rate the discussion not the person

hi allknowiong some come here from facebook and are still thinking like and dislike. folks this is mylot where you rate just the post not thinking who made it just thinking is it a good post or insulting and rate honestly not from liking or disliking the person. this is not a popularity contest. rate the work, does it help the mylot commiunity"? too many are hitting minus because they might not like he person which is wrong all wrong.

I go by my own example. I have been a sincere and good user here and I know when my star went down. No it is not the newbies!

hi allknowing I had a blue star years back and two tolls decided that an old woman making a discussion about smoking being bad for ones health should be punished.So they stayed up for 24 hours and minused everything I had written and in the morning I had a five star and fifty percent not my 99 and a blue star.The men were caught as they foolishly bragged about what they had d ne and my star was put back but only to an 8 and I worked hard to build up my reputation and my Friends I guess helped as I went up to nine then several years ago alex of admins told me and Diana he was going to give us blue stars and they did do it too So I have stayed there now at 95,6 percent and a blue star. I know you are a good user and i have tried to be also. the trouble is that our reputations do have a direct bearing on our earnings as they are figured in with the earnings algorithnm

It's unfair if we rate them positive on their behalf who acted like they own the site. So far, within 3 years already I didn't encounter those kind of people

hi julyteen and AkamaruKei wow you really are participating I see your numbe going up. I agree if the post is offensive I will either rate it negative or report it as often times it is something that should be reporteds I have not found any like that in years here. I agree iots s wrong to give a positve to something offensive.

Yes agree with you julyteen. If someone give a rude respond, offend or sarcastic we should rate them negative.

hi leateagee Yes me too as I think we all do do our b est and I just read the post and mostly rate positive. If the post is insulting I would rather just hite report and lit my mot admins decide good or bad.I have an account in Facebook but really like mylot a lot more.

drat forgot to edit hit not hite let not lit lot not mot this is just awful how m any errors I missed.

hi camomiole yes we must not get into the facebook idea of lies andsioliokes as we are noly ratning the p ost that is all. That way we will be fair as often times I will have a fewpersons yuo do not really like so don't let that enter into rating that post at all.No never rate a person just the post ever.

oh echo I cannot believe I let that comment go about as its just full of errors. it should be likes and dislikes as we are only rating the post that is all. that way we will be fair as often times I will have a few persons I do not really like but that must not enter into rating that post at all.hope that clears up that above comment of mine. I am appalled I did not edit that before posting the comment.[

camomile, Just remember that "helpful" does not equivelant to "Oh I really liked that response!" So long as its not fully based on how great you thought the response was but instead how helpful it is for myLot.

hi thanks yes if we all will remember this not Facebook and just rate the post mot pagting attention to who posted it. no likes or dislikes here. this is not Facebook but mylot.read the guidelines and the FAQ's again if you are new here.

hi thanks yes I have had so much fun here and enjoyed the long time here and am still enjoying it now at my advanced age and as I have all kinds of time I use it to my lot a lot. lol

I am here new, but more than 3 years of enjoyed myLot as there is no such a site where all are incorporated with its best combinations. Now, only thing we need to identify and differencitate what is the best out here and why myLot stands for and why so many are here for a long period of time and still enjoying the sessions out here. Of course, I from the (Hatley (57100) I can estimate how long you are enjoying the life over myLot. Have a nice day!

hi pointlessquestions yes a few have said oh I hit positive for all those peole I like and I am going whoa just a cotton picking minute that is what brings some new ones stars down as someone is rating them not their work. I seldom even notice who wrote the p st as I am reading the post and almost always giving a positive rate as it does seem to help the community and deserves a positve rating.

typo post not p st, and people not peole i do know how t o spell b ut duid nbiot edit and saw the errors after I hit post.

I also agree with you Hatley. I think it is good to rate according to the quality of the discussion and not if we like a person or not.

hi ajithlal I have noticed a few new ones even talk bout rating the person and I tried to remind them that in mylot we just rate the post as its unfair to rate something negative just because you dislike that person.I think if peoples reputations go up then we will get much more quality posts I agree.

