Best Response / myLot

@AmbiePam (120665)

United States

March 23, 2021 12:40am CST

The old mylot used to do something I thought was pretty fun. You had the option of choosing your "best response" for your own discussion. It was just a nice, little thing to do to acknowledge a really well thought out response. The only downside was that some people thought it got you more money, which it did not. In addition some people would, for who knows what reason, get upset if they didn't get a best response. I mean, it was just a small thing to get upset about. Do you wish they'd bring that back?

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26 responses

Toni

@toniganzon (77119)

• Philippines

23 Mar 21

Oh I used to enjoy the ratings back then too. The only problem was this was abused by a lot of people and JJ could attest to that as he was one of the victims of those abuse. That’s why it was removed by Mylot.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

23 Mar 21

I remember the star ratings, and totally understood getting rid of that.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

23 Mar 21

NO, anything like this brings discrimination, many sites have removed this kind of features. Bubblews removed the star ratings and the negative rating because people discriminated some users giving hundreds of negative ratings.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

23 Mar 21

I have no idea how that could harbor discrimination over something so innocent, but people are good at that, I guess. It just takes one person to ruin it for everyone.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

24 Mar 21

@AmbiePam People are good at that, when there was a star system some writers used "robots" to get more stars. People an be weird.

Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

23 Mar 21

It was good, another feature that we had stars. Members get upset on loosing the star. However, now there is nothing to get upset in the new system.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148731)

• Roseburg, Oregon

23 Mar 21

I think it was good that it was removed.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

23 Mar 21

Why is that?

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222280)

• United States

23 Mar 21

That must have been before my time here.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (93194)

• Bangalore, India

23 Mar 21

I won't mind it being. And I am okay even if it is not there. I like mylot the way it is..I have not experienced the old mylot and so I am not in a position to compare the two

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youless

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

25 Mar 21

I remember this feature. Actually I like it because it is a kind of appreciation to the one who responded to your discussions. I hope it can come back

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

25 Mar 21

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allen0187

@allen0187 (59704)

• Philippines

23 Mar 21

I remember that and I did get a couple of 'best response' tags. It is appreciated but not the whole point of discussion in my opinion.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

23 Mar 21

I agree, and it seemed weird to put so much importance on it. I just thought it was such a small thing and I enjoyed doing it.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97954)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

25 Mar 21

I am OK with the way things are now, The site is working fine and I enjoy corresponding with everyone,

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91064)

• United States

25 Mar 21

Either way would be fine with me. I wasn't here back then so I have nothing to compare it to.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254949)

• United States

25 Mar 21

I am fairly new here compared to many others. Happy enough as it is.

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Courtney

@Courtlynn (67089)

• United States

31 Mar 21

I wasn't around back then.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (28377)

• Singapore

23 Mar 21

It can create unhappiness for some but that cannot be avoided. At other sites I had been in, there was star rating for best posts though it not get any monetary benefits.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120665)

• United States

23 Mar 21

It feels weird that people care that much about something so little.

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (66063)

• Serbia

25 Mar 21

I don't know when that was.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43897)

• Cambridge, England

23 Mar 21

It was a good idea but poorly thought out and in the end it was somewhat abused by people giving 'Best Response' to their cronies. There were many occasions, too, when I would have liked to have given a 'best response' to more than one response, both of which contributed materially to the discussion but in different ways. I think that the system of 'Likes' which we have now is potentially fairer and more accurate in determining the best response because it depends on all of the people reading the discussion to cast a 'vote'.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169453)

• United States

24 Mar 21

I miss that option, but I do not miss feeling obligated if nothing stood out to me.

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

23 Mar 21

I remember the 'best response'. Maybe it's good they get rid of it.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

24 Mar 21

That sounds interesting but I can imagine it might be difficult to choose the best comment without upsetting all the other commenters.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

23 Mar 21

I don't remember that, but I like it how it is now.

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any riza

@ladyhero (3846)

• Indonesia

24 Mar 21

interesting and it will be fun to have it back, even though I'm a new myLotter I think it will make people not just respond, and it will give appreciation to all myLotter

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