Hey my ranking went down!

Contributor: shySEXXaddict shySEXXaddict
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So my ranking went down...by 2 points!Why is that?And has that happened to anyone else??Is this common?
10/22/2011
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Contributor: Sex'и'Violence Sex'и'Violence
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Originally posted by shySEXXaddict
So my ranking went down...by 2 points!Why is that?And has that happened to anyone else??Is this common?
I didn't read up on it or anything, but I'm fairly certain that your rating is based on an average score of all your reviews combined. so if you get a couple less than stellar votes on a review, your rating could drop. Or if you write a review that is of a lesser caliber than your previous that could also cause your rating to drop.
10/22/2011
Contributor: Kkay Kkay
I noticed a lot of up-and-down in the beginning; having less reviews seems to make every vote count more. Just continue writing reviews and working on improving them, and your rank should go back up.
10/22/2011
Contributor: Peggi Peggi
This is true (what the other 2 comments above say) and also participation counts towards your rank!
10/23/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
And not to mention that your activity is also compared to the activity of everybody else on the site. So if somebody else is super active it could affect your rank as well. I wrote out a good answer here where I saw somebody else having a similar issue.
10/23/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
It's not just lower ranking reviewers or new reviewers. When I first hit 7, I was bouncing between 7 and 6.9 for weeks, until it stabilized when I wrote a few more reviews.

It DOES depend on everyone else on the site, like Sam said. So, if a lot of people are really active and you're having some down time you may drop a bit. Even the highest reviewers, in the 9+ strata have their ratings move around due to activity, review frequency, others' activities, votes and comments as well as other conditions.
10/23/2011
Contributor: Girly Girl Girly Girl
i don´t know ,, i don´t have ranking in my page may be it depends on your activities your reviews how active you´re in the community the years you have been here the quality of your reviews i really don´t know but i think here they might have a page were you can find these answers,, you can tell this to an admin so he or she might help you to clarify have an nice day
10/23/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by P'Gell
It's not just lower ranking reviewers or new reviewers. When I first hit 7, I was bouncing between 7 and 6.9 for weeks, until it stabilized when I wrote a few more reviews.

It DOES depend on everyone else on the site, like Sam said. So, ... more
So true, I had to write five reviews to go from 7.9 to 8, so much factors into the rank.

shySEXXaddict, I find that just ignoring your rank makes life much easier. Before you know it you'll look and it will be up.
10/23/2011
Contributor: GoneBabyGone GoneBabyGone
I wasn't sure when I came in here but I'm glad I did. Some good information in here.

I'll keep all this in mind.
12/06/2011
Contributor: Katelyn Katelyn
Quote:
Originally posted by Sex'и'Violence
I didn't read up on it or anything, but I'm fairly certain that your rating is based on an average score of all your reviews combined. so if you get a couple less than stellar votes on a review, your rating could drop. Or if you write a ... more
Yep, and also your ranking and reviews are compared to the averages of top reviewers. So keep writing reviews and getting stars on them : )
12/09/2011
Contributor: whitknee whitknee
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Originally posted by shySEXXaddict
So my ranking went down...by 2 points!Why is that?And has that happened to anyone else??Is this common?
so weird
12/09/2011
Contributor: samanthalynn samanthalynn
agree
01/27/2012
Contributor: oopsy oopsy
I've had mine bounce around by a decimal or two, but never more than that without me doing something. Weird
01/30/2012
Contributor: jbknows jbknows
So, in order to get any ranking, you have to write some reviews? I stumbled upon the Eden Tasks today, and was confused when it started talking about ranks.
01/30/2012
Contributor: pollux pollux
I'm glad I found this! My ranking just went down by 0.1 points - not a biggie, but I've been proud of slowly climbing the ladder. I bet it was the last toy I reviewed . . . it was so lackluster I didn't feel motivated to put much effort into it.
04/03/2012
Contributor: rick45013 rick45013
Dont feel bad. I have been stuck at a 5 for over a year.
05/13/2012
Contributor: Chami Chami
mine went down the other day...the day after i was so excited it went up
05/24/2012
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
Good to know, as someone just starting to review items, (and a bit of a perfectionist) I probably would freak out if something like this occurred, but knowing about how everything fluctuates will help. Thanks.
05/25/2012
Contributor: Falsepast Falsepast
Now I'm scared
06/25/2012
Contributor: lecanis lecanis
Mine went down a lot because I was less active for a while. It sounds like it's a pretty common thing though, looking at the other responses. Since the whole thing takes several factors into account, it could be difficult to judge exactly what one factor caused it.
06/26/2012
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
It does seem to happen, and the fewer reviews you have the more it can be affected if a negative rating comes in. One person wasn't happy with one of my reviews early on and it dipped me by a good bit because I had so few reviews.
06/27/2012
Contributor: amenti amenti
Thank you all for the helpful info about rankings. I was confused before.
12/16/2012
Contributor: prttynink prttynink
I had the same thing happen to me, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I know rank is based on a number of different factors, and let's face it - it doesn't really affect how awesome EF is
01/09/2013