I agree, then again, I've been here longer than Facebook, and mostly use Facebook as a gaming site... LOL

hi ElicBxn I have been here for fiv e yearas myself and I joine faceb oo later b ut am not on there mu ch now. I agree with cupkitties that the newcomers must read the guidelines and the FAQ's if they want to thrive there on mylot.they would be fine if they just p aid attenton to how mylot workd.

That may be true, but they need to leave the Facebook mindset at Facebook. I have seen a few newbies recently who have obviously come here fresh off the FB boat. You can tell by their discussions and how they interact with other users. They wonder why posts get deleted and other things happen. If they'd just realize they are in a whole different territory from Facebook, read the guidelines, the faq and pay attention, they'd be alright.

hi zandy thats it. I have seen some new ones do great posts yet their stars dropped quickly in one or two days so I feel somone is mistaking mylot for facebooks like and dislike. this is so unfair and when new andt this happens it can esult in new ones leaving before they even get started.yes if we just rate the post then we will not abuse the system and cause some to give up and leave.

hi c eltic oh you mean Facebook oh yes indeed. I agree a lot of idiots do abound o n that site. I hope we can keep mylot as unlike Facebook as possible for always. lol

I do too as we have a lot of very intelligent people posting here and that makes the big difference

I doubt hat Mylot will become anything like Facebook. One reason I don't tell everyone about and usually just call it my discussion group.

hi cupkitty yes indeed mylot even tells us its not right for us to minus someone because only that we disagree with him or her as not only is that wrong it will hurt our own star too. Yet like you said people here will misuse it and deliberately minus someone out of spite as you say happened to you.They are also hurting themselves if they do that . I have heard several newbies say they minus those whom they dislike and i had to say to them thats not what the rating is about .its not a lke dislike thing. rate only the quality of the post no one thng else

There are negative consequences for downrating quality content [b]What if I disagree with someone? Should I give that post a negative rating? Absolutely not! In fact, if you disagree with a post, but still feel it positively contributes to the discussion, you should rate it positively. Rating quality content negatively will hurt your ratings overall. Remember differing opinions and viewpoints tend to make for the most interesting discussions.[/b] and [b]Is there a way for someone to game the DRS and artificially inflate/deflate action quality? The DRS algorithm is very complex and will detect many forms of inappropriate ratings. If a user is trying to game the system, this abuse will only hurt the user. The integrity of the DRS is the top priority of the DRS team at myLot. In addition to the many automatic safeguards that are already in place, we are closely monitoring DRS activity to identify and prevent inappropriate rating[/b] http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq17.aspx#2

" I have heard several newbies say they minus those whom they dislike" Wow! They definitely came to the wrong site. I can't believe they actually said that too. I'm glad I didn't meet them I sure hope they listened to you.

hi namiya I do try to rate all p osts as I go along but sometimes if there are say ten pages then If I have time I will rate all but if no will rate all I can in the time I do have. but the posts never the person.

hi namiya Yes to some extent I am patient but sometime I am not too. I do not know whyh some seem to have to minus all the time as that makes no sense to me at all. its wrong to just hit minus for no reason. if the post is good hit plus.]

You're patient to do that. Actually there was a time here when my rate just drops down then up and drops down again the next day. I was also wondering then why? Perhaps it may be due to differences in opinion but I don't rate negative any discussion, response or comment that I may not agree. Mylot being a forum where everyone has the right to express his opinion (according to the rules set) rating negatively an opinion that differ from yours is not proper.

kourdapya hi I also do that as its the post which i am reading and if rarely its insulting I will not give a minus bu t willj ust report it instead and let mylot decide if I am right or wrongs.. I seldom find a post thats mean or insulting however.We see tohave a wonderful community here

hi enelym001 I did not think so either til i read a response between two newbies who said they rated so and so negative as they just did not like him . I told them do not do that as its unfair. just rate the post, is ita good post does it further the community if so rate positve but forget the poster. we are rating the posts not the people ever.

