Why does the Star Fall Faster than it will Rise?

WOW sweetie! I hadn't even realized that you were still at a 9 rating. I am very shocked at that too. I don't know why it hasn't gone back up to a ten though. Maybe there are some people on here that like giving out negative ratings for something they disagree with or something. You're a 10 in my book!

Hello,brokentia,honestly,i could not explain it. I think many members have same experience like you,some of them rebound the next daywhile the other stay at the trough. May be it is the glitch of mylot which something goes wrong with your rating suddenly,I do not think it is your discussions or replies as they are all of good qualities,I cannot imagine someone mark you down because they do not like your discussions or replies. Anyway, i hope you will get back your blue star soon. Good luck

I have often wondered if people can actually 'revenge rate' on this site, because Mylot say they are not in control of how your star drops or rises, it's done automatically, but what's to stop someone rating every single response and discussion of yours NEGATIVE? That has always worried and concerned me. You do a lot of quality discussions and responses my friend and you are a well respected member of Mylot x

Honestly, I wish they would get rid of the darn stars. I know you give quality answers and you post good discussions. I really don't know why the star rises slower than it falls but I wanted to come in here to tell you that in my opinion, your one of the best people here. I can always count on you for a good reply and a good laugh every now and then. I don't understand it either.

I have tried to figure it out also and can't. I think you are right in the fact that someone targeted you, for whatever reason, to bring your star rating down, but I know that I have alwasy enjoyed your discussions and since I have been here I have always had you on notify so that I can join in your discussions. I am unsure how many Best Responses you have to attain to make your star rating go up, or if that is what determines it, but I am convinced it is. But I am sure you have a bunch, cause I know I have given you a alot of them from my discussions, I find your responses always thorough and well thought out and very informative so I am just as baffled as you my friend.

To be honest, NO IDEA. I find the situation to be the same too. I first hit 98, then it dropped to 97, then 96. Lol, it has stayed that way for as long as I remember, probably waiting for an opportunity to drop further. I do agree that you always give very quality responses. I suppose it is the algorithm of myLot. Just a guess - that it is better safe than sorry. When you give minus to someone, that someone is doing something wrong. So to err on the side of caution, the minus has greater effect than a plus. People usually sit up and take notice when a rating is too low. So a minus needs to be powerful. Remember that manish cheater guy whose star dropped from 7 (I think) to 1 (I think) overnight? I doubt that if we gave him pluses instead of minuses, he will climb from 1 to 7 overnight.

I don't believe the star rating is really necessary here. I have friends who have a 5-7 rating when they truly deserve a 10. They always leave quality responses to any discussion. They post quality discussions as well. They participate in the discussions they start. It only takes an irrate few to lower that star rating. It can also bring a person down when they see this happening. Lowering self-esteem is not what MyLot is about. The star rating needs to be eliminated.

I've noticed that too with people's ratings. I wonder if it's because when Mylot introduced the star it was too easy for people's ratings to go up or down, so then Mylot changed the formula to make it harder for a small number of people to affect another's rating? And now that the formula has been changed, it's harder for a star rating to move up *or* down, but if your rating went down at the beginning, that means it's very difficult to get back up to your original rating.

you have to get a lot of plus responses to outweigh a visit from the negative raitings fairy. There was a time when a very small number of mylot users abused the system by awarding negative ratings to all that disagreed with them. Also, i feel some individuals took it upon themselves to follow users that they disagree with and hand out negative ratings to anything you type. Mylot seem to have this under control and watch the users who do this sort of thing. However, in a recent alert, mylot have said that no single user can effect your reputation star, but if a few act together, they certainly can. Blessed be

Isn't this true in "real" life also? If you get targeted by one person who is determined to marr your reputation it takes a lot to rebuild your character and show the person that you are. I remember how I felt when I fell from a high 9 to a low 8. I'm still trying to rebuild ... but I know that you're an outstanding myLotian. You really don't cheat, you have lengthy and intelligent answers, and you always speak from the heart, not giving an answer just for the sake of boosting the number of posts that you have. All of us who know who you really are believe that you're a 10 regardless of what the star next to your name means!

i don't know what it is that takes it so long to go up, but i actually think it has something to do with the fact that all the same people are rating you, no one new really is... Causing it to take longer, because as the MyLot staff told us, just a few people can't change your rating, so that could be it... You do give some of the best quality responses i've seen on here, i don't understand why you wouldn't be pretty darned hi by now again, but as far as I'm concerned, i don't look at that for you anyway, i just look at how great all the responses are.

it is indeed a sad thing that no matter how well we post our discussions with quality wecan get low star ratings even if the users disagree to what we say.i had my ratings reduce drastically from a 75 to a 64.i still dont know what i did wrong but there are some people who disagreed with what i said and decided to mark me down.i do not care a lot about the star ratings but at times it does make me feel bad with regard to the ratings because i do know i give fairly good responses.i never mark anyone down when i rate them.i just ignore bad responses but yet this happens.i guess we need to give responses which will be agreed by everyone ,even if we know that it is not right according to us,yet we do it for the sake of our ratings.

