Imagine-Although This Could Never Happen (Sad)

jujunme the rating system is not used as it was intended. I just keep hoping that members use it appropriately, as it was intended. I never use the neg button and continually am using the plus. So not sure how the suggestion would help because it does not appear that myLot can do anything about it. I know a few members who were trolled so badly that their 10 dropped overnight to a 2. All admin could do was bring them to a 5 so not sure how any suggestion can help. I just continue to be and not concentrate on the ratings.

I think your suggestion has advantages as well as disadvantages. As you and The Lamb mentioned, it will certainly deter the cowards who are just negging out of spit. However, I think it can also cause negging war. As in the other member felt he/she was negged unfairly and neg the member who negged him and so on....going round and round in circle. I like the suggestion of older Lotters (could be The Lamb, mysD someone else) - the neg and the report button combined - so when you neg someone, you got to give a reason. And if the admin see fit (violation or against Tos), the neg stays. And if it is neg wrongfully, the neg goes away.

I am glad to know that you know those numbers by one's avatar means nothing here on Mylot! Several Myloters, especially the propagandas, would simply use the -ve button on anyone with opinion different from theirs. On the other hand, you can almost always tell that someone is not a die-hard republican or a blind crowd follower by simply noting how low their rating have become.

I think it would be different if that happened I know that I wonder what people put if it's neg or not about my comments.

Hi. jujunme. Yes, this would be a great idea. I don't think that anyone is using the button at all for any of my discussions. My rating stays the same everyday. It has been like this for over a year as of now. I would like to see whom is rating me positive or negative. And I bet that many people will not rate me or anyone negative anymore once they found out that we could see whom it was. Many people get away with rating others negative just for the h*** of it. It is wrong and it is very sad that myLot does not have this feature. If they did, then many people would not rate others wrongly.

That would be awesome. The site would be full of catfights between everyone and everyone else who uses the rating system, as everyone would disagree with why they're being voted down and would scream about it. Well, "everyone" might be an exaggeration, but I still think this would be horrible if it were ever implemented. Just because someone says they're being voted down for no good reason doesn't mean it's true. I'm sure it does happen sometimes, but I'm also sure most of the negative votes are done with good reason. Just having to add a reason sounds a bit sensible (in case admins want to check for people abusing the ratings system), but letting the recipient of the rating see it is a bad idea.

jujunme wow that would be neat but remember this if I knew who minused me every time I would get very angry, and I bet others would too, so we would have non stop wars on our hands, bu t if it would make p eople think before minus ing yes I would like that to happen. but I can see the drawbacks of anger and retaliation if we had that software. Why not suggest this to mylot? It could work if people had to give a valid reason and if they did not, mylot admins would not let them use the minus key. Great idea I really like it.

Great idea. Why not submit it to the adm?

I have another complaint on how features are used on mylot. When you post a response you are given the opportunity to also add a tag, I think these are then used to find subject matter easier in discussions you may want to respond to. These tags are suppose to reflect the subject matter of the discussion and reponses. Lately, I've been seeing insulting tags that are designed to offend and added merely to insult the poster. My discussion on the Japan disaster is one such instance. I also see tags were added to show me it was reported and that it was a repeated discussion. Forgive me for being somewhat aggravated, but I do believe I ADDED within my discussion the fact that there was a tsunami warning for the west coast as well as there having been an earthquake, which was different from the others I saw posted on the disaster. It is plain to me that there is someone who dislikes the fact that I am an outspoken believer by the tag 'bible nutter' added to this discussion. I did not mention the Bible in my discussion once. So, what do we do about this? I contacted the administration of mylot and complained. I'm not going to be bullied. If I am I will speak out and NOT be silent about it. This is a great site, and should not be used for such petty cr*p as this. The rating system is not supposed to be used to indicate others disagreement, only to reflect whether poster stays within the guidelines. Neither are the tags meant to insult or defame the OP.

It seems that practically everyone here is getting the feeling that they have been unfairly treated by other users. That in a way is some relief as, if every one gets that treatment it squares up the account - does it not? I lost a star too and I know how, where, when and who did it to me! [em]angry[/em. Now about reporting abuse or giving negative votes if done openly that will result in World War III as even if it is rightly done the one who got it will fight till the end to prove them wrong.

Brilliant idea. I would like to know who they are, and why? I would know how to treat them in future and which discussion I should avoid to respond. I would wait till they fall, and I would launch my own attack.