What Happens When you Rate Someone?

if we rate others either positively then the rating the number beside the name may increase.if we give negative then the number will decrease.so it just change the rating.if anybody constantly gets a negative from most of the users then there is a chance that he may get low repuatation.reputation depends on your quality of response,number of responses,best responses also.

I heard that from some people whose ratings are down, that somebody must have been rating them negative. I think it is possible. I also heard some people complained that their stars are down after a few days they are not active, this one I'm not sure what to say. I think rating discussions will affect more than rating responses. If it's only negative responses, for sure I have mine, venting against animal abuser's discussions for example.

yeah it does effect the user ratings to whom you give marks. +ve mark will raise the number and -ve marking decrease the number and (!) exclaimation sign is for report abuse. use it sensibly...!!!

yes the positive + and negative - ratings do affect your star [when you get one - make 100 posts first] and in turn will have an impact on the money you are making Mylot terms clearly state that you can only give a negative if an answer is something like "no" or a comment that doesn't have anything to do with the original question. You can't just give it because you don't agree with someone.