Do you care about your Mylot reputation???????

If I said that I don't care about mine it would not be the truth but mine got a bashing a year ago after a misunderstanding and it is going to take ages and a lot of help from my friends to get it back to where it was. There are some users here who use the rating system for voting rather than rating. That is not how it should be used at all. They do themselves more harm than good too. I just have to put up with the damage that they did and wait and hope for better days

hi! Yes, I really care about it and I even care for it much more than I care for my earnings, because I really care what others think about me, how they treat me- because you know that the reputation actually shows the meaning of the others about you and you discussions and posts- when it goes up, it means that people like you discussions/posts and rate them positive"+", but when it goes down, we are upset, because it means your posts are not god and people rate them negative "+" i always try to rate the people who post in my discussions, but we can only rate 11 members per day! So try to do the same, if you want to have a higher number

Actually i'm kind of angry with this star thing. I know it is affected by others' rating of my posts, and i've been serious with whatever i post ever since i joined mylot. But what disappointed me is my star has never reached the highest. The best was nine but soon afterwards it dropped to eight and then seven. I'm wondering whether people are always rating my posts negative, and i'm even more curious about the reasons. Maybe i should just leave it there paying no attention.

I too care.At first I got my reputation as 8..and then after few days it went to 9.I'm happy with my work...I will aim for 10.No matter how long it takes but I will try to achieve that...

Guilty! A newbie here and of course ... without this discussion I would have not known what those stars are for.. because of that a "+" for you apocalypsereturns! =) Cheers!

It is the same for me. I have been looking forward to reach my 100 post to know how much I was rated, it came out to be a 5 and then the day after it was a 6 and the day after a 7, it took me 3 days to get my star to 8 and everytime that star changed I was always very happy, so yes I do care about my rating star, it means I'm giving a good contribute to mylot and so that I am doing well,next one is a 9 I hope that will come soon, but I guess it will depends on how much efforts I will put on my answers :)

Most of the old timers here at mylot will tell you that it does not matter much anymore. We are here even if we are only earning pennies after so many years, is for the reason that we are enjoying what we are doing here, sharing our thoughts, being friendly and learning from other people. it is quite addicting.

yes i do. i got a 10 rating for how many months now. there was a month when i got 9 and i got worried already. my reputation here matters a lot. i feel like i did something wrong when my reputation went down. i feel down too.

I've been on myLot for over 3 years. My star was red for a very short time more than 2 years ago. It went down to 7 and has stayed there religiously ever since. It bothered me until I found out why. The reason my star sits at 7 is because I always say exactly what I feel is true. There are times when responding to a controversial post that the truth must be shaded in order not upset the Poster. This I refuse to do! To me the truth as I see it must be told no matter what! Consequently I get down rated often enough to keep my Star at 7. I am proud of my record here on myLot. I see my 7 star as a badge of Honor!

I don't focus on the number, but I would much rather be "liked" here on MyLot rather than disliked. I really would like to see people see my name in discussions and want to read them, rather then ignore them.

I don't worry about it too much because it's beyond my control to a great extent. I just focus instead on writing what I think are good posts. People choose to rate up and down for a variety of reasons -- including reasons they're not supposed to take into account -- and I know I'll never please everyone.

I do care about it to some extent, and it does frustrate me when my rating drops for no apparent reason. It does not bother me enough to lose sleep over or even to really think about it when I am not on myLot, though. It also does not bother me enough to stop saying what I think just to get a higher rating, although I do try to nicely, politely, and respectfully disagree with people rather than doing it in a rude and offensive manner. I guess that the thing that bothers me the most is that when trolls negatively affect our ratings, it also affects our earnings. We only make pennies on here anyway, so it really does not affect them that much, but it is more the fact that they have that power, even as small a power as it is. I guess that probably is why they do it, though, because it makes them feel more powerful and in control than they really are both on-line and in the outside world.

I care to some degree. I don't put a whole lot of stock in the numbers or the rating system.... you can drop a very points very suddenly and then jump back the next day. I have a hard time keeping quiet when I see someone obviously lying... I will call them out on it. Once my score dropped by 3/100 just during the course of a discussion... then it bounced back up the next day. I think it is how members see YOU...not your number.

yas i do worry about it . i love to have a good reputation and i am now at 9 stars and i am working hard to make it 10 . but i cant do nothing about it its only the rating i get from people in mylot that will earn me another star and make a 10 star . i will look at it daily and i will be longing for it become 10 . but i was happy that when i first got stars i got 8 stars . .

I won't lie, it does feel good having a 10-star reputation I always try to add to the reps of other users whenever I can, because I believe people should be credited for their contributions towards mylot

I don't check it much. When I put the cursor over the star I see my reputation, but that's all, and I don't really do it on purpose. It's nice to know that people value you, and I have never rated anyone negative so far, but I think we don't need to be pressured by our rating. We are doing all our best, isn't it? h

Hello, I was never obsessed with that reputation thing. I just use myLot in creative purpose. I want to share my views with people here. I wanna help where I think I can. It is a great place for sharing opinions, having friendship with like-minded people. I submit positive posts, but I never forced it. It comes out spontaneously, as I am actually positive minded. To say good words you have to be good. To say something nice one actually needs to be kind. I just be myself here, and don't think about the rest. God bless you

i had no idea about the mylot reputation thing up until now. thanks for making this post. it has been very helpful to me.

I'm very much concern about mylot reputation...it indicate how the persons is good in creating and posting the discussion..once times my rating has decrease from 9 to 8 and i feel very em brassing to see that and i start to do quality discussion and after two days i got 9 rating on mylot...then i feel very gracious...

I care about it but that is just probably becuase I've not been here too long. Once I get to 10 I will be happy, but then if I lose it well, never mind it's not such a big deal.