Do you think this is wrong of me or is it more of a natural response...

I think it is your perception. I think it is a bit unfair to give "+"s only to your friends and referrals. Here there are lot of intelectual answers. Give them a fair chance as well.

I think its just natural of response.

Well you are lucky to have a referral like that and I wished my referrals would have done the same. As far giving plus is considered that is a good encouragement and acts as an inspiration so do it without prejudice.

I think it's but natural to do that because those who would really rate us will be the one who knows us and it's just natural that you rate your referrals as much as you can because their earnings will reflect on you. I don't see anything wrong with that.

I think it's just natural to want to give your "friends" and people you know on here +'s. If you don't know a person and they don't give an acceptable or good enough response then it's easier to give them a negative rating without feeling bad for giving them a negative because you don't know them and who cares!! I don't think you should feel bad about it, you should only feel bad if you're giving people negative ratings when you know they don't deserve it, which I doubt you're doing that!

I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I have a similar habit of giving good ratings to the person who referred me to mylot :). I typically only give a negative rating if someone gives horribly incorrect information or writes something blatantly offensive. So long as you are rating people based on the value of what they are writing there's nothing wrong.

Its not wrong to give more pluses for your friends. But if your friend gives some sort of discussion that deserves a minus then you should not give a plus. At the same time if your non friend gives a discussion that deserves a plus then you should not give minus. Be honest while you give pluses and minuses. BTW i dont remember giving any minuses to anyone!