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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow about an Appreciation Thread for the "Unappreciated" who have never had an Appreciation Thread?
Here's to all who show up and post but never quite make it to "Appreciated" status! You know who you are!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)But thanks for the thread.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)If you look at the recs in threads.....it seems to me as if you see a bunch of names who rec posts but don't ever start threads or post in threads......which leads me to believe there may be a largely silent class of DUers
I could be wrong, I often am.
EDIT: as an example look at the recs in the skinner appreciation thread
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)DU is a "tough room" and a lot of people are intimidated to post here, you really need a thick skin and not everyone can handle the sort of abuse often dished out in GD and GD-P is basically a mud wrestling pit.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)I was a lurker for a while since I was fairly new to politics and didn't want to get ripped for my ignorance. Now that I can handle myself better I can post with few worries. Still learning the ropes though so bear with me.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)like you, with only 700 posts. This is the first time I remember seeing your name.
As I have said before "90% of DU does not read 90% of DU"
Meaning that there are about 10,000 posts a day on DU. To read just 1,000 of them and to write half a dozen replies would take a fair amount of time, and you would only be reading 10% of DU if you did that. I doubt if most people here even read that much. They'd have to be fanatics if they did more or super-speed readers.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)thread?
(also, a 12 step program for internet addiction?)
HFRN
(1,469 posts)with the disclaimer that it's not for misogynist reasons?
yuiyoshida
(41,871 posts)Joe Isuzu
arcane1
(38,613 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)When someone has to make a huge issue out of leaving, then comes back after a few hundred recs, it seems to me it's more of an ego thing. If someone does't like it here, all they have to do is top posting, not make an issue out of it. I especially hate it when someone has to go through the "I am leaving" thread dozens of times, but always comes back!
fasttense
(17,301 posts)So, I fully qualify for the appreciation for the unappreciated.
And here's to the rest of the unappreciated, may we all be noticed for not being noticed.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)fasttense
(17,301 posts)I wanted to see if it would change my outlook. It only made me uninformed.
So, I really appreciate all the unsung members on DU. They are the ones who keep me informed.
treestar
(82,383 posts)and all our other fellow unappreciated (previously)
Spazito
(50,590 posts)There are many hidden gems in their posts, many gems.
to the unappreciated but valued posters.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Feels so good to be appreciated!
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)To everyone here who has ever posted an sinking OP which vanished off the front page, nary a reply.
I salute us!
Dr. Strange
(25,929 posts)Screw that! Orrex doesn't deserve an appreciation thread!
Not until he apologizes for the goat incident of 2010.
alfredo
(60,082 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)I appreciate the HELL outta that guy.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)Awwww......what a nice fella!
olddots
(10,237 posts)They wouldn't be unappreciated and we couldn't appreciate them for being unappreciated .
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)Historic NY
(37,460 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)They literally put their posting lives on the line for our entertainment.
I would also like to show my appreciation for trolls, they are so much more fun to play with than are the troll hunters.
Note: I avow that I post this in complete seriousness and I mean every word of it. This is not meant to be a humorous post.
libodem
(19,288 posts)I think there must be over a million registered here. One needs to be pretty prolific to stand out. Or be overtly controversial and opinionated. Or just really nice like California Peggy. The rest fly quietly under the radar.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,340 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)For anyone not too familiar with her, she's the heart and soul of the Latin America forum (as well as its steadfast defender against dirty war apologists and right-wing trolls in general) and a tireless researcher of news of interest to the progressive community - especially news of the underreported kind.
Thank you, m'am.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Texasgal
(17,049 posts)this type of thread.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)like Vonnegut said in Rosewater
"It's like you are standing on a street corner handing out pieces of toilet paper that say 'I love you' on them.
I don't want a sheet of toilet paper."
That's a quote from memory because I probably cannot find a copy of Rosewater in this forest.
And, of course, those words WERE said by the villain of the book - Senator Rosewater.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)for "Name Removed." That person is off the chain. I often wonder what it is they said, but thanks to MIRT I don't have to.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)phylny
(8,393 posts)I've been waiting forever. Thank you! Thank you, all!
Horse with no Name
(33,958 posts)Especially if the usual suspects take a dump in it as evidenced by what's going on now, lol.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)but nobody else does
tblue37
(65,528 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Some people whose insights I value highly don't respond when I answer them, so I quit replying to them. We have no idea what anyone is thinking of feeling as they read thes posts. I appreciate all posters who are considerate and work hard on their posts.
I don't take much time now, just post a joke or pic or video to lighten the mood, hopefully. I appreciate all the kind people on this thread who may feel their posts are not appreciated.
And I regret not replying to all those that talk to me in posts, but I get busy, and don't reply. It's just that I flit around, it's not that the posts aren't worthy of reply. It may be the same with my posts that go unanswered.
I have wanted for a long time to express thanks to many posters. I don't do OPs even when asked, not sure it's really worth it.
Hugs to all.
MADem
(135,425 posts)dhill926
(16,387 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)"A Chicken in every Lot"
unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)Now I need to rec Sebrena1's
swilton
(5,069 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Lol, in all seriousness, great OP.