New rec system a metaphor for America?

[canetoad]

Everything driven by the opinion of others?

[bridgit]

1. Ding! The tribe has made your 'must read' go blue...

:spray:

[canetoad]

2. Just tried to give myself a disruptive vote

but it didn't work. I want my money back.

[bridgit]

3. hahaha, i tried that too, it didn't say i *couldn't* do it it just wouldn't

:cry:

[HereSince1628]

4. This desire for rating goes back to DU version 1

There was concern about the stiffling effect it could have on free speech.

It died in it's first incarnation and became the reads/recs numbers.
That hasn't seemed to hurt the scope of the postings.

Right now I've got autistic-like anxiety from the high object novelty of the color blocks.

[seemslikeadream]

5. color blocks

please make them go away, they're hurting my eyes :cry:

[HereSince1628]

7. I felt the same thing with the big colored icons that came with DU ver 2

At first they looked like gigantic baby toys.

Now they just look like baby toys and that's pretty appropriate for DU'ers. :)

[Odin2005]

9. Based on how DU is sometimes I think baby toys ARE appropriate!

Then on other days I'm afraid half the posters are gonna kill themselves because of poll numbers... :evilgrin: :rofl:

[Odin2005]

8. Ha! Being a high-functioning Autistic myself that made me laugh!!!

LOL, I have Asperger's Syndrome and the rating icons ARE a bit annoying! :rofl: They should be on the right side and be smaller.

[readmoreoften]

6. That would the definition of democracy.

Tyranny of majority opinion. Pluralist democracy=tyranny of the majority opinion among the wealthy.