Your soul rating is determined from a number of different factors. When you rate someone or when someone rates you the following items all determine how much the rating is worth:

• The soul rating of the rater: The higher your rating the more your rating is valued.
• The number of ratings received and given. Ratings from new souls generally aren't valued as high as ratings from souls that have more experience.
• The type of relationship. Family and Friends are valued more than your arch nemesis. Anonymous ratings are valued even less.
• Was the rating returned? Mutual ratings where you both have rated each other are valued higher.

Private Ratings

Private ratings are only for you to see. They are never shared. So if there is someone that you don't know that well or would rather not know about your secret crush on them, rate them as private. You can then rate them as normal, see what rating they would have and save it for later. No emails are sent and your rating remains confidential.

Anonymous Ratings

Anonymous ratings are similiar to private ratings except that your rating is shared with everyone, just not your information. So your crush is partially revealed, they could see how you rated their eyes, respect for, etc. but wouldn't be able to see who the rating came from. No emails are sent with anonymous ratings as well. Note: Anonymous ratings hardly contribute to the overal soul rating of the individual.

Unknown Rating

Unknown rating is only available if this person has rated you. It simply flags that this person does not know you and that the rating should be flagged as inacurate.

A star rating shows that this person is the best in this catagory. They can only be given to one person per catagory. If your friend Amanda has the best smile that you know, give here the star rating. Let's pretend that later on Cassandra gets some dental work, and her shiny new gold tooth puts her over the top. Go ahead and give her the star. Amanda's rating will automtically default down to a 10 out of 10 for her smile.