by thisnthat » 17 Sep 2015, 13:29
sprite1950 wrote:CTx wrote: Postloop should reprehend/scold the forum admin. Would you like to share what forum are you talking about or has you said before, you are still not sure? I though you would be able to know who gave you the rating. I only have one rating given to me, and that I know it's from Postloop itself because it ends with "welcome to Postloop" but it's true that if it weren't for that little detail and if I was participating in a lot of forums, I wouldn't be able to know who gave me the rating.
Your situation is unfair...
I had subscribed to 3 forums but I have no idea which one gave me the rating. One of them I had joined only the day before, it was called CancerCrew so perhaps it was that one. I may well have done something wrong but it wasn't deliberate and I've never ever had this kind of comment from a forum before so it came as a shock. I don't think I would want to go back because I would be too nervous that it might happen again. I'm not upset now .. I will just put it down to experience.
Thank you for trying to help though

Yeah, the ratings can be the worst thing about PL. Go back and look at the description/rules of the sites you joined. You may find the issue. You can check by clicking the "i" icon next to each listing on your subscription page. Sometimes, it's just a little thing, but some of the owners are pretty demanding. It might help to ask the owner what you can do to improve your rating (although some of them don't bother to answer).
Often, it's just because they want more new threads than replies. It could also be something as simple as not adding an avatar. I hope you can get it worked out.
--- 17 Sep 2015, 13:33 ---
CTx wrote:Sprite, I know that one. It's always active. But the rules are ridiculous and that's why I've never joined that particular forum.
They have this in the description (among other rules) :
"Make 4 NEW TOPICS and 1 reply.
DO NOT CREATE more than 1 New Topic on each forum or subforum every 24 hours"
And at the bottom "Please follow the rules, We are really strict! Or we will rate you low! "
So if you replied twice in the same day, that could be a reason for the bad rating, although it doesn't make sense.
I would stay away from this one.
Ah, okay. Yeah, I stay away from any that get too happy with their rules. If they start out by "threatening" you, it's probably not worth joining. I've seen excellent writers get bad ratings from some of these people.