decreasing star rating

United States
May 5, 2009 1:58am CST
does it irritate you when your star rating goes down? I didn't realize until last week or so what makes a star rating go down. But I learned its when people give your posts a negative rating, i myself always try to give a good response that isn't just one sentence,...but someone pointed out that when in political topics your star rating can go down, and it makes me mad that even though i just spoke my mind ( not vulgar or anything insulting) that people were petty enough to give me a negative just because i had different views........anybody else face the same issue???
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6 responses
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 May 09
It makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to me whether it goes up or down. If it goes down solely because someone did not agree with what I stated and they are happy to see it go down, well then I am happy that they achieved their goal If instead of stating their own opinion it makes them happy to bash others then I feel sad for them but that's life. Some have an odd way of getting their kicks I feel and often said that we are all *stars* here on myLot no matter what the colour and just as long as it's fun then that is all that matters!
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@smartie0317 (1610)
• United States
5 May 09
Yes, I've had this happen to me. People rate my posts, or threads, badly because they don't like me or my opinion. A few months ago, someone started harassing me and started posting stupid and vuglar comments on every thread I posted. When the root of the problem was someone sicked them on after I posted something, politely, in a thread they made that they did not like. I've also reported people for bad behavior, one poster was trying to sell a dog on mylot!, and they've come to my threads and reported them and given my negative reactions. I don't let it get to me, because that's what they want. Also, my star is an 8, like your's, and I feel it's fits me. It's good, but not perfect. I know a good mLoter but not a perfect one. So, I'm happy. Stay positive.
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• United States
5 May 09
that sucks that sort of thing happened to you, and i applaud your attitude because you are right that most of the time the only option is to stay positive because we can't change the other person or their feelings,,,,and i think that it is cool that you embrace your star rating because you realize its not really important, what matters is how you think of your own mylotting skills :)
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• United States
18 May 09
Thanks for rating me best.
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• Canada
12 Sep 09
I am not irritated by the raitings. I have bigger and better concerns in my life than to worry about something like that. As long as people are still responding to my discussions, and MyLot is still paying me for my discussions and tasks, I'm very happy. Let the star raitings do what they want.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
5 May 09
Yes there are people around here that are busy looking at other's business. They'd rate negative those people whose opinion they don't really like. Well my star rating has been down to 9 from 10 because of that. But I really don't care. What has star rating can do to me? I don't care even if that goes down to the lowest for as long as I can freely give my honest opinion and from that has been getting lots of friends and lots of best responses and I am also earning. So who cares about star rating? That does not hurt me in anyway. It is just star rating and is not getting any benefit from it.
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@eztuner (450)
• United States
5 May 09
How do you rate a post? I have never seen any key or I have never been asked to rate anybody. I thought it was Mylot admin who was in charge. Certainly for speaking your mind in a proper way it should not be a reason to receive a bad rating.
@boogerman (1544)
• Philippines
5 May 09
Hello, spicysweetie21! Well, posting in discussions about politics or religion can make your reputation to decrease because all of us here have different opinions and beliefs. If they are not agree with your opinion, they might rate you negative, which is bad. I don't know why there are some who don't respect the other's opinion, they consider the discussion as a debate. Just avoid those topics if you want. Happy mylotting and have a nice day!
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