I got negative feedback for not condoning a 17 year old wanting to have gay sex with a sexually innocent and unaware 13 year old for example. In short, it's not helpful.

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Even strange how a person complained that they don't get rated but yet when evreyone strokes their ego they don't rate me and someone else and they complained about that. Ha... Makes you wonder.

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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's
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Besides, it's useful. If you are constantly getting negative feedback then it should cause you to re-think your style of 'helping' and start to learn from the examples of other members who get higher ratings.

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"God kissed her on the cheek and there she was."

But positive feedback is often given for saying what the member wants to hear which doesn't help anyone and is just a waste of time.

I'm not calling for it to be scrapped, but people set too much store by it.

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Satan Oscillate Metallic Sonatas

The rating system in my opinion is the best possible way for support leaders to know if they are shitty at giving out advice. I don’t think it should be seen as a contest, but more of a means of self-improvement.  

(Edited by The Oath at 3:17 pm on May 25, 2006)

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Sometimes, I've found that people make Ehelps and give you a negative rating because they don't like you. (Which is wrong.)

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I have also seen that happen on more than one occasion. People have rated Support Leaders as negative because they disagreed with the actions that they took, honestly I will not tell lies especially on the net, so if I do disagree with what someone has said, I would let them know and if I know that I can't possible put it in a nice way I just don't reply.

Sometimes being told that what you did was wrong sometimes do help you, hell if I did something wrong and sent in an ehelp I really and truly don't expect that you guys will tell me that I was right. Honestly, some people can't stand to hear the truth and they lash out at us with a negative feedback.

I do like the rating system on a whole, in some areas it encourages support leaders to respond to ehelps and in orders its stands as something that will allow support leaders to know how their support helped that person. However I wish that the user could reply and tell us why they didn't like it some that we can improve on it in the future.

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