I had the same thing happen to me, I think it was a few weeks ago, I had mine go down to a seven and it takes forever for it to creep up, like a point a day. I have no clue why it takes forever, but I just hit a + button ;)

I share your concern, Brokentina!. I'll try to explain the reason that I have figured out about why it goes down quickly and rise slowly. So please bear with me:-) It has heppened to me twice. First when i got my star, it was 9 (86/100). In a week it went up to 90. Then fortunately or unfortunately I participated in a controvercial discussion and that too was just for an advice. All people in that discussion were name calling each other and were making personal attacks. I just asked them to be respectful and don't name call each other. Many people got angry on me and said they had right to name call. Then the obvious happened:-), very next day my star went down to 78 from 90. It again rose to 92 uptill last week when i started a discussion and may have hurt someone by just disagreeing. so it is now at 91 down from 92:-) This was just to give you a little back ground. Now the reason... I figured out that when some people collectively decide to go on negative rating rampage, you will end up having sharp fall in your star rating. For example if 5 people are disturbed and they decide to affect your star, they will go after as many of your discussions as possible and collectively will make huge amount of negative ratings. Say 5 people rate you negative on your 100 posts, you will get a total of 500 negatives, so sharp fall:-) Now whenever same people will see your comment somewhere they will rate you negative and even if you have gotten + from 10 people these 5 people will at least nullify 5 +es, so slow rise!:-) Unless some of your friends help you, your star will either rise slowly or remain as it, i will try to help you as much as i could:-) best of luck.

hi brokentia... i'm sorry to hear that there are some people out there that don't like your opinions and therefore had targeted on your star reputation to hurt you... i think they are really cowards and immature to do that as this is a free forum and everybody is allowed to express their opinion openly as long as it follows mylot guidelines... but i just want to tell you to relax and chill out... don't be so disheartened by the star as it is just a star... the main thing is to know that you had done the right thing and it is the most important thing... you are a 10 in my eyes and i hope your star rating will rise up again soon... just be patient and enjoy your time here... good luck...

I feel the same you do hon. Its so odd to have your star rating drop so quickly and then not rise at all when you are pretty sure you are getting quite a few pluses. I think, like you said, its just someone going around targeting people that have a good rating. Really I wish mylot would figure that out and ban them or something.

I have noticed that on some of your discussions say at the bottom that you rate all responses, and do not mark you negatively for your opinions unless you are cheating...well, the just of what you say! LOL So, to answer your question. I am not certain, but I am going to take a guess and not say, "I don't know." I think that a few, to four months ago they had a system on the stars that made it easier to raise and lower your star rating. And, they stopped this system as your star lowered making it harder for your star to raise back up to the top! :) I'm sorry! Let's try another scenario.... When people read responses, do most of the people focus on the negative of the positive rating? Well, when people are trying to catch cheaters, they are going to be focused on marking negatively. So, if you do not agree with that person, or offend them somehow they are going to mark you negatively, and others might not actually rate you. So, what I am saying is that your are not getting rated positively the way that you should, you are just getting the negative that you do not want. If that makes any sense at all! Sorry, just trying to think of something that might help you to believe in yourself and to keep trying! I have to tell you that I love your discussions and your responses. You really are open, positive, informative, and very humorous!! And, I do rate your responses and discussions with a positive every time...just to let you know! :D ++ I wonder how long this is?? LOL :)

That is aggravating...mylot needs to come out with some anti-targeting software. It is aggravating to know that people seem to do that kind of thing and then they get away with it, probably without suffering any ill consequences for their actions. I wish I could help, or give a satisfying answer, but unfortunately I can not. So sorry, but please don't get upset. People who do this kind of thing are not worth it.

Hi brokentia. I am so sorry to hear that this has happened to you. I always look forward to your discussions and responses. I have marked all of the responses you have ever given me positively as I rate the way you do. Pretty much the only way a person will get a negative is to copy and paste or give a one word answer, or not even an answer at all. Sometimes I just get a bunch of letters like a baby was banging on the keyboard lol.

Well for the record I'm always giving you pluses ;-) ...you have some truly great conversations here...and in my book you're a ten...I agree with Brendalee though that maybe the star thing should be done away with...but I guess MyLot figures we or they need some kind of system to rate how we're doing here