RIP: Critical Thought on DU

[FLAprogressive]

Any post that does not 'toe the line' so to speak will be immediately "unrecommended" by the operatives.....now the greatest page will be filled with cheerleader threads, just how the All Star Cheerleaders want it.

I guess some people are just sick of the truth and just want to see sunshine, puppies, and rainbows.....my my my how DU has changed.

"unrec" this all you want.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Ah, Thought, we hardly knew ye.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. Huh?

I swear sometimes this board makes me crazy. What are you talking about?

[el_bryanto]

3. Hopefully you will be wrong

But it's possible you are right.

Of course you can always try and get your own operatives and use them to unrecommend a post. Then maybe nobody will make it on the greatest page.

Bryant

[Mari333]

4. I usually ignore the Rec voting anyway

if it looks interesting, I click on it. it wont change me from being a critical thinker.

[Just Saying]

16. +1

[county worker]

5. i like sunshine puppies and rainbows don't you?

I don't think we all need to be down in the shit all the time. I believe in the law of attraction. What you are constantly thinking you draw to your life.

I'll think sunshine, puppies and rainbows and you think shit all day. Don't be surprised if all you see in you life is shit!

[hfojvt]

6. I am thinking critical thoughts right now

about this OP.

Somebody alert the mods, quick!

[scheming daemons]

7. The "Greatest Page" will be filled with threads that represent the majority of DU opinion

Instead of how it previously only represented those who shouted the loudest.



If you're "outside of the mainstream" of DU opinion, why do you think you should be on the greatest page?


If a freeper disruptor posts a pro-Palin thread, and five other freeper disruptors recommend it... why should it get on the Greatest Page?

[FLAprogressive]

10. Silence the minority. Now that's Democracy! (TM)

[scheming daemons]

17. In what way are you "silenced"? We're all reading your thread.....

It hasn't been locked.


It's at the top of the GD section.



Are you going to go all drama-queen and claim that NOT-BEING-ON-THE-GREATEST-PAGE = SILENCED?



:eyes:

[MADem]

110. No, not "silence"--simply "refuse to elect"--that IS how democracy works.

We don't give the clowns with the fewest votes the job--when the system works right, anyway.

Your thread won't get the spot on the "greatest" page, if most of us don't think it's all that great.

Five people with a halfassed viewpoint won't purport to represent the vast majority here.

You can continue to blab away all you want--you simply won't be able to do it from center stage unless you get the audience to applaud your efforts.

[Bluenorthwest]

126. Ah! I've been waiting to see one of your posts!

So I can click ignore. Yippeeeeee! Click.

[MADem]

127. Wow, that was profoundly childish of you. Knock yourself out, though.

You clearly don't have much in the way of a life, and you're flaunting that paucity for all to see!

Glad I was able to give you a pathetic little moment of joy, though!

:rofl:

[el_bryanto]

23. Your example is non-sensical

Rather if you are more moderate than the mainstream DU you will be accused of being a freeper and recommended down; or if you are more liberal /leftist than the mainstream. That is the concern.

Most "freepers" aren't necessarily, and the ones that are usually get caught pretty quick.

Bryant

[bridgit]

In case of emergency break glass and supplant "opinion" with 'mindset', I've found that helpful

:kick:

[bridgit]

27. Sure, it'll be like the ongoing bulletin board for cheerleader tryouts

[scheming daemons]

37. Only if the majority of DUers are cheerleaders.... the reverse happens if the majority of DUers are

bashers.


The "Greatest Page" will pretty accurately reflect DUers current opinions of Obama.


If the current approval of him on DU is under 50%, then the BASHING threads will be the ones that make the Greatest Page.

[bridgit]

58. I'd be willing to bet you dollars to donuts that there's a percentile of threads...

that are rec'd with little more effort than that the rec'er appreciates the OP on a bumper-sticker-level as in, "That's a cool bumper-sticker" or a level that doesn't even require them to have read, or per se agree with the post; maybe just maybe because they like them or maybe just because they *want* to be liked by either them or their associates enter via 'unrecommend' the ability to drive down the stock like MadMoneyKramer on other products by 'cheer-leading up' products one is more comfortable with = it's The Pepsi Challenge = Coke or Pepsi = "No Coke!! Pepsi!" and maybe that's fine...

