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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:55 AM
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Is it faux pas to nominate your own thread?
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:57 AM
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1. do candidates vote for themselves??
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:58 AM
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2. I guess they do.
But on Kos, they don't let you recommend your own diary.

:shrug:
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ProudToBeLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:59 AM
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3. depends...
I mean for example to show your mutual respect, they vote for the other person and vice versa.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:00 AM
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4. true, but...
you really think dubya voted for Kerry, and vise versa?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:03 AM
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5. no, I think it's fine
yes indeed.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:08 AM
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6. Thanks, hot mama!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:47 AM
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15. LOL
you know Wisconsin is my favorite state, right? I lived in Waterloo and Madison as a GI brat. And I was a FIB when I was in high school in northern Illinois too - used to go to Kenosha for beer nights. :D
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:58 AM
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18. Well, I'm a FIB now....getting my masters' degree
Won't be for long though...unless I get my PhD here too.
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:08 AM
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7. I Believe It's Alright
If you have written a piece in which you have a lot of pride, I see nothing wrong with suggesting it for the front page. Your work may have been overlooked by those who would have nominated it. Someone may have seen it, been very impressed, but forgotten about the option to nominate it. Make sure your piece at least gets considered.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:11 AM
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8. Some people have already recomended it.
I just want to make suer it gets enough!
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:14 AM
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9. I Don't Know How It Works
I envisioned a 'committee' of mods deliberating over front-page content without regard to the number of nominations. Still, it couldn't hurt to show confidence in your own work.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:20 AM
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13. At the bottom left of every main post, there is an icon
"Nominate thread for homepage"

Anyone can click it, I think. If your thread gets enough nominations, the Mods will put it on the home page.
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:24 AM
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14. I Know How to Nominate
I didn't know it depended on the number of nominations, however. Very democratic! :7
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Nikepallas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:15 AM
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10. Nominate a thread for what?
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:57 AM
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17. Homepage
The threads that you see featured on the front.
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Nikepallas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:00 AM
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20. Oh, I see thanks. I never knew that happened.
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:17 AM
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11. you cant. so...yeah. nt
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:18 AM
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12. yeah you can
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 01:56 AM
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16. I didn't think you COULD nominate your own thread
I've never tried, since I was afraid that there would be an automatic message from the moderators screaming AMERICAN TRAGEDY JUST TRIED TO NOMINATE HER OWN THREAD HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! or something.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:00 AM
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19. well, I did
I hope it worked. I have at least two other nominations already.
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 10:27 AM
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21. i tried to before. it said i couldnt...maybe it's changed. nt
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