NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, You Can't Catch Me!
By kbourgerie
@kbourgerie (8780)
United States
April 14, 2008 10:20am CST
Yesterday I posted a discussion about how my star rating decreased from a blue star to red. I went from a star rating of 98/100 to 95/100. Today I have gone from 95/100 to 90/100. Interestingly enough the day before yesterday I went down 3 points after posting 3 discussions. Today I went down 5 points after posting 5 discussions. I also appeared in the mylot digest on both days. My discussion that appeared there yesterday was about wallets and purses and yet someone tagged it mature content.
But guess what who ever is doing this? I still made $1.36 amd I wasn't even on all day. So who really loses? Its not me![em]rasp[/em So na,na,na,na,na, you can't catch me!
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16 responses
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Apr 08
Thanks for your support maddysmommy. By the way is your daughter named Madison? My daughter is Madison Jade and we call her Maddie.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Apr 08
Umm nope my son's name is Madison and we call him Maddy!
My husband found his name online and it said "Madison means son of Matthew" and because his name is Matthew, he fell in love with it right away LOL I've have only found it on one site LOL so who knows! It's a nice unisex name :)
My husband found his name online and it said "Madison means son of Matthew" and because his name is Matthew, he fell in love with it right away LOL I've have only found it on one site LOL so who knows! It's a nice unisex name :)3 people like this
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
14 Apr 08
By the way his name is Madison Luke. Your daughters name is beautiful, love the name Jade! :)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Apr 08
you must advise my lot somebody is out to get you and it is just not right. On principal please contact my lot and get it stopped.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
15 Apr 08
But Crash explained that one person alone cannot affect our ratings. Also, if one person is going round hitting the negative button excessively, they are dealt with. I think this is why people get banned even though they say they haven't done anything wrong.
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
Do you really think they will pay attention or just think its a petty fight between two people?
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
They are wasting their time, because I am not going to post any less. Since writing this I dropped yet another star, but I also appeared in the digest twice in one day and have earned yet another $2.00. LOL!
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
14 Apr 08
*giggles* What an awesome post! I love how you focus more on what you're getting out of mylot than the pettiness of others.
Heh, my star has gone down and up and down again a million times now it seems, and I stopped even really thinking about it. The "mature content" tag thing does still kind of annoy me though. 
Heh, my star has gone down and up and down again a million times now it seems, and I stopped even really thinking about it. The "mature content" tag thing does still kind of annoy me though. 
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Apr 08
At first my feelings were hurt AGAIN, but then I got to thinking about it and I realized that I didn't get any less responses, although by them tagging my post "mature content" it may have limited my responses. I'm not sure how that works. But I still made plenty of money, so pooey hoeey on them!
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@bluemars (952)
• Australia
14 Apr 08
Yes I am glad that does not affect your individual contribution at all. I mean it shouldn't anyway just because someone might not agree with you on something and rate negatively. I don't rating people negatively, if I am not interested in a topic I just don't respond to it but if I am then it receives a positive and I get stuck into it. Hence why I rated yours positively.
However it does not really bother me either because it does not effect us greatly it just tells us what others are doing in relation to our responses. Fair enough I say and love how my lot is fair that way. I am glad you are having a positive outlook about the whole think. Some people get really upset when they see their reputation thing go down. They should not be phased and just worry about the numbers that actually really matter to them. It is not a direct indication of how good they are anyway because some people just don't rate fairly anyway because they are doing that way to stir the pot sometimes.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I was upset at first, but then I got to thinking about it and I thought "really, what did I lose?" I still have just as many friends who reply to my posts and I am still earning regardless so the joke is really on who ever is doing this to me.
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@Modestah (11177)
• United States
14 Apr 08
Do the replies indicate who tagged the discussion as mature content?
I reckon the person who does this has very little imagination or ability to post desirable discussions so he/she uses up his idle time attacking those who do. my rating has continued to decline (though I have best responses, showing that my discussions are meaningful)
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Apr 08
No I'm not kidding, go look, if you don't believe me. Its my post about keeping your handbag and wallet close. How is that mature content?