I don't drink Pepsi myself, though I will drink Dr. Pepper in a world where it only takes 5 rec's to get Pepsi on the Greatest Page :kick:

[Zynx]

100. Did you ever look at the "Greatest Page" in the past couple months?

70% of the posts were knee-jerk, poorly-written, barely-reasoned "criticism" of Obama that had often very little basis in fact and policy.

For example, all the people who scream about Obama giving tax cuts to the rich are just damned liars. There have been no such cuts. However, they get a lot of recommends.

[bridgit]

139. I'm say'n, friend, you know what *I'm* say'n

:kick:

[MADem]

106. Hear, hear!!! nt

[noamnety]

128. Do you think that expressing the view of mainstream DU

is what makes a thread great?

[gkhouston]

8. I never even look at the Greatest Page. It's really not the end all and be all for everyone. n/t

[Tansy_Gold]

35. Glad I'm not the only one.

Of course, it takes time and effort to actually look at the forum front pages, read through the subject lines, figure out which ones might be interesting and which ones are crap (most of 'em). But I guess laziness has infiltrated DU and anything that presents a CHALLENGE has to be shot down or derided or attacked.

Tansy Gold, who will stick with just skipping the threads she's not interested in

[City Lights]

53. Same here. nt

[niceypoo]

9. One thing that will happen...

...is that opposing groups will organise to unrecommend each others threads.

This feature wont last long

[scheming daemons]

14. As long as proponent groups outnumber opposing ones, it will work...

[scheming daemons]

11. How is your "critical thought" thread being mis-treated?

Is nobody reading it?

Has it been locked?

Have you been tombstoned?



Thought not.


"But wait! My five disruptor friends can't send me to the Greatest Page anymore!"

[WI_DEM]

12. For years this is something that many people have asked for, and finally we got it

I think that most people will use it wisely.

[MNDemNY]

13. Some of you all take this "chat room" waaaay toooo serious.

[sufrommich]

19. Yep. nt

[MNDemNY]

Must be nice not to have any "real" worries.

Don't you think?

[sufrommich]

28. I have a family member who creates drama to replace

the lack of real life drama,I imagine it's the same thing.

[MNDemNY]

41. Do people really think...

this matters beyond the few thousand posters, who are for the most part, on the same side? Hell, it is a source of entertainment , for me, kinda like an R rated, interactive MSNBC.

[sufrommich]

52. How do I know you're not just a very creative

"operative" trying to cover as a casual DU poster? Huh? Huh? :evilgrin:

[MNDemNY]

54. You caught me!!

;)

[Ignis]

160. No, but I take adverbs seriously.

-ly
-ly
-ly

Practice! :)

[Hutzpa]

163. It's called the DU virus

its infectious, analytical, and can make people tripped over themselves.


:evilgrin:

[Maru Kitteh]

OK.

[reflection]

15. But hyperbole is alive and well, I see.

:eyes:

[scheming daemons]

20. But the OP is not on the Greatest Page! Therefore he's being SILENCED!

:eyes:

[polichick]

18. Mindless pep rallies are so boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. nt

[grantcart]

21. Yes a discussion board that tests ideas by seeing if people support it

Now if you have a particular viewpoint that needs a more protective umbrella where members can meet and exchange their views without the scruitiny of harassment of the entire community you could start a sub group especially for promoting that particular view point as dozens and dozens of other DUers have.

[BuyingThyme]

22. Yep. We're all Stepford Wives now. Call it the Stepford Rule.

[gkhouston]

32. Okay, calling us a bunch of Stepford Wives sounds like

we've having a massive lesbian orgy in here. You really shouldn't do that. It will get the freeper trolls all hot and bothered.

[BuyingThyme]

33. Stepford Drones?

[gkhouston]

40. snort. Better, I suppose. Now I'm thinking of Charlie Brown's teacher. n/t

[scheming daemons]

46. And what happens if the majority of DUers DISapprove of Obama?

Then the only threads that make it to the Greatest Page will be from the "bashers".


See how it works? The greatest page will accurately reflect the majority of opinion on DU, whatever it is at the moment.



