Is it just me?

since I post this discussion I've dropped three more points.

it happened to me once. only 2 points were taken from me. what could be the cause for this?

hey its happennig same with me. yesterday my score was 110 it deduced to 107 and today it was 119 again deduced to 116 what's happening. reply yaar!! regards Abhi

that's beautiful pic, very nice, thanks.

Well I lost 1 point after a response but I gained it back in a minute without doing anything. I've lost points earlier too, though. I think it happens when myLot upgrades their system. Also, if you take a look at this post, you'll notice that the guy posted a picture of a monkey ... completely irrelevant to the discussion. The girl posted a message saying, "That's a very nice pic." Also completely irrelevant to the discussion on hand. It's clearly an attempt to simply add images and posts in order to make more money. Perhaps this is why myLot is reducing points. Perhaps they feel that certain users are posting irrelevant images and posts. I remember by points reducing a couple of days after I posted some images in order to try and earn more. It happened on more than just one occassion too. I stopped uploading images thereafter. It's not just pics, though. I think myLot's trying to track down people who post comments that are irrelevant or simply an attempt to increase earnings. It might seem a little unfair, considering it's the reason why most people are posting so much on the site anyway, but I guess they have to do something about quality control and senseless posts. The monkey pic and appreciation, though not senseless, were a little out of place in this discussion. Maybe myLot doesn't appreciate the cute primates and sees it as an attempt to increase our earnings by posting irrelevant content. However, irrelevant posting shouldn't DECREASE the user's ratings. It's all right to NOT increase them, but decreasing them is silly. Perhaps it all happens with retrospective effect. The only way we'll know for sure is when somebody figures out the algorithm they use. And I doubt that'll happen anytime soon.

It's happened to me several times and I really would like to know why. Am I doing something wrong?

For this response alone which I just post a minute ago had cause my rating drop for another 15 points.....I wonder what had happended????

I just lost another 32 points, this is just too weird.

I lost 100 points in total for these two days:( Anyway I did write to them today and if get any answer from them I will share it here:)

You are very lucky buddy. Yesterday I lost 9 points in three sessions three in each. What is happening here I don’t know even I didn’t violate the rules of forum.

Its the number next to your name, typically it goes up by a point every time you post to a new discussion, but lost of us have noticed sudden drops. They do take points off for answers that break the rules, but in the majority of reported cases today it seems that people have had mystery drops where they know thay havent done anything wrong, so its a bit perplexing. Hopefully its just a glitch and it will sort itself out in due course.

yah many of these people in here are loosing points,even loosed too,if they want to pay less they can but no mean to cut the scraps.

i'm sorry buddy, but i'm a lil confused .. i don't understand what you're trying to say.

Oh and we should still report those who infringe the rules, i.e. inappropriate responses, "cut and paste" responses or discussions etc. MyLot will only stay a good forum if everyone abides by the rules and nobody cheats on the system. It might affect our rating but it will also increase our earnings in the long run.

it is not possible for us to know which topic is not helping the mylot community....... this is not a fair thing to happen

I thought about that but why be so mean?

Now that certainly is something to worry about. When someone is reported for not abiding by the guidelines, they could try to get revenge by passing out negative comments. You brought up a very good point.

I wanted to add that I just wrote this entire long answer. When I submitted it, instead of my rating going up a point, it went down one! I noticed the same thing happen to me yesterday. GRRRRRRRR! Why should I keep posting when my rating goes down when I do it?

Exactly, I logged out this morning and came back to see myself lose another 32 points, this is not very motivating at all. I've lost over fifty or more points since yesterday. I wish they would let us know something already.

Well it certainly is not the case with me on this one lol

I"m talking about the number next to your username, that's your points, when you spend more time on mylot you will learn a little more about it.

I agree with you...you can't make a discussion at all if what you start doesn't keep going with responses and comments.

My rating went up one point when I posted the above comment. I haven't noticed my rating going down, but I'll keep an eye on it now that it's been mentioned by so many members.

I always do.

start some discussion so that we can respond to them my friend.