A serious question on 'unrecommend'. What is its purpose and how does it work?

[Bobbieo]

What happens when a thread is unrecommended? I only see plus posts no negatives. So, I'm dyslexic and this makes no sense to me.

[Oregone]

1. Its to keep Locozollo's (sp?) threads from the greatest

Bascially, moron fodder always gets rec'd and bumped, but its there to supress the idiocy.

[HughMoran]

13. ...as I consider your post

...until it's deleted.

[Skittles]

2. people who are so threatened by shit they don't agree with

no longer just have to make asses of themselves - they can officially VOTE IT DOWN!!!!

[HughMoran]

3. .

doh - can't use that symbol in subject line

[timeforpeace]

4. It's an experiment in group behavioral dynamics.

[LoZoccolo]

5. It's part of what makes DU the best online game evar! n/t

[Bobbieo]

8. How does a thread know when it has been unrecommended?

I only see plus posts.

[LoZoccolo]

9. It brings a U-Haul. n/t

[NoPasaran]

6. Its main purpose is to generate threads complaining about unrec

Some say it was devised by Rahm Emanuel to deflect some of the anti-DLC feeling by introducing another easy target.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Clever, very clever

I heard Rahm Emanuel also devised the dungeons, to keep people from knowing the TRUTH.

You are wise, oh NoPasaran.

[dkf]

7. Oh I love recommending unrecommended threads.

Makes my day.

And it's purpose is to bury uncomfortable truths.

[Lost-in-FL]

10. To control dissent, limit free expression.

I don't know. :shrug:

[Bobbieo]

12. Does zero posts mean you have been unrecommended?

Supposing you have been ignored? It makes no sense!!!

[lunatica]

11. The original intent has been lost

But it was about the greatest page. Some crappy threads were making it to the greatest page because the number of posts on them were counted. The executive mods running the site thought it would help get the popular threads to the greatest page by giving people the right to unrec instead of counting the number of posts because many times the number of posts on a thread are about people taking it over and fighting with each other. Many times a really good OP (original post) will be very interesting only to be taken over by two or more DUers fighting with each other because that's what they do when the 'other' posts anything or because they can't disagree without fighting about it. That tended to make the thread go to the Greatest Page only because of the number of posts it had even thought nothing really great was in the OP.

But it seems that the innovation has been abused. Although the threads that make it to the greatest page are usually the better one because a lot of DUers will rec just to balance out the obviously stupid unrecs.

And in many cases it's very obvious that someone is unrec'ing all the OPs they can just to create disharmony. I mean, who unrecs an OP who is telling a personal story that has nothing to do with dissent?

I hope this helps a little.

[Bobbieo]

15. Thank you lunatica - It does make some sense - I guess. I'm not on DU to debate or argue

with anyone. I'm here to get information seeing as I don't have access to a TV.

[omega minimo]

19. Recs were counted -- when were the number of posts EVER counted? Did you make that up?

Or do you have some inside track on something that has NEVER been posted publicly? :evilfrown:

[lunatica]

22. That is my reality and I'm sticking to it

Perception is everything

[slackmaster]

14. Its purpose is to allow level-headed people to help curb irrational exuberance

And knock down anything related to Sarah Palin.

[Bobbieo]

16. How does one know when a thread has been unrecommended?

[slackmaster]

18. Two ways that I can think of...

1. Observing that the rec count is less than zero, which indicates that it has gotten more unrecs than recs, and

2. Obsessively watching a thread that has a positive rec count, and noticing that it doesn't always go up over time.

[omega minimo]

20. Its purpose is to make the petty feel powerful.

[Canuckistanian]

21. I have a script

That scans GD once a minute and unrecommends any post that uses the word "unrecommend" in the OP title.

I care not what the purpose of "unrecommend" is, I only know that it's mere mention must be destroyed - before it destroys us all.

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K&R