This should only piss you off if you're outside of DU mainstream. And that "mainstream" is constantly shifting.


If Obama's popularity falls, only bashing threads will make it to the Greatest Page.

...and that will make you very happy, I guess.

[BuyingThyme]

50. The only people this pisses off are the people who respect minority views & out-of-the box thinking.

[FLAprogressive]

61. the DLCers get what they want yet again. The left silenced.

[scheming daemons]

69. You're sure making a lot of posts for someone who's been "silenced"

..
:eyes:

[Vidar]

109. Unrecommend would quietly disappear.

[rucky]

130. Before we could only show approval.

Now we can show disapproval, too.

I don't see how that kills critical thinking. Maybe even the opposite, if the feature isn't abused.

[BuyingThyme]

133. How 'bout an Un-Greatest Threads Forum?

[Cant trust em]

24. "the truth" as defined by whoever the poster is.

It's the self aggrandizement on DU, not the chearleading that makes me want to gag.

[Kaleko]

47. !

:thumbsup:

[hileeopnyn8d]

57. +1

[villager]

25. yeah -- it makes every thread here the equivalent of an online poll

...with partisans on each side trying to "outvote" each other...

[Mojambo]

30. I'm still trying to figure out how this will bring us together. n/t

[Bicoastal]

26. I have placed an experimental "Sunshine, Puppy Dog, and Rainbow Thread" on GD...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6022698&mesg_id=6022698

...let's see if your theory is correct.

[Still Sensible]

29. I think there are as many bashers as there are cheerleaders

on the board. So it will probably balance out in the end. In fairness, I would expect the greatest page of a democratic site to feature plenty of support for a democratic administration, but at the same time I also expect a healthy amount of constructive criticism as well as outright "the President is wrong" posts when the situation warrants.

[Mojambo]

38. I don't think even constructive criticism posts will survive

The problem is that there's a pretty wide gulf between what varying parties consider "constructive criticism"

[FLAprogressive]

44. they will not....because the cheerleaders consider any criticism "bashing".

[RoyGBiv]

31. Oh my god ...

What exactly do you think is going to happen? Your thread gets unrecommended and suddenly the black helicopters descend on your house, taking you off to Room 101?

To what level has the whine factor gone for some to believe being able to express a displeasure with a thread is somehow an erasure of critical thought?

You know what this does? It affects the listing of topics on the Greatest Page.

In what way does the fact that some threads won't be showing up on the Greatest Page now stifle critical thought? Be specific please.

[jobycom]

34. That's all the Greatest Page is now. Cheerleader threads, bashing threads...

Who cares? Just go to your favorite forums and discuss what you think is important. Who's Who polls are for high schoolers, anyway.

[CreekDog]

36. the great thing about a broad brush attack is that nobody knows who is being singled out

:eyes:

[earth mom]

39. Yep, the DLCers & DINOS are having a field day with it.

But turnabout is fairplay and GD-P is chock full of bullshit if you catch my drift. :evilgrin:

[scheming daemons]

49. Only if the "DLCers and DINOS" represent a majority of DUers

[earth mom]

59. DLCers & DINOS have just been given full reign to chase the rest of us lefties out of dodge.

But no worries for you, right? :eyes:

[scheming daemons]

62. If you think DLCers and DINOS have taken "full reign" of DU, you haven't been reading this place

...lately.


The DLC sucks. And very few here represent their viewpoint.

[earth mom]

76. You obviously haven't been paying attention if you don't see the DLC & DINOS in action around here.

:eyes:

[FLAprogressive]

79. you know what they say: "a skunk can't smell its own stink"

[fascisthunter]

178. ding

[RoyGBiv]

64. How?

How does an "unrecommend" feature do one thing to "chase" a person out?

Please be specific. No one seems able to answer this.

[scheming daemons]

68. They can't answer it.... it's over-the-top poutrage

[earth mom]

72. I did answer it but you obviously love having the opportunity to stir shit up.

:puke:

[earth mom]

70. Recommending a thread is a way for peoples voices to be heard.

Now all sorts of organized trolls, cheerleaders, dinos, dlcers and freepers can come over here and erase what the MAJORITY thinks and trash DU all to hell.