I find that once one's star goes down through negative ratings, it is harder to go up. For instance, when one gets a negative, it is most of the time, a gang up effort and they might also rate anything that one writes as negative. So it is really being spiteful. Where as when one rates posts as positives, they just rate the section they are answering so it takes a little time. I do not like reporting . I like telling the other person, but I guess if I do that in the response, it would not do any good as that post would or discussion would get deleted.

hi suspenseful yes thats it we are rating the discussion and its worth. I mostly rate positive as they are good discussions and instead of a negative rating if the post is mean and insulting I will just report it to the admns and let them decide. I sometimes do not know which way to rate one I have read so just by pass as no need to give a negative rating and pull down someones star.

hi suspenseful I did not like reporting either but sometimes its the best thing to do. You can not talk to someone who might have rated you minus as you would not know who it is but you can go to the admins and tell them you think someone is deliberately trying to pull down your star.I do not know of anyway you could be positive in identifying who is minusing you.

hi rosekiss I was totallyh dismayed when I read two newbies who told one other they rate according to how they like the person. I had to respond that is not how you are to rate here in mylot. You do not rate the person at all.If the discussion is good rate it positive and if it you really do not know, by pass it and of course if its offensive or insulting you can rate negative or report. I often choose to report it and letadmins decide it.

hi echo rather than minyuhs I usu ally just report if its that bad and breaking the guideliness as it does t he s am thing it stops the wrong doer.I seldom rate minus as reoort is better when its breaking rules

We should be rating negatively as well! I do this too when I see one that breaks the guidelines. I don't do it abusively but they do deserve a negative for breaking rules.

hi inertia I am like that too and i seldom rate anyone negative as if its abusive I just report it to the admins otherwise I think most all of us do our best here so the posts deserve a plus.I am also am a devout liker of mylot.

hi I know mylot admins says minus them if its abusive but I think give the person a chance just report them so they learn that they cannot insult but still do not tear their star down either.

I believe everyone is here for the same reason we are, so giving them a negative make no real sense to me. But like you said, if they are ever abusive then thats a different story.

hi louievill yes I am one who does not get involved in religious or political discussions. But I will not let my own biases keep me from rating a positive post if its really good. I am after all rating the contents not the person.My own beliefs and biases do not come into the picture as I know thats unfair so I rate only according to the contrent and its goodness.

hi louievill I also thought so as in the guidelines it says that those attempting to discredit someone will intimately hurt their own standing so they must know when someone starts out to purposely minus someone only because they have a bone to pick with them.

wrong wor I m eant ultimately not intimately sorry.

hi john you have piqued my interest as I have not seen maidangela so now I am going on a hunt lol.I doubt if most people deserve a one thats totallyh absurd to me.If her orhis posts are well within the guidelines we should not minusiong her or him. Thats perhaps again rating the p erson not the post. sad.

Riiight Well, I can agree he doesn't deserve the one star, but I don't think anyone's going to give random ratings to someone just because you asked. I found his posts over in Religious territory. Anyone is asking for trouble wandering over there. Not saying not to comment there, but all should be prepared.

MaidAngela uses that name, because MaidAngela has worked as a maid. I think the "Male" on her profile is a misprint. If it isn't, maybe he can explain why. But whatever, MaidAngela's posts are well within mylot guidelines and express a point of view that has a right to be on mylot.

hi echo I have read all that and I do not think I am doing anything wrong as I am sure the admins would have seen it if they thought I had. they would be letting me know if I had too. and I sure do not rate people just the posts.I have seen some I did not know just how to rate and admins says if you do not know or have an opinion just leave it thats okay.

hi echoforever yes you are doing great and are very active so you have no problems either. The sun is shining the skies are blue with a sort of spiderweb of clouds so no storms, no rains just looks like a perfect day out there. I know I should get outside more yet here I am stuck behind my computer lol lol

yep I feel likewise that I"m doing well here in the stysem of rating both that I seem to get positively rated, that makes me feel great!! and I'm doing the right thing in my own ratings so I don't have tow orry aobut that either!