New feature wanted- If you rec. or unrec. a thread, you should be required to post why you did so.

[Gregorian]

This would stop people from being anonymous. It would make those who disagree to be accountable. It would deter crashers from killing threads. Not only that, but I'm sure everyone has seen posts on the greatest page that have recommendations and not a single reply. There's something wrong with that just as there is with those who want to anonymously kill a thread by unrecommending it.

I was just reading the thread by Chris Hedges on how OWS has won, and how the 1% have nothing to offer. And the thread was unrecommended. Clearly these are unrecommends by people who are not truly part of this forum.

[Skinner]

1. On DU3 (our soon-to-be released upgrade) there won't be an unrec function.

And all recommendations are public. So nobody can recommend in secret.

[Gregorian]

2. Yay. Good move.

The only reason I ever unrecommend something is when it seems like it just makes this forum look trite to outsiders. But I guess we can't be serious all of the time.

Thanks.