I always rate the responses I get from my friends positive.

Hi bala, I have always given positive to eveyone of my friends who respond to my discussion and it is a done thing like responding back to them, its good manners really. Tamara

Hi bala, many times this has come up..I always rated my responses to my discussions as positive mainly because people have taken their time to read and respond to my discussion...they may well be my friends but also their are people who respond whom I don't know so I have always felt that their response is just as worthy as anyone elses..LoLo

I'm shaking your hand as well Bala and shake it every time we come across each other in my discussions as well. I always rate every single response which comes into my discussion positive. It's my way of showing my appreciation and saying hello.

Hi balasri, I do in the similar way as well, when receiving any response in my discussions. After picking any topic I’m interested, I usually will give it a good score first, before sharing my view and feeling with the discussion creator. Yeah, giving a good rate to our friends is the only and best way to express our gratitude for the dedication of them to do such good job here. Happy posting

I think that is a wondeful way to think about it. I always rate all of my friends positive too for taking the time to respond to me. there ahve been times when I have skipped over a few of them though becuase they were not topic related or they were spam.

I love to help people go up in scores. I feel badly when someone starts out with a bad score here because they disagreed with someone, misunderstood the rules or had difficulty with the English Language when they first started. So if the person makes an effort to be nice and tries hard to answer my question, then I like giving them a +.

Do you know what? I mark every response I get, whether good or bad, or in my own discussions or others', with a positive rating. Only once have I ever given a negative and that was by mistake, as they're close together, and once done, you can't undo it! I wish they'd move the rating buttons, and have a positive on one side, and a report button on the other... end of story. I guess that will never happen though! I just have the habit now of automatically rating positive on each response. It makes me feel good, somehow. Brightest Blessings.

I rate most of the responses I get as positive too. If they are in context and not just a few words only, then why wouldn't I? If the response is completely out of context or just a word or two containing nothing significant, then I just won't rate at all. One thing I've rarely done is rate negative. I'll report blatant violations, but I've rated responses with a negative maybe twice in the entire 3 years I've been here. I see what you're saying about feeling good when you mark friends positively because I feel the same way myself. My friends here always deserve it too, no question!

i think it is normal such as the rating system i guess it is created for that..so when you find a really good responses or discussions that interest you and may be they help to solve your discussions or be helpful in some way for you and yoru experience here..you can rate it to sho your particular appretiation towards them!!So it hink the rating system should be for that..when you really like posts from soem users on mylot..

Hi I am rating positively the discussion before responding. The same thing I am doing before commenting back to my discussion. It is a right thing to do for our friends and other mylotters. It is the greatness of you by feeling like shaking hands with your friends when rating positively. I know your friends must be really happy to have you as a friend. I am glad to be your friend.

I agree with you.It would also make your friends feel appreciated as it shows that there responses are being read by you. This would of course also encourage your friends to really put more effort to come up with good responses and to take the time to comment or respond to your discussions. The positive rating would generate positive results.

Yes, I do that too. I think it is one way of rewarding them for the effort they've exerted in responding to my posts. I also do rate posts of friends. Like this post you started, I rated you positive for this. I think we all have to take time to rate positively those who deserve it.

Hey balasri! I like the way you put that! I also rate the people in my discussions positive! And you are right!It does feel like you are shaking hands with them in person! I never thought of it like that! That is really a cool way to think of it! I do it because it is my way of thanking them for coming to my discussion and participating! My last discussion had over 100 responses and I rated everyone of them and responded to almost everyone too!

Hi balasri, I also rate my friends positive when they take the time to respond to one of my discussions. I like to see the familiar names appear and know I have their support. I have never rated anyone negatively but would not rate a response which had been copied from another source without the respondee putting original thought into their post.

A virtual handshake my friend, reaching across the four corners of the world, we may be so far apart but here it's like we are within reach and so the handshake is appreciated and it shows warmth, caring and a sense of community and being wanted which means a lot to me. Of late I have felt that I have been given a lot of warmth from my dear friends so the handshake is more than welcomed thank you dear friend, means a lot to me.

I think you are doing a wonderful thing and I am honored to be your friend. I too try and rate answers poitive where I like them a lot but sometimes I forget too. I am not too diligent in doing it without fail.. I should be.Hereafter I will also try and remember to do it.At times I will type so fast and there will be some preoccupation in my mind that I would forget it.

I always rate responses positive regardless of their views. It is only fair that others who come to response to our discussion gets what they deserve, a big thank you by way of rating them positively.

Of course there is no reason to give anybody a bad rating unless they get nasty and vulgar. Giving them a positive rating is a way of showing them that we appreciate their responses.

Hi bala! I do the same thing. I rate all responses positive as long as they aren't abusive. I haven't had to deal with that much. I respect people's opinions very much even though they may not be the same as mine. When I start a discussion..I really do want to know what people think..not just that they agree. So even though I may be shaking my head thinking I don't agree..I'm rating them positve. Take care.

I always rate them positive as well, as I don't see any need to rate them negative. Now, if the response isn't of a good quality, then I just won't rate them. I just don't think it is fair to rate people negative, because we all have a right to ur own opinions, whether right or wrong, and if the agree or they don't. I feel that if they are going to take the time to respond, then then should be rated with a positive. However, there are some that will rate negative, but no matter what, I will always rate them positive. Well, good luck to you and happy mylotting.