Reading and rating, do you know what that means?
@GardenGerty (157546)
United States
March 3, 2007 6:50pm CST
I have a friend (actually more than one) who often will put in her discussions that she will be reading and rating. If you are new, you may not understand that comment. It means that even if she does not give you a personal comment on your response to her discussion, she will read every one of them, and will rate them, as well. That is one opportunity we have to rate. Giving ratings is important to this community, and the ratings you receive contribute to your star rating. Other times to rate: When you open a discussion to reply to it, there is an opportunity, and frankly, if it is good enough to respond to, in my opinion, it is good enough for a +. If you look at someone else's discussion, and a response seems really good to you, you cannot mark it best response, the discussion is not yours, but look! There are the little rating boxes, go ahead, give a + if it is good. Click on the pictures in discussions, and on profiles. Rate them, comment on them. Help your friends out give them all the positive feedback you can, and as for the spammers and jerks, well, you know the same thing applies to them.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
4 Mar 07
This is great adivice. I always read and rate every comment that I receive on my discussions. No matter how many I receive, you can be assureed that your comment was rated. I think this is so important.
I also rate all the discussions that I read and comment on.
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@Radicalpatriot (665)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Yes, I read and rate and recommend you so, too, starting with my comment, please. Rating means you've read the post and that makes it more valuable for everyone. "Best response" is for a real zinger, nothing less.
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@Alexandria37 (5717)
• Ireland
4 Mar 07
I never rated discussions that I haven't contributed to as I didn't know if this was allowed. I guess I am still in the learning process. Thanks for the tip Gerty - as usual you are a mind of information and a great help to people like me. Now, when I have run out of topics to respond to, I will spend some time rating other people topics.
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@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Thank you. I have yet to see this comment, but when I do I will remember what you said. I agree with what you said about the spammers and jerks. There is no place in here for them.
@cjsmom (1423)
• United States
4 Mar 07
You are so right about this...I rate discussions I respond to as well as people who respond to my discussions; although, I didn't realize it until just now that you could rate the comments/responses of other discussions. Thank you so much.
@mehale (2200)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I also had not realized that I could rate a discussion that I had not responded to or started. I will try to remember this from now on, and at least rate a few of the discussions that I did not participate in - at least as many as I have time for. Thanks for the good info!
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Great, thanks for the feedback. It took me awhile to figure it out as well. I also need to clarify about photos: You can rate anyone's photo, but you must be a friend to leave a comment. I just rated a couple of radicalpatriot's pics. *Smile*
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@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
11 Mar 07
Good advice dear. I just rated your post again with a +. Hope this helps the newbies, and even some oldies. :)
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
12 Mar 07
You are my friend who often said this "reading and rating" and I thought it was a good idea.
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@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
4 Mar 07
That is so true, girl - I use ratings religiously. I use negatives rarely and actually ONLY when someone will say something totally off topic in a discussion i start. Otherwise, i rate a plus to every response that makes sense - be it on my discussion/others .
Thanks for spreading the good word, GG - I hope everyone knows and understand the importance of ratings and use them to the MAX :) Cheers !
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I am sure newbies will appreciate that good advice.
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
4 Mar 07
Yes well I always give a rating and response if necessary if someone is asking me something in regards to my discussion, also when I rate my discussions 99% of the time I give a positive rating, thank you for your discussion but I do always do this as I try to help my friends and members that spend time in contributing to my discussions.
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@mehale (2200)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I am still fairly new here as well, but I do try to read and rate the discussions I respond to as well as any comments on the discussions I started. I am still not exactly certain just how much this helps others out, but I figured that any positive feedback for them would help to a certain extent. How much do these ratings effect our rank or stars, and how much of that star rating comes from simply responding and starting discussions? Just curious, as I am still uncertain how some things work here.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
18 Mar 07
None of us know exactly how much the rating helps or hurts, but I like what you said about positive feedback. I also am guessing, but we seem to do better ourselves, earning and rating wise, when we are expressing positive views. I have seen friends stars drop, and all that tells me for sure is that the general reading group has not been giving the + ratings that they normally do. I know when I have seen arguments, and harsh words, I have seen stars get lowered as well.
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
4 Mar 07
The first time I joined mylot I have been very vigilant about what other poster have told me, when they said I have to make quality posts and not just the quantity I followed their advise. ON my second day I was reading the posts of others and there was one post that i ididnt like so much because of the nature of his response is not goot and offends many i rated him with a negative. After a few minutes I recieved an alert from mylot that whenever I rate a negative rating it will also be arted with a negative, or i will be directly affected. So from then on I never pressed the negative rating again, it was my first and my last neagtive rating given, mylot said that its like a boomerang that will hit me hard as well.
So for those who are new here, just follow our tips and you will reap good harvest here.
God bless you all and happy posting.
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@stormygrl (761)
• United States
4 Mar 07
Thanks for the advice , I just found out about the ratings. As long as it is not rambling about nothing or not making senseand applies to the dicussion ,I think positive ratings should be given for those who made an effort to answer. I didn't know you could rate profiles though. At first I thought you shouldn't rate someone else's discussion but I see that it would be helpful.
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@weemam (13372)
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19 Mar 07
well done on the discussion my friend , I am one of the people who always says this , I think if you rate all your responses it is a lovely way of saying " thank you for taking the time to leave me a response xx
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
4 Mar 07
This is great advice-- I always rate the discussions I read and respond to- I sometimes even rate the responses that other respond to (that aren't my discussions). I am like your friend- I might now always respond to each response but I do rate them.
If I get a response and it has nothing to do with my discussion I don't rate it -.. I just don't rate it. Also if someone disagrees with me- I'll still rate +, because everyone can have a different opinion.
I hope everyone reads this discussion- and remembers to rate people. I think it helps with our star ratings-- but also with our earnings??
@minerc (1373)
• United States
12 Mar 07
I do read and comment, in my discussions as well as others. I Think this is very important. It helps alot. I havent been on in a while so I am playing catch up. But I still will rate and try to respond to everything. Thanks for the post
@jazzafrazz (910)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
This is so true... although when It came to give a mark for best response because nobody would ever go into detail about what they're talking about. In some cases I've given best responses to those I personally related with, which is not good or fair to do,.. in my book. As far as rating with the +/-, when using the "+" I've given the verbal response. When using the "-" I've never given a verbal response. I never felt it was necessary to do so. If they add a pic to their discussions, I've always voted for that too!
