oops..maybe you should put " on fanpop for long time" cause i swear i clicked on this thinking i was being addressed "older user" :D

I remember it like it was yesterday...

I rated some of my early contributions 5, but I think I stopped rating my stuff. Found it kind of pointless really.

You didn't have to rate your own stuff, and yes, other people could rate it.

lol gerley age has no meaning on fanpop, only fanpop years count :P, we are a society run by two year olds :D

and spank you dazl, it sounds so odd, i can't really picture it, did it have a purpose like other people could see what you had rated it and thought of your content?

sorry it sounds odd, like when you look at the fanspot logo and stuff

lol germany thats what I thought too...lol

I didn't start rating things until a few months after I joined, by that time the self-rating was disabled.

i rated my stuff 5, yep, because i thought it was worth it since i was posting stuff of my best quality. I think sometimes people may notice the ratings bit if an item has been rated then rate it them self so like an encouragement i guess.

Other people could see the ratings but didn't know who gave it, like now(Unless the piece of content had been added a second before the person saw and it said 5 stars).

I feel qualified to answer this, since I'm an older user in both senses of the word.

Yes, everybody rated their stuff 5s, with two exceptions that I ever saw. Of course, I didn't see everyone, but I was very active on the site back then, and the user base was a bit smaller. My understanding is that the staff did away with self-ratings because it completely messed up the purpose of having ratings in the first place. If everything is rated AWESOME!!!!, there's no way to differentiate between the good, bad and just so-so content.

thankyou old fans :)

I can't help you with your query as I have only been fanpopping since January (2008) but I am an "older" fan which is what I thought you were referring to. Ha!ha!