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Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #131 |
| 135. A vocal minority or a silent minority can keep threads off the front/greatest page |
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It doesn't by any means reflect a majority.
It amounts to a minority veto and a way to KEEP threads from getting enough display so that more people can recommend it anf get it up on the greatest page or to the front page.
Sure where there is VAST noncontroversial support for "safe" ideas they will get rec'd and not unrec'd.
Only if another poster notices the thread or laerts others to it wil it even have a chance and the general DU folks wil only get to see it for the half hour or so it is near the top.
But organized disruptors CAN game this system. So can any pressure group. But that would be unseemly. Unfortunately on some issues only those with time and resources will be able to effectively game this system. That is the danger.
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