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How Member Ratings is calculated

As a member of the calltermination.com community, you have the ability to rate other members based on your trading experiences with them. In order to make that contribution fair, each member can only affect another member's feedback score by +1, 0, or -1.

The feedback score represents the number of members that are satisfied after doing business with this member. It is the difference between the number of members who left a positive rating and the number of members who left a negative rating. The feedback score is shown in parentheses next to a member's User Name, for example, member1(2).

A rating from a unique member only contributes once to another member's score. For example, when a member leaves 3 positive ratings for another member (for 3 different transactions), the other member's score increases only by +1.

Example: Member1 bought and sold a total of 17 items with 9 different members. However, after these 17 transactions, his feedback score increased by only 3.

Take a look at the examples shown below to see how member1's feedback score was affected after each transaction.

Member who left a positive:

Member1 had only one transaction with Member2 and Member3. They each left him one positive rating (+1). These two positive ratings raised member1's feedback score by 2.

Member who left more than one positive:

For example, Member4 had three transactions with member1. All of them were satisfactory, so the Member4 left 3 positive ratings for member1, one for each transaction. This does not mean that member1's feedback score increased by 3. Since all three ratings were from the same member, member1's feedback score increased only by 1.

Member who had a neutral impact:

For example, Member5 left a neutral rating for a transaction with member1. In this case, member1's feedback score neither increased nor decreased but stayed the same.

Member who left a negative:

For example, Member6 was not satisfied with the transaction and so left member1 a negative rating (i.e. -1). This decreased member1's score by 1.

Member who left different ratings for different transactions:

A member can leave only a positive, neutral, or negative rating for another member. Each of these ratings affects the other member's feedback score only once. For example, if a member left two negatives for member1, only one of them will affect member1's score. However, if the same member left two negatives and one positive for member1, the negative rating will count once and so will the positive rating. Subsequent negative or positive ratings from the same member will not affect member1's feedback score.

Take a look at the following scenarios:

For example, Member7 left member1 1 neutral and 1 positive rating. This would affect member1's score by (0+1) = +1.

For example, Member7 left member1 1 negative and 1 positive. This would affect member1's score by (-1+1) = 0.

For example, Member7 left member1 1 negative and 2 positives. This would affect member1's score by (-1+2) = +1

For example, Member7 left member1 2 negatives and 1 positive. This would affect member1's score by (-2+1) = -1