was somewhat controversial and the ratings of the responses must have been quite active, as my earnings were higher the follwing morning than usual. Of course, I have no way of knowing how many ratings I personally received, but the antagonist in that debate had their star rating lowered by three presumably from that thread alone. It's logical to presume that the positive ratings must have been similar in number. So, that example showed me that how we're rated is an earnings factor. I have no solid evidence to support this, but I'm suspecting that posts that exemplify some level of knowledge, rather than just opinion, may be compensated more highly. I've found the tendency to see higher earnings when I've replied to a question where I've had some proficiency or experience in the area. I don't know how Mylot would accomplish this, unless it is that the number of positive ratings determines how helpful the community found the answer. Either that or someone from Mylot reads and rates every post. Which seems highly unlikely. As for your query about whether posts with no ratings are compensated. I suspect that they are, but with greatly reduced compensation. If I knew more, I'd surely share it. But, that's all I've got. Have a super day.!

I really don't know but thank you for this thread and I'm going to read all answers I'm interested in this. I had a blue star and 98/100 I lost it to a red star then got my blue star back the next morning. I've been fighting health issues for the past 2 days in and out of the hostital and now I'm back down to a red star. I'm just not going to worry about it. I have too much on my plate now. I would like answers though...

this whole myLot payment method is a mystery. And I feel it may always remain a mysterty. I don't believe that our ratings dtermine a members earnings. The negative rating is being abused think of the ramifications if we determined others earnings. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!

I dont know what makes them go up and down. But I just know 94 is a point away from 95, which means sadly I am just ONE point from a blue star :( I try rate people high. I hope they so the same. Maybe they I can go blue, I'm so tired of red! :)

I honestly have no idea if our star ratings are related somehow to our earnings. From what I can decipher, you can earn higher rating when members gave you a lot of pluses. My rating is 10 but I don't see any slight differences in my earnings. I always gave a + rating to all those who responded to my threads. In cases like spammers and cheaters, I will report it right away to mylot admin. There's no sense in rating - as we all know the effort it take to give in our well thought responses. :)

I know that I ALWAYS rate every discussion that I respond to positive AND EVERY single response to my discussions. As long as the response is related to the topic posted, even if it is only a one or two liner. I feel like if someone took the time to read my discussion and post a real answer and all they could think of was one-two lines, they deserve credit for it. I have one friend who always post one or two lines but is always a sweet person, I couldn't skip rating this friend. I would hope that our earnings don't depend too much on the ratings we get as I know not everyone is a vigaliant as I am at rating all discussions and responses.

I'm not for sure about it. But I too wonder about this. I take my time to respond to people. I try to be as descriptive as possible. Had a 10 star rating. Thing one day I responded to a topic on religion and what my beliefs were. I'm a pagan and the topic was started by a Christian, the next day I went from 10 to 5 WTF. I think what it boils down to is that if someone don't like something you have to say, even if it is written well, they will go into your postings and responses and rate you negative. At least this is what I think is happening. Slowly I have gotten my star rating back up to 7. I think that if you read something you should respond to it, and rate it. Just because you don't believe the same way someone else does, doesn't mean you should rate negative. How well is the post or response written? That should be what decides if they get a + or - rating. Not if you agree with what they have to say. This is a good topic Beanie, thanks for starting it. BTW I take the time to rate ever response in a discussion that I reply to or start. Do you do that to.

Not sure how the rateing thing goes but if I like the discussion I rate it and if I like a responce I rate that one I was rating every one the read some where you only rate one responce and that one is to be the one you like best! I just plow ahead and respond and post when I think of something and I dont worry about the star or the pay I get along better that way I dont worry about it

Interesting questions beanie, for all you know what oyu say must be absolutely right. Mylot does claim that our reputation is determined by the users according to ratings they give us. If that is true then we sure don't earn for the unrated discussions. I've read from many users that they don't bother to rate and all they do is award the best response. But again those ratings could be only determining the "star" rating and not our earnings. We must be getting paid for every response if its rated or not. Quality is defined by each individual so there is no set standard to ascertain that. What's quality to one may not be for another. Before I knew that we had to rate every single response, I think the users were paid for their responses to my discussions. So, maybe rating is not related to ratings but just the reputation as in star rating.

I honestly don't know and will follow this topic myself. I think everyone wants to know the method. I was 86/100 and recently recieved a 87/100. How does it work, was something deleted, who knows. I can say now, from being a 10 to a 9, I have noticed my earnings have dropped, how much, I couldn't even tell you. But, I didn't make as much as I made last month. Thanks for a great topic

As far as I know, I beleive, that the star and the rating does not always determine the amount of money we earn from our post. Although members rating could have an effect. Let's say for an example that my post recieves a lot of positive ratings and all, I doubt i would be paid higher, because the earning is calculated within 24 hours, however, you could still get ratings after 24 hours. However, as far as I know, I believe, that negative ratings could be the reason for earning less. Another reason I guess for the fluctuation in our earnings is the earning of mylot itself. The amount mylot earns per day obviously fluctuates, and so do our earnings. That's what I believe!

I know that I always try to rate the discussions and responses that I read, although I rarely use the - unless I see something that violates the myLot guidelines. Then I report it and rate it down. I give all quality discussions a + and I usually just don't bother rating the one word responses. I would be interested to know if that would account for the large fluctuation though because that may account for some of it. This is a very interesting discussion and I will be checking back to see what other responses you might get.

I think our earnings are related to whether the replies have been rated, if not ,we may not get any credit for them, it can also explain why even we have same number of post of same quality in different days ,but our earnings are quite different which depend on when will the members rate them. I may not rate all the replies just after I get the replies, but i will rate them postive after i read them, iwill not give negative rating because I think it will decrease the earnings of that member.

That is very interesting. I have not heard this theory before. But it does make sense. The longer more established members seem to make more money than us at the bottom. I wonder if that is because everyone rates their discussions. I think I shall keep an eye on this one. It is a shame that mylot will not divulge this information to us.

I'm not sure. I just want to know why I'm a 9 and not a 10. I mean I know it shouldn't but it really bothers me lololol. It has yet to change either. I wonder if you have a low number if it ever gets higher. Who knows. I think mylot only knows really lol.

I am much like the rest here, a bit confused about the stars and numbers, yesterday my star was red and today it is back to yellow - I have no idea why, but it´s not a big deal, I concentrate to have fun here and rate people with + and never a minus, or nothing at all in some cases. Getting good contact with people is the most important and we learn from each other all the time.

No according to MyLot each person makes the same per post, the algorithm works out to where everyone makes .01 per discussion or comment. No one makes more than anyone else unless they are psoting more.

well yes and no..depending on how they respond to every discussions and vice versa in posting..i rate when i respond always i dont know if it helps but by marking as best response maybe..nope i dont think so we get less maybe because we have responded some discussions that have been deleted after detection of double posting orhave discussed already previously...by posting original discussions or topic may earned more when responded by many members here..

I wanted to know that too but now I know as I read other's replies but none was extremely helpful.

GREAT question, I would love to know about this too. I have no star by my name and am unsure why...maybe it's because I am still so new? I also think that they do give us more for rated topics. I have noticed that on the one day that I chose all of the best responces that I was paid more.