Why do I have to explain this to you?

[scheming daemons]

78. By definition, they CAN'T erase what a MAJORITY thinks

And it is curious that you lump Obama "cheerleaders" with "freepers".... when in fact, they couldn't be more opposite on the posting spectrum.

[earth mom]

87. They can if they have enough of a cabal to do their dirty work.

Look what freepers did to the Dixie Chicks.

[scheming daemons]

93. Would they have been able to get a pro-Dixie Chicks thread off the greatest page of ?

doubtful

[RoyGBiv]

89. Why do you have to explain it?

Because your explanation makes not a shred of sense.

The "unrecommend" feature does nothing but reduce an thread starter post's "score" to determine whether it will show on the Greatest page, so-called.

Are you somehow claiming that those of us who never have posts recommended to the Greatest page are being chased away? Should I have left a long time ago and just was too stupid to realize it?

Deargod, this one of the most bizarre collections of whiners I have ever managed to come across.

[MADem]

114. It doesn't, but that's why you're being ignored. You're making sense, see? nt

[TWiley]

42. I tried to unrecommend your post, and it did not go negative.

It just stayed at zero.

Curious too. I would think any system should have as much potential either way. Looks like the fucking tweed hat democrats won another one and will cause further division based on stupid and unrealistic ideals.

You are right. There are several networks of operatives on DU. I will mention the "gun enthusiasts" as one, but I will not mention any others. The price is too high for doing so.

[LaurenG]

43. It will work itself out

So you are afraid that only pro Obama voices will be on the front page and no criticism?

My advice and I know you didn't ask for it is to take a deep breath and realize change is part of being alive go with the flow and see how this works out rather than decide it's all terrible without giving it a chance to see how it works.

[BlooInBloo]

45. Irony is when people whining about "critical thought" can't stand criticism.

[FLAprogressive]

48. I can't stand that there will no longer be a diversity of viewpoint

It will all be "majority rule" when it comes to the greatest page....seeing only what the "majority" wants us to see.

[Name removed]

51. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[BlooInBloo]

55. hahahah! Please stop! Allowing BOTH sides to vote is the very definition of diversity...

What you're really for a route to EVERYONE'S greatest page that requires:

(a) Only a very few need to support it
(b) Those who oppose it have no say, no matter how many they may be.

That's what you call "diversity of opinion".

Tell me more lies. Please.

[scheming daemons]

60. The only people upset with this are those that tend to be CONTRARIAN to most DUers

"My extreme viewpoint, with recs by 5 of my friends, won't make it to the Greatest Page anymore! Wah!"

[MADem]

117. That's the gripe, in a nutshell! Well done! Very succinctly put! nt

[MADem]

118. That's the gripe, in a nutshell! Well done! Very succinctly put! nt

[bridgit]

63. Fucking word dude that's it!

Way too many people think 'critical thinking' is just a vehicle to 'think critically' of others :dunce:

[MADem]

116. If I could recommend a single post, I'd "rec" yours! +1!!!! nt

[snooper2]

56. ROFL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

you are being serious as well :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh WOES ME :rofl:





http://api.ning.com/files/lopnafkDyML9zgmG0SRdSyF4wyM9FMZ6UgZHXQtFdDRYeD3j*J69KtVnaWWejO9BMfc-oHWhzJ9iHl7g4EBKLAtgvf5N-P1A/sunshine.jpg

[noamnety]

65. I'm curious to see, after 24 hours,

to what degree the threads on the greatest page start aligning with stories and views in the mainstream media, vs. DU's strong point, which is shining light on those stories that slip under the radar in the Friday night news dump.

I suspect threads that tend to support those in power will see more visibility, and those that cause us to question the status quo will become less visible, but I hope I am proven wrong.

[Common Sense Party]

66. Can we also have a "Shittiest Page"? n/t

[Rob Gregory Browne]

67. Optimism sucks, doesn't it?

Cynicism is soooo much better.

[otohara]

71. I See It The Other Way Around

seems to me, the threads shredding Obama make it to the greatest page.

I haven't been going there, cuz I'm sick of it.

