Do you rank every user on their posts and comments?

You don't get a star rating until you have reached 100 points. I rate as many people as possible. As long as they have put some thought into their answer and responded with more than a few words, I will usually give them a positive rating. Those who respond to discussions knowing nothing about the discussion saying "I don't know about this" usually get a negative rating. If the discussion doesn't interest you then don't respond. You have raised a good question because I can't help but wonder whether people are giving me positive ratings outside of the best response mark.

No one gets a rating at all until the have 100 posts. Even some users with more than that have lost their star ratings by getting too many -'s or being involved in questionable activities on here. That's rare but I have seen it happen. My first star here was a 9. The amount of time a person has been here and the number of posts they've made doesn't factor into what rating they get. There are people with many more posts than me that have very low ratings. It all depends on how many +'s and -'s they get. I forget to rate quite often but I do make sure to rate really good posts and really bad posts. It doesn't matter to me if they are friends or not.

I rate everyones discussion that I answer. I also rate everyone who answers me.It helps me keep track of discussions I have already answered so I dont go back and answer them twice. I normally give a plus unless the person, is mean or doesn't follow the rules. I think anyone who takes the time to answer my discussions deserves a plus. It is a good idea to rate. it helps the people who do a good job(with a positive) as well as those who don't follow rules (witha negative). By the way welcome to mylot!!

I rate a lot of people. Usually if someone is on my friends list I give them a +. I think a lot of the people who have a lot of posts and a 10 have so many +s credited to their name it is hard to move it down. It is kind of like money. If you have $1,000 and you lose one it isn't as significant as if you only had $10.

Some time ago I finally learned the importance to rank the posts and comments. Some people are not nice here and they just give negative marks. So some people's star gets lower. I want to change this unfair situation. So I have always rank positive to the posts and comments.

Hi Rollo1! I do rate all discussions and responses with a positive rating. I may not agree on the comments and I might find the discussion not to my liking but I always consider the effort made by each myLotter in posting,rsponding and commenting on each discussion made. When I was new here I really didn't mind the star rating but I was told it was given to myLotters when they respond with quality. As for me, I am after the quality and quantity of the responses I post. Even they are not in my friends' list if they deserve to be rated also as best remark, I give it to them. These were all advices given to me by other myLotters when I was new here too. Take care and have a nice day! Happy myLotting!

I rate people who respond to my discussions, that's my way of thanking them and spending their time and effort to respond to my post. Seldom do I start a discussion, that I am thankful to some of my friends that would take a peek to it and respond if ever they have something to say. I give them (+) whenever I see them making good points on my topic, leave some if their posts don't make any sense to me. The ratings has been introduced many months ago, some got 1, 9 and 10. I don't think the star ratings are just for old members here, I believe it is given to those who deserves to have it and who works hard for it.

If I find the response to be really good or the topics started are very good, then I will definitely rate the topic as well as the user. There are many topics here that I rated which are both meaningful and are more interesting as well. Generally I dont rate the topics such as "where are you from?", "what is your age?" etc.