Is anything going to change in the way you "work" on mylot with the new changes?

as far as what i've understand from the explanation, interest rankings will show how we are performing in a particular interest. there are 2 criteria for this, the "level" which will show our discussions in a particular interest is viewed by other members. the higher the level, the better. I think it is how we are rated. the other one is "ranking" which is how we are ranked in a particular interest compared to other members of that interest. I think this basically the same with level because it will also show how we are positively participating in an interest. but the lower the rand, the better. I think this is just another way where a member is rated and another way to add to our percentage participation. if we are active in an interest and if our discussions and responses are completely related to that interest, then we get a higher level and a good ranking. I think interest ranking tends to be specific while our ratings are more general. and then, I also think this can be used to lessen those abusive members who start a discussion under a completely irrelevant interest just to ride on with the popularity of that interest. I think all of us know that a lot of people do that.

Wow! I just read the message from admin, ctry. I think this new concept has the potential to work against us in some cases. I agree with what you said about some members, and believe it could lead to conflicts. I do know that I have previously had a few of my discussions questioned because I neglected to give a source, but in each case someone supported me and did provide a link which I was very grateful for. I suppose I will continue to do my discussions the way I've been doing them-making sure that I do provide a source when necessary.

i think its a new feature. it defines our rank in interest. But i also don't know how we get this rank. may be after some time we are able to understand. this is not going to change my way of act here.

To be honest i was shocked.They must have added that later on this afternoon because it was not here this morning.I read about what it said, and the way i understand it is they rate you by discussions only.For example if you answer a lot of questions say about sports then you have a high rating in that field,and if you do not answer a lot of sports discussions then your rate is lower..I may be wrong but that is what i got out of the whole thing.I am not sure what part it plays as far as us as an individual..I don't even know what the point of it is really.I supposs i will just go on and do what i have always done ...

I'm just going to go about my business as usual for the most part. I may pay a bit more attention to the interests I'm a little lower in if I think of anything to say but that's about it. I think I understand it although I wish we had a little more information about the "levels".

Hello Dear!!To be honest I don't understand what happened here!I will need more time and this days with all Christmas preparations I have no time !I will see!!I like my friends here I will try to stay in touch with all of you!!Warm Regards Silvana

I am continuing what I was doing.There have been quite a few discussions on this topic today.Iam very sincerely going through each and every discussion to figure out what the new change is all about.

This new rankings system is a push to have members rate all responses and or comments. My impression is we are rated in each interest by members rating a plus or negative for our responses and comments. So if a member reads each response and comment but does not rate them then that will affect our rankings. Welcome new star system. Ugghh!! This is going to worse than the star rating possible? HAPPY MPOSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I am trying to understand these new changes. I think I do. The interest number next to my name seems to vary depending on the discussion I respond to & what I write. I have started a couple of discussions since these changes, & one rated fairly high, & one very low. I am just going to have to monitor the situation. I think I have figured out that discussions started under the interests of life, MyLot or health rate very highly.

I don't understand it either. I am just going to do what I have always done, find the posts that I want to respond to.And I'll raye evreything I read.

it would have been nice if they would have given us a heads up with this and i still dont understand all thats going on, but i guess they have changed it to get the riff raff out??! lol

well i have no idea what this is about so i am just gonna go about my normal way and see what happens.

I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. I just started on mylot and I still don't know what I'm doing so now they change the rules. Eventually I will get it or I will just quit. I will miss some cool people but I should figure it out eventually!

I am definitely keeping on with the way I have been. In reality I don't know that it really effects much. If it is like the star rating then it is something that can change with one angry persons abundance of free time...I am curious though...level # out of how many? For relationships I am level 13, but is that out of 15, 20, 100?

I may or may not understand the new interest ranking, but it will not change what I am doing on myLot. I have tried to make changes lately, in making longer more complete answers. I do not think I will change who or what I respond to. I still spend the majority of time responding to whatever discussions my friends start. If I cannot answer those, or run out of them, then I will go to discussions with zero responses. If a topic is one that I can contribute to, I will do it, if not, well, I will skip it. I will continue to read, and rate, and that is about it. It will be interesting to see if this presents any changes, or any contentment, or even more discontent.

I'm kinda lost too. I don't completely understand it. I'm not going to change how I do things on here though. I'm still going to keep on how I've been doing.

I do not understand the rankings. Does it mean that a high rank is better and if I say what the others want me to say rather than what is right, I will get a better rating? So in order for me to be the best, I have to agree with everyone, so if mostly everyone says it is okay to steal food when you are starving, then I have to say that in order to be better loved among the mylotters? I do not think that is the way to go, to encourage someone to go against their convictions.