I'm cheering for him to do his best under some very dire conditions. Not much is going well these days - anywhere, everywhere - sea, land, air, rights, foreign policy, economy.... you name it.

[FLAprogressive]

75. so what you're saying is you're tired of objectivity from the left

[scheming daemons]

82. Hmmm....

"Shredding Obama" = "objectivity"



...and you wonder why your threads won't make it to the greatest page.

:eyes:

[otohara]

90. No But ...

the tone has gotten rather nasty, not just here, but everywhere - TV, radio, print, space - I'm aware of most of the complaints and criticisms. - I'm not happy about many things too, but I'm taking a bit of a break from hating the president by not responding to each and every thread that tears him apart.

Besides, these days, I'm focused on one thing.

Health care for all.

[Rob Gregory Browne]

131. I see very little objectivity on these forums

and I don't necessarily exclude myself.

[WI_DEM]

73. Simple solution is to get rid of both the recommend and unrecommend options.

[polichick]

84. Good idea - what kind of reader chooses threads because of recs anyway?? nt

[Mojambo]

107. I support this idea. n/t

[Bonobo]

74. "Unrecommending" something is not the same as silencing the thought, so...

What exactly is the problem?

What you call "Cheerleading" is merely another way for people to express THEIR opinion.

[earth mom]

85. Are you seriuos?! Unrecommending IS silencing dissent! WTF!

:wtf:

[noamnety]

86. It's like the free speech pens at national conventions

Anyone can say their piece - over here, in this corner where you won't be so ... you know ... visible to the public.

A clever way to allow free speech while silencing it at the same time.

[scheming daemons]

96. Really? it's just like that, huh?

Everyone has a right to have their every thought on the "Greatest Page"?

[noamnety]

103. strawman. (nt)

[scheming daemons]

108. Actually, your post about "free speech pens" represents a strawman argument...

...if you care about definitions.

[anigbrowl]

145. How come I can still see your messages then?

In fact I can still see your thread about silencing dissent. Clearly this new nuclear option isn't working very well.

[gratuitous]

77. So you can't think without a cheerleading squad to back you up?

I'm sure I'm missing something here. Wouldn't be the first time.

[timeforpeace]

80. That the unrec function was even deemed necessary is interesting.

[FLAprogressive]

83. obviously the chris crocker cheerleaders were tired of seeing anything remotely objective

[BlooInBloo]

88. If by "objective" you mean "small # of ppl agree and nobody disagreeing can stop it"...

Then yes.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I can't quite tell if you know you're a liar, or if you actually believe the bullshit you're saying.

I suppose it doesn't much matter.

[mullard12ax7]

81. K & unR!

I only want MJ and Palin gossip to fill my life with happy joy contentment. Who needs critical thought?

[Jennicut]

91. Am I the only one who never looks at the front page? I click on stories I want to read

not want anyone recommends to me, or is that too difficult?

[BlooInBloo]

92. Latest is my DU home page. I rarely if ever visit the Greatest page.

[Jennicut]

95. Yeah, I am bookmarked to GD: Prez

Never even visit the front page.

[sufrommich]

94. I don't either. I've got DU bookmarked to go

straight to the Forum page. I don't get what the big deal is. Who cares how many recs a thread has?

[fishwax]

144. same here

Seems simple enough :)

[LAGC]

97. K&U

Just kidding... I recommended, but it wasn't enough to change the status. It still shows <0.

[FLAprogressive]

98. lol I knew the GD:P bots who so desperately wanted and needed this feature would swoop in

so it's not gonna matter how many rec or unrec it.

[Zynx]

99. I suppose that's why all the posts prior to this with the most recommends were knee-jerk

flame bait about how Obama was a Reagan-in-disguise, homophobic, torturing, jack-booted, fascist?

[FLAprogressive]

101. hyperbole is great, isn't it?

[scheming daemons]

102. LOL... says the OP who started this pure-hyperbole thread

What was that you said about skunks?

[MADem]

104. Paranoia strikes deep......

"Toe the line?"

"Operatives?"

"My, my, my, how DU has changed?"

I thought "change we can believe in" was a GOOD thing!

Things that stay the same, to my mind, are rotting.

