Would you negatively rate posts for moral reasons?

Yes, I'm the same... would only rate negative if a person was being abusive. Most responses here have stated the same and a few have said even then they wouldn't. I notice that so far no-one has admitted to doing it. Probably don't want people to know who they are as I'm certain that there are some here that would do that. So far I have never given a negative rating.

I wouldn't either... but I would imagine that petty differences of opinion would occur on here and that some immature people would go around negatively rating all posts by the person who had offended them. LIke you, I would probably report illegal activity.

Yes, that's true. There are people on here who I didn't like, some who I had disagreements with. Where I thought they were being unreasonable I would give a negative but even if I thought there opinions were completely ridiculous, I still would give them a positive if they said something I thought was good. I think it's quite sad of some people to follow certain users just to give then negatives or to give a negative just because they happen to have disagreed before when they haven't even read what they are rating.

Yes, for me it just depends on the content of individual posts. Even if I totally HATED a person... it wouldn't make me go in and negatively rate all of the persons topics or responses. If I felt a post was unnecesarily aggressive, hateful, abusive or whatever, I would give it a negative rating.. but not because I didn't like the person. As far as I'm concerned, even people you don't like have valid opinions.

See my score I haven't done anything either.. I have been posting regularly and I have never done any one line too. Maybe my opinion and theirs doesn't match. Those who answered your discussion need not necessarily rate negative, the others can do it. Those who do that will never come to these discussions to say that they do rate like that. Isn't it? But I don't care for that. I am just making my cents count and getting it. That's all.

Well, out of 14 responses so far, only one person has stated that they would negatively rate a persons post simply on the grounds that they don't like the person. You're probably right though... most of them wouldn't admit to it... which tells me that their conscience doesn't like it. A rep of 7 is good though... at least 70% of people find your responses helpful. I would only be concerned if it dropped under the 50% mark. But as you say, the reputation isn't the be all/end all, as long as you contribute to the best of your ability.

Who can really say why people negatively rate discussions and responses? According to most of the people who have responded here, they would only give a negative rating for abusive posts. Obviously, not all mylot users are the same. According to my rating (93/100) approximately 7% of mylotters negatively rate my posts... So what, it really doesn't matter... I'm not going to cry myself to sleep at night over it The fact is that I am now old enough to recognise that I don't need people's approval... if I had a rating under 50 I'd probably be looking to see what I was doing wrong... making posts too short... inappropriate content etc. In short, I would try to improve it. Not so much to gain the approval but to make sure I was making a worthwhile contribution to discussions. For example, you see some people respond to a discussion with a 'me too!'... what good does a response like that do apart from adding an extra post to the number of posts you've made? That's assuming that admin don't just delete the post and take the point back.

Yes, we always have a choice whether to read a persons posts or not and while our opinions are important to us we should never expect other people to live by our code.

Welcome to MyLot eddy... and thank you so much for being honest. I understand that you are saying you would negatively rate a post. But are you also agreeing that you would negatively rate every post a person made if you didn't like the person? BTW... I have given you a positive rating for your willingness to be honest.

Like you, I can't imagine people thinking it's okay to engage in behaviour like this... but I'm sure there are a small minority on mylot who allow differences of opinion to negatively color their perception of all of a persons posts. I know for a fact that I have never given a negative rating...though if a person were being abusive then I would consider it... if not giving a negative rating then at least reporting the post because mylot do not tolerate abuse of members.

I take the attitude of live and let live... I don't want someone telling me how to live my life so I'm not about to tell others how to live theirs. As I've said on mylot many times, life would be boring if we were all the same. So yeah, I wouldn't rate negative just because I had a 'bee in my bonnet' about someone.

I agree entirely about not giving negative ratings even when I vehemently disagree with the poster. We all have our opinions and are entitled to them. As I said in another response, mylot is a network of tremendous cultural and emotional diversity... that's one of the things that makes it interesting. Quite frankly, I think it would be boring to live in a world where everyone agreed with everyone

Good philosophy phillygirl... I frequently bite my tongue (figuratively) to stop myself making negative comments about others for the same reason. I would rather look for the good in people than focus on the negatives... not that it does them any good, but when you constantly focus on negatives it can make you personally feel very 'down'. Having said that, I would give a negative rating to someone who became abusive. Abuse is NEVER cool!

I think if it came to 'illegal' activity like confessions of abuse (either to animals or humans) I would be tempted to report a person. But that is no reason to negatively rate discussions. Further, I would never consciously give a person a negative rating due to past experiences with that person. I take each post as it comes and rate accordingly. If I ever found that a particular person constantly responded to my responses or discussion in a hostile manner then I would simply avoid that person. If they persisted in being abusive I would probably report abuse... without necessarily giving a negative rating to their post.

LOL rover... none of us do have any chance... considering the number of various philosophies of life that exist. No matter how we live we will ALWAYS step on SOMEONES toes!