Have you ever "unrecommended" a thread (OP)?

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[Curtland1015]

1. Yup. Just recently in fact.

;)

[havocmom]

2. Hey, me too

:hi:

[JuniperLea]

3. Me too!

Fascinating!

;)

[Xipe Totec]

4. Me four!

[BlooInBloo]

5. 5

[TahitiNut]

6. I'm both recommending AND unrecommending far more ...

... now that there's balance between :thumbsup: and :thumbsdown: in the forum. It was hardly worth hitting 'recommend' before. Virtually meaningless.

:shrug:

[JuniperLea]

7. Wow! You are fair...

And balanced!

I never thought I'd see that outside the fantasy Faux Gnus!

[scarletwoman]

8. I wouldn't say I "love" it -- I argued vehemently against it & I'd be happy to see it go away -- but

I have no qualms about using it, since it's here. And I will readily admit to deriving a certain amount of satisfaction in using it in select instances.

I still think it's evil. :evilgrin:

[BlooInBloo]

9. You're welcome.

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[Laelth]

12. Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

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18. Yes, but it's only virtual evil. Fantasy is at a real premium these days!

[pipi_k]

10. I have...but only the ones that say, "Rec this if you ______"

Anyone who actually ASKS for recs automatically gets an unrec from me.

Just because.


:+

[yy4me]

11. I have not unrecommended a post but would like to see the

unrecommended count shown. It would give me an idea of just how many people agree or disagree with the subject being discussed.

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13. I think that would fix it for me too. "47 reccomends 21 unrecommends"

or +22 (54 total votes cast)

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Watch this.........

*click*

Not really.

I couldn't care less about either.

[abumbyanyothername]

15. I routinely unrec Palin and Pop culture threads.

And try not to comment on them thereby allowing them to sink.

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19. I can certainly relate to the Palin threads - this isn't E! Magazine!!!

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16. I guess what REALLY pisses me off is when it says

WTF does that mean? I'd like to know how fucking unpopular my thread is! How else can I learn to modify my behavior?

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17. Wonder if I'm the only one that ever accidently hit unrec instead of rec...

:shrug:

[LooseWilly]

20. Hehe... I just accidentally recced this thread...

when I meant to unrec it.


I do find those who are making threads angling for popularity often need to be treated as such (usually by unreccing in my book)... a thread that's honestly a thread is another case entirely... (whatever the hell that really means).

[reflection]

21. Nope. Plenty of people have.

I know I have twice (that I know of).

[Lisa0825]

22. I have unrec'd every thread about unreccing that I have seen. nt

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23. Is it a taboo subject, or has it been discussed ad naseum?

[Lisa0825]

31. When the change was made, DU was flooded with posts complaining about it.

It was really annoying. IMO it is better to watch what happens after a change and see if it is effective or causes a problem, rather than bitching and moaning about what you predict will happen. Anyway, some folks may still be pissed about it, but I think the Greatest page is better for it.

For the record, I emailed Skinner ONCE about it, when I saw a unrec that was undoubtedly a troll. He undid the unrec and since I now know he can watch unrec-trolls, I think it can actually be a method for weeding them out.

[Canuckistanian]

24. There are VERY FEW that I'll "unrec"

Usually, they're OPs that I consider "concern trolls". Not bad enough to alert, but bad enough to discourage from success (as much as the Greatest Page can be considered "success").

[Dinger]

25. Other Than This One, No

:evilgrin:

[NoPasaran]

26. Oops, I did it again!

Proud member, DU Unrecking Crew

[TexasObserver]

27. All the time.

[CakeGrrl]

28. I Unrec threads that still dicuss the Unrec feature. n/t

[Iggo]

29. Oh hell yes.

[DefenseLawyer]

30. Just this one. n/t

[onyourleft]

32. No, I have never used the feature and don't plan on using...

...it in the foreseeable future. I didn't vote in the poll either.