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I give advice and end up getting 3s and 4s back
Okay this sounds like i'm coomplainging but everytime when I try to help someone out to the fullest, I end up getting a lousy 3 or 4, and I think people are being really inconsiderate, because I am trying to keep my average score for helping up, but anyways is anyone else having the same problem? To me It's not even worth answering peoples questins anymore cause I will end up getting an even lower score...so basically my question is this
Is anyone else having the same problem?
and please don't tell me oh you probably misread the question or misundestood it cause I just double checked all of the questions I answered and I have tried helping them.
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I totally get what you're talking about. I don't really have that problem, but I know what you're dealing with. I don't think that we should really judge columnists by ratings, yet a lot of people do. I would suggest like sugar coating stuff. But thats not right. People tend to rate higher if you complement them, or take a very long time explaining your answers. Don't correct people, at least try not to, because some people take offense. umm... try to relate to them. Say they just broke up with their boyfriend throw in a short story about when you or your freind went trhough the same thing. Make sure they knwo you arent judgeing them. And read through your questions as though you are the person and see if they are biased in anyway. Remember these people are turning to us because they don't know what else to do, usually by telling thr truth you hurt their feelings, so thats where the rating system lacks and people take out their anger on the people, but if they give you a really low mark you can report it as abuse.
You probably DIDNT misread the questions. You tried really hard to give them help. And if they don't want to take your advice then they dont have to, therefore they shouldnt respond. But they do anyway. Try and take their feedback to heart, and change what they say is wrong, and maybe ask people at the end of your response to give feedback so that you can help to become a better columnist in the future.
But if all that doesnt work, then whatever, its not your fault. And Personally, I'd go to you for advice if I knew who you are, because I can tell that you are a very caring person, who is trying very hard to help, but just isnt getting the response they are looking for. It's okay, to get threes and fours, and you arent any worse of a columnist than those who get higher scores.
Without knowing who you are, I cant say what you're doing wrong, but if you let me know i can read your column and see if I notice anything :S.
I hope I answered our question and I hope you know that marks arent everything, being a caring loving person is worth so much more. Good luck, Love ya,
Angie91
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One of the most important things to do, and it's something very simple, is to make sure you're actually answering the question.
Most of the lower scores I've seen fall into one of four categories:
(1) It's genuinely bad advice. Usually, though, responses like these don't seem to get rated at all.
(2) It's good advice, but it's not what the questioner wants to hear, so they get childish about it and rate it low. These low scores are ones you should not be concerned about. In fact, be proud of them.
(3) It's a one-sentence reply that obviously has no thought behind it. These are times when a low score is clearly deserved.
(4) It's a rambling commentary that doesn't actually answer what was asked.
Actually, my response at the moment falls clearly into the fourth category, because I have yet to address your actual question: "Is anyone else having the same problem?" The answer is probably yes - there are likely a number of people on this site who are doing the best they can and getting poor scores.
The best advice I can give you on the unasked question of what you can do about it is to simply continue to try your best and not let the score bother you overly much. Think of it this way: when someone asks a question, they are not going to check on your average score before reading your response. Your responses will be read no matter what your score is. The only thing that a high score does for you is to get more people to send you questions directly rather than in the general pool - and to tell the truth, most of the "private" questions I get are pretty moronic.
Try not to be bothered by a low average. It doesn't really mean much.
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how old are you you sound like a two year old not everytime will you get a perfect score nobody always gets a perfect score when you give advise keep your head straight on the person who need help and not on your avredge
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In reality, if people are rating correctly 5's should be a rare rating. 3 and 4 are good ratings.
Ratings guidelines
A rating of 1 should only be given if you feel the advice you got was so abusive that the one answering should be banned from the site.
Rate a 5-For answers you think are really great. If someone seems to have gone out of their way to look things up for you, or put in extra effort to give you a well thought out answer, give them a 5.
Rate a 4- If you were given a really good answer that you just might try and use.This is the rating you will probably use a lot of.
Rate a 3- If the person tried and the answer is good but maybe they didn't put a lot of thought into it. Or maybe it just isn't quite what you were looking for, but was still pretty good advice.
Rate a 2- If the advice wasn't harmful but wasn't what you wanted. Can also be used If you get someone repeating what the person before them said. Remember to look at the time the question was answered (close times may have been answered at the same time). Also remember that the first person who answered your question is on the bottom of your list of answers. Read them from bottom
to top.
Rate a 1- Rate a one if the persons answer was rude or offensive. If they advised something
dangerous or illegal. If someone is bad enough to get a one, you should follow up by filing an abuse report. The link to the abuse reports is in the blue column on the left side of the page. Be sure you copy and paste the question link in the address bar so we can find it.
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