This is ABSOLUTELY the last discussion I am going to post....

You almost got me with the title of this discussion!

I think people here at myLot have every right to get frustrated with their ratings. This is true especially for those who have really worked hard for the red and the elusive blue stars. I also felt very bad when I saw my rating going down. Later on, I realized that life here at myLot is not just all about those stars. I have become more appreciative of the other things I get from myLot like the new people I meet here and the friendships I have developed with the members. I do agree with you my friend, this site is meant for us to come together as a community to share different things.

Take care kbourgerie!

I agree. Very well said K, and I hope your advice is followed.I think we've all lamented our stars once, and once is enough lol.

After all the disasters friends have been through recently, this stuff seems so petty. Makes me realize how lucky I am, having roof over my head, family and friends.

Well do not worry about star ratings, I dont even have one! I have great friends they didnt become my friends for my star ratings lol.How do mylotters become your friends? Its the way you are with people your nice so you have friends, a star means nothing to me. I just love all my friends here on mylot.xxxx

I am going to have a slice of banana cake and some ice-cream:O) is that positive enough? LOL

Hi! I do agree with you that your friends will still be friends even if they dont respond to your discussions. The star rating really does not matter but I know that it has that unknown appeal. I think we wouldnt mind if even form the start we dont get any stars then we dont get any star at all for a lifetime but since it was given to you and you have started at a high rating then I guess it has that appeal to see that your name has a little twinkly colored star on the side with a number in it. I guess in my experience I dont mind if it goes up but if its gone down then there must be something wrong because it is a reputation after all. We can never really stop wondering if we have offended someone or not and being human we all want to please everyone. Personally I dont mind if it drops as long as the color doesnt change. Ive gotten used to my star and seeing it change either dropped or increased will make me get used to it with the new number and the new color again. Anyways, thats just me. If you've finally let go any attachment that you have or had with your star then congratulations. Have a nice day.^_^

Hahaha what if after this your star goes back up to a 10,then what?

This discussion has already been said by many on the site.
Including me!!
Some even went as far as trying to get rid of the star.
Sad that when it really comes down to it,stars are the in thing in here Kb.

Your right tho,no one cares but stars everyone can connect to,shame it went over & beyond real people & real lives.
Thats what really got to em.

Back to realty now..
star discussions good or bad will always be.if not by you then someone else..lets all yawn now

I have never thought anything of the star rating anyway, it was not even something that I thought about at all until everyone started making me notice it. I always only came on here for the people that I had met, and still meet. For the fun and the laughs that a discussion gave me, something which also disappeared once the star thing became an issue and plus the fact that I was learning about other peoples countries etc.

That is what myLot is about, not about whose got 100 reputation or who has the most posts they are just immaterial, it is about the people and the things that we all share, our world outside the real world, a place of escape when a day has been bad. Have a good day at work, hope things are better there now, you were having some trouble not so long ago. x

You are so right about that stupid star rating. It really doesn't mean a thing except to myLot, & why? I'll never know!! Have a wonderful day at work today, sweetie..Talk to you later...Lori

Well... I am glad you got that out of the way...

I had many arguments about the star rating on mylot. And I have been telling people for a year that it does not work.

I even thought I was going to get ban... after telling "Crash" the moderator... that his system did not work.

The reason it does not work... is because people forget to rate discussions... or cannot be bother rating them. But they never forget to give someone a minus when they don't like something.

I hope you have a wonderful day at work. I also hope everything goes great for you at work today