My reputation value declined from 8 to 7, what does that mean?

@my1341 (456)
China
March 23, 2009 9:24pm CST
I have a reputation star now. I found it was 8 yesterday, but today it is 7. I wonder what that means? Does it mean that my postings are of less quality than before?
4 responses
@ktosea (2025)
• China
24 Mar 09
Someone must have rated you negative and that's why it decreased.don't worry about the reputation thing,you can not please everyone here. happy mylotting
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@my1341 (456)
• China
24 Mar 09
Thank you for your reminding!
@limbo9uu (134)
• China
24 Mar 09
it's means that there's alot of members have beyond you.you mast come on,then you can get 8 back.just post more,response more.i think you will back soon.
@my1341 (456)
• China
24 Mar 09
Oh, I see, thank you very much for you explanation!
@my1341 (456)
• China
24 Mar 09
I am very glad to see that my reputation value has come back to 8 again.
@echomonster (2226)
• Greenwood, Mississippi
24 Mar 09
There's really no way to know why your star rating dropped down. People sometimes even hit the negative sign under a post on accident! You may have even been rated down by people who disagreed with your opinions even though that isn't a valid reason. If you don't feel your postings are worse than before, then I think you should just continue on as normal -- star rating fluctuations just happen.
@my1341 (456)
• China
24 Mar 09
I really appreciate your explanation here! I will not get discouraged and continue to discuss with others and share my opinions.
@freerr (666)
• China
26 Mar 09
I think mylot re-calculate everybody's reputation every day, for China user, this time will be happened about 5:00--6:00 PM. I don't how to calculate, but I think there are some elements is avaliable, response's length, anybody's rating for you, response's amount of your discussion. So, just do it serious, you reputation will raise again. When I achieve 100 posts, i got level 6, this is bad for me since I want a 9. But just several minutes latter, I raise to 7. After one day, I raise to 9 directly. I am a little happy.
@my1341 (456)
• China
26 Mar 09
Congratulations! dear friend! You reputation value is higher than mine now though you have less postings.