As "The Boss" Once Said...
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
February 4, 2008 4:51pm CST
"I'm going down, down, down..." And I'm actually proud of it. No offense to any of my many friends here with the 9 and 10 ratings, so please don't take this the wrong way. What I really mean is that since I know in my heart I don't ever intentionally offend, insult or otherwise treat anyone rudely and I also know my friends here are open and honest enough, and know me well enough, to tell me if something I said may have been taken the wrong way, I believe that for someone to feel strongly enough about something I said to waste all the time it must have taken to take me down that much in such a short time - well, I guess I made an impact and struck a nerve. I've been corrected by my attacker for my grammar and saw this person quite sarcastically correct one of my friends for an obvious typo but I'll say this much - I know what the definition of discussion is and I know what "Freedom of Speech" a.k.a. our first Amendment Rights means so, hey, if I sometimes incorrectly start a sentence just sue me! I want to thank my friend for starting this interest and I hope he'll welcome me into the fold in earnest.
Annie
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11 responses
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
5 Feb 08
I [Theprogamer],
Hereby dub [Anniepa] new member and [Knight] of the Low Star Rating!
Set on this date the [04]th of [February], in the year [2008].
Now for the rest of my post
Sorry bout your star rating Annie. I've been less active in recent days so I didn't see what happened. As for my own rating, its still hovers at 64 (last time I checked). And I've already posted a couple of responses that may net me more "no star movement" or much worse a "wah... I'm gonna send you to the dirt" kind of reactions. -_-
At the very least Annie, just pick up and continue. Its quite alright to complain about the star system, but just continue to be yourself on mylot.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Feb 08
Thanks for responding, Pro, I know you've gone through a lot of this silly sh*t too. I have every intention of continuing to be myself here. I also know I can depend on my friends here to be honest with me and to know that if something comes off wrong I don't mean it to be abusive or offensive or to "reprimand" someone - which I was accused of doing...lol. I mean, who the heck am I to reprimand anyone? I'll give my opinion but, as I've said, these are discussions not monologues or lectures. As for my star, who really cares as long as my real friends here know it doesn't mean I'm a monster!
Annie
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
5 Feb 08
I know that being attack on here really hurts, because I have been there a few times. I do not let that stop me from speaking the truth, at least as I see it. There is a saying, "To thine own self be true." These are the words that I try to live by. If I am giving the opportunity, I need to speak what I feel in my heart is right. If I know in my heart that I am doing the right thing, the consequences, for me, simply come with the territory. Shake it off and keep going.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 08
Annie Like I just said to another Member some People on here need to get a Life
It seems they have nothing better to do then sit on their Computer and victimize People and I am sorry it is happening to you as well
Hugs to you Sweetie
@kwenge (2487)
• Kenya
9 Feb 08
I know what you are talking about dear because i have been there.........my star rate fell from 10 to 7 over night and i know it was because of one person. My attacker used to follow me in every response i make and rate me negative or report my discussion.........I thank God that person is no longer in mylot. I dont know where s/he went.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
14 Feb 08
I know, I've seen it happen to several of my friends here and I think it's absurd. "Crash" said this can't happen, that one member or a group of members can't effectively bring a member's star rating down but I can't buy that. How else does it happen? Did all of our fellow myLotters suddenly find all the posts you and I and others made to be negative in content? I find that hard to believe and it was easy in my case to figure where it had come from. Oh, well, I've gotten over obsessing about it - not that I was really "obsessing", it just hurt my feelings...lol!
Annie
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@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
4 Feb 08
Amen Annie! My star went from a 7 to a 3 overnight a few weeks ago. *singing right along with you* I love this place!
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
4 Feb 08
I love this place too! Unbelievable that you could drop that low, and I've read many of your posts and I sure don't get it at all! I'd say your username says a lot about what it takes to be a good member here. I get sick of the "thanks, I agree." and "I don't know what to say" responses. My feeling is this - anyone has the right to post whatever they please here, within reason of course but since they post it here in an open forum, anyone else, myself included, also has the right to reply. I never thought I'd become a girl with a bad reputation at this point in my life...lol
Annie
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
10 Mar 08
Sweetie, you will always have a "10" rating from me. You are such an awesome person, I can't see for the life of me why someone would want to treat you badly. Apparently your attacker didn't have anything better to do, and nothing good and upbeat to say, so he decided to show his true ugly colors. Just ignore people like that hon. Your true friends will stick by you (and stick up for you) no matter what. Hugs to you hon.....Carryl
@FireHorse (293)
• United States
6 Mar 08
Well I kind of feel ashamed of my rating now. I HAVE purposely tried to offend on several occasions! Guess I'll just have to try harder MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHA. What happens if I get trigger happy with my plus sign (as I tend to do) and start moving people's ratings higher? Will they get thrown out of the interest group? lol
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@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
9 Feb 08
I was taken all the way down to a 4 in less than a week. And I have no idea who did it or what I said to offend anyone. I am now making my way back up. But someone had to follow all of my posts and rate them all negative to do that. It's crazy really. Who has time for all of that? There are some days I don't even get to post on here let alone go to all of someone elses posts and rate them.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
9 Feb 08
I know what you mean. There are some people here who just take this mylot forum way too serious. I am only here to have some fun and make a little bit of spending money. i don't take anything said here to seriously. I think that if more members were like me and you, I think, then it would be more fun here. When someone says anything to me that I don't like, I just ignore it. I read it and then pass by it. I am not going to let anyone here make me feel bad about something I may say. I try to always say "in my opinion" when i am responding to a discussion. I wouldn't think that people here take anyones advice as being serious. For example if someone tells about their problems with their spouses and someone responds with, leave them, I wouldn't think they would actually take that serious and leave their spouse.
So my advice, in my opinion, is don't take people serious here and just enjoy yourself.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
14 Feb 08
That's excellent advice! I also try to always say "in my opinion" and I wish everyone would realize that this is a discussion forum and when you put your thoughts out there for the rest of the members to read they're going to give their thoughts in turn and everybody isn't always going to agree. I say thank God we don't always agree because if we did there would be no need for a discussion forum, would there?
Annie
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@Winter08 (441)
• Canada
10 Mar 08
It is amazing how powerful you must be!!! (Heavy sarcasam here is NOT directed at you.)
Actually, in a back handed way, it's almost a compliment on the impact of your discussions. For someone to take that much time to reduce your count ...
Keep up the good work. You have good discussions going. [Not that you needed me to tell you that.] :)
