Negative Ratings

My criteria is exactly the same as yours. I try not give them very often as I don't think they're very helpful, but sometimes people really have nothing positive to add to MyLot. It's a shame really. I give positive ratings all the time though!

I give a negative mark if the responce is totally off of what the main subject is. I dont rate post that often and usually I give " + " marks.

Having long been a victim of unfair negative ratings, I follow guidelines much the same as yours. The GOLDEN RULE, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." is excellent advice that very much applies here. I'm very much of the opinion that the people who go around rating negative without commenting in a discussion are narrow minded, passive aggressive cowards lacking the courage of their convictions and the intellectual skill to explain themselves as to their disagreement with the person rated negatively.

i dont usually give negative ratings. i think i have only given about 1 or 2 negative ratings and that was when someone was bashing a person in the discussion, i think that kind of attitude is uncalled for.

My criteria are basicaly the same as yours. I will report some of those as necessary. I also give negatives to people who leave misleading information about mylot...you know, the bad stuff that could really confuse new users who don't know any better yet. The only other time I leave negatives is on those posts that are maybe two words at most and make absolutely no sense.

I would give negative ratings if I find the mylotter vulgar, rude, obnoxious and misleading other people with incorrect information... Unfortunately, giving such negative ratings seem to have an impact on my own ratings as well...And therefore I haven't been giving negative ratings too much now....I think its plain silly to rate someone negatively while getting one's own ratings lowered especially when one is trying to help make mylot a more friendlier place...