Question: why don't rec's also "kick" a thread?

[jgraz]

It seems obvious that if you recommend a thread, you think it's worthy enough to be kicked to the top of the list. Yeah, it would do away with our beloved "K&R n/t" responses, but shouldn't a rec just automatically act as a kick?

Also, why not have poll responses kick the poll?

:shrug:

[SteppingRazor]

1. That's actually a good questiion. If I were you, I'd ask the admins n/t

[Vilis Veritas]

2. This may be a stupid question...

But how do you Kick a thread? I always thought the rec did it...

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Replies bump threads

[ThomWV]

3. That and multiple vote polls make sense to me

A poll the other day asked which of the following candidates would you not vote for. Several people responeded that they wouldn't vote for 5 out of the 10, or whatever it was, indicating that a better picture might have been given by the poll had people been able to check more than one block, so to speak.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. It is the post that kicks.

You can rec a thread without posting.

You probably already knew that.

BTW, "It's the post that kicks" sounds like a slogan for a cereal

[Lex]

5. It's not much trouble to also post something too.

I'm sure the OP appreciates the feedback on a post as well as a rec.

[blogslut]

6. Actually

I often find that when I rec a thread, someone else simultaneously posts to it. Weird huh?

[underpants]

7. I've always thought that a rec should kick it as well as on polls

a vote should kick it.

[lonestarnot]

8. Depends upon poster's time restraints.

:evilgrin:

[Graybeard]

10. A rec or vote should count as much as a post.

Someone who wants to recommend a thread or vote in a poll is actively participating in the original post as much as one who "replies" IMHO.:shrug: So, what's the prob?

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Would that turn every page into the Greatest, though? Pinning threads like that to the top?

[jgraz]

12. Not really. The threads would just bubble in response to all forms of activity

[uppityperson]

13. Recs can be anonymous where Kick shows who did it.