Please don't stop writing. If you connect to even ONE person out there, you've made a difference in someone's life. And that is priceless. Unless you plan to write 5 star advice and get down to the nitty gritty's don't pay any attention to the stars. Write your article with the intention that you're making a difference. Some poor soul is doing a google search right now and you have the answer to their question. And it's irrelevant if someone might give you a 1, 2, 3, 4 or a 5, this person may really connect to you.

Unfortunately spree-like voting does happen from time to time... Sometimes it is sinister, sometimes it isn't.  Your overall rating will balance out after about 10 votes anyway and you will get a better idea of the true value.  I have added some links about voting etc that you might find interesting to read.

If you go to the read advice page there is a tab you can select titled 'Needing votes'.  Because your advice is still new I would hazzard a guess that if people were using this tab then yours would come up.  Hence why you would get a few votes in such a short time.

Thank you for the advise!  I have really been enjoying Minti.  I was confused and disappointed this mornign.  I feel a lot better after reading you responses.  Thank you for taking the time to reply!

Don't give up.  Even if your advise helps one person, it is worth it.

everyone has a different standard to a good advice. what I will mark as 5 stars someone will mark as 1 and that 1 star will make it go down a bit.

I have a tun of advice that i have recieved 5 stars from heaps of people and then others have voted it 1 or 2 as they didnt find it valid.

i personally rarely read advice unless it corasponds with what I am looking for or is about something I am particular on like autism and depression.

I wouldn't hold it personal or that your advice is bad. I would keep writting cause its just 1 person who reads it and it works for them and thats worth it.

Hi there,

My rating for my appendicitis advice went down with only one person voting less for it.. please dont let this sort of thing sway you from continuing the writing of advice, obviously, if you had a high rating previous to this there is lots of minti members out there who think its useful... I felt a little bit down after seeing that my rating wasnt 5 stars anymore, but really, its going to be voted by those who give it top marks, and perhaps those who are a bit harder on the voting... Keep up the advice, Yes I had mine go down also, but really it doesnt bother me because it just makes me determined to write more and get better results..

All the Best , Cheers from Mel xx