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@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I can understand you being upset but the person who did that is probably doing that so that they can do a quick search for discussions. I use to tag every discussion I responded to with my user name that I have here. but I haven't done that in a long time.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
It turns out that there may be a valid reason for it being tagged with mature comment based on a comment someone left. So thats ok, but it still doesn't explain my ratings dropping dramatically.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
Small minds my friend, small minds. Thats why they do it. They can't see outside of their very small box.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
Overall since they began attacking me I have made almost $4.00. I have already made payout for this month as a matter of fact, so I'm not really losing a thing, am I?
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@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
14 Apr 08
nice to hear that you are earning as much as $1.36 a day, my highest was only 0.44 cents! how many posts did it take you for you to earn that amount? i always thought that your rating plays a part in your earnings, coz when my rating went down to 8, my earnings also went down, or maybe thats just a coincidence?
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I think its probably just a coincidence. I posted 5 discussions, but I'm not sure how many I answered to. I really don't keep track.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
14 Apr 08
Good for you no letting it bother you.
As for your discussion about purses I know why it is marked mature content. I just went and looked at it again. In response number 6 the word r@pe is mentioned. That will make it automatically tagged mature content.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
14 Apr 08
I didn't notice that, thanks for taking the time to look and point that out to me. Now it makes more sense.
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@phillygirl606 (1112)
• United States
15 Apr 08
Someone did that to me too. I made a discussion about how it's so expensive to go out to the movies. How the cost has went up so much, and someone tagged it mature content as well, I had over 1.00 in earnings that day as well.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
It turns out that it may have been caused by a comment someone left in my post. So thats ok, but rating someone negatively is just pure childishness.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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14 Apr 08
You are kidding, so when you see a tag on any discussion with mature content on it, does that mean that someone has done it on purpose? I am sure I have seen it on one of mine, or on someone elses and wondered why it was there!! So by looking at what you have put, everytime you put a discussion on, someone is marking it as neg, but why and who would want to do that, it seems a bit odd that someone would think that it was fun to do that. But at least you did not lose anything!! I think your discussions are good, why on earth wouldn't anyone else?
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I really don't know what the problem is with people. Now I'm even further down. Today I have a yellow star with a rating of 83/100. Tomorrow I'll probably be a 7.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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15 Apr 08
I think Mooch is right, maybe the more people make discussions about the fact that their stars are going down rapid, the more it will happen. I will help you back up the scale wherever I can though.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Apr 08
kbourgeried I went down another point too so am just glad my earnings are okay Imade a dollarand eighty cents yesterday so okay let them hit the blasted negative key. so guessI will have to use your philosopy. You know it does seem a bit like we are on a grade school play ground with all this childish negativing.How on earth could a discussion on wallets and purses deserve a mature content? that is weird.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
You are right Hatley, it is like being in grade school. I mean I thought this was a community of intelligent and mature people, but apparently I was wrong. It takes all kinds of people to make a world though.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
15 Apr 08
I really like your positive attitude. I don't know why we have the stars. They don't really mean anything and they are supposedly subject to abuse, otherwise how else do they drop so much in one go?
The important thing is that you got the goodies (yay!) and that's the main thing.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
My points have dropped two stars over two days and at first I was kind of hurt by it, but once I thought about it, I just had to laugh. I know I'm doing all the right things as proven by the fact that I have been in the digest 3 days running, twice yesterday and have already made payout for the month. What more could a girl ask for? LMBO!
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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15 Apr 08
Points and ratings go up and down like a yoyo on here hun. Just keep doing what you do - lol@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
15 Apr 08
There is no way that I am going to let anyone deter me from continuing to post. I am proud of my achievements here on this site. I have alot of good friends, alot of support and all regardless of my star rating. Thanks.

