This is a discussion board. If the quality of your discussion sucks, you'll know about it. I should think this new feature would help all of us do a better job in formulating an argument.

I think I will "unrec" this, because it sounds, to my ear, like a petulant whine. Also, I really like the "unrec" feature because it stops five bullies from putting unrepresentative crap that most of us think is absolute bullshit on the greatest page.

But thanks for giving me "permission!"

[RoyGBiv]

105. I love this thread ...

I haven't had a deep, belly laugh at work like this in a LONG time.

[Life Long Dem]

111. I'm going to shed a tear like Hillary.

:patriot: Just raising the flag in honor of all America!

[omega minimo]

112. It's ironic timing for those thinking that things had gotten too negative ..........................

as in derogatory. People picking on each other constantly. Is there a tech fix for that?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

113. This thread reminds me of "Pete Hoekstra is a Meme"

"A Thread I Like Might Not End Up On The Greatest Page: This Is The Greatest Strike Against Freedom Since the Redcoats Marched To Lexington!"

[ohheckyeah]

121. If I could I would recommend your post.

LOL Thanks.

[izzybeans]

115. This was more true with the "recommend" only feature.

Many critical posts sink because of the tripe that made it to the top of the greatest page.

[spoony]

122. That's the way I'm looking at it.

I don't know how it will pan out, but I think this feature gives people the ability to disapprove of supercilious nonsense to the benefit of serious issue-oriented discussions.

[Deja Q]

119. Recommended...

Which means it'll be back down to 0 soon enough... :(

[Amerigo Vespucci]

120. I said this in jest in another thread, but it's based in truth and honesty...

...I could give a flying fuck about popularity.

There are people on DU I like very much, and I'm confident that they know who they are.

There are people on my ignore list, and I'm sure I'm on a few as well.

And then there's everyone else.

I'm a member of this site, I do my best to follow the rules, I enjoy making people laugh (assuming that I ever accomplish that) and I try to post actual political discourse as well.

As I said in the aforementioned thread, my advice to people who don't "get" me is to "bite" me. Pure and simple. I don't seek popularity and I don;t need to be understood. People with those needs are only flaunting their weakness.

:patriot:

[annabanana]

123. "operatives"?. . just how many of those do you think there are?

curious...

[Beetwasher]

124. WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! I Can No Longer Post My Inflammatory Crap And Get All My Troll Friends To Rec It Up

To the top of the greatest page!!! WAHHHH!!!! :rofl:

Why do hate Democracy?

[ohheckyeah]

125. What does the cheerleader threads being on

the front page have to do with critical thought? Not everyone who reads a cheerleader thread automatically becomes a cheerleader.

[rucky]

129. ah, yes - the "operatives"

[Odin2005]

132. So conspiracy theories, Obama-bashing, and Marxist garbage is "Critical Thought"?

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

134. Dupe...again.

:eyes:

[Quantess]

135. Oh, did you want us to unrecommend this?

Cuz I just did. :evilgrin:

[LisaM]

136. I worry it's going to be the primaries all over again

When some on this board had its candidate, and systematically drove out people who didn't agree - many of whom I still miss dearly.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

138. Who is going to be driven off because their post didn't make the Greatest Page?

[LisaM]

155. It's not about the greatest page, which I pay no attention to anyway

I worry it will bring back concerted attacks and if you don't think those occurred during the primaries, I've got some swampland and a bridge for you.

It will also bubble UP to the greatest page a lot of crap that the posse wants to see there.

[ZombieHorde]

137. If you wish to use critical thought,

perhaps you should judge threads for yourself instead of using the Greatest Threads page.

[BurtWorm]

140. Maybe the anti-unrecommend crowd should start using their critical thought

on subjects other than the evils of unrecommending. You want to see the quality of DU posts drop in the gutter? Let every fifth post express worry over the quality of unrecommend on DU's posts.

[SeattleGirl]

141. My, but aren't you dramatical?

You seem to think that the "truth" can't be posted here any more. But your "truth" (i.e. opinion) is right here, for all to read if they so choose.

Pardon me if I think what you write here is nonsensical.

[TexasObserver]

142. RIP: Threads that can escape the infamy of their content.

Take a good look at the threads being rated in the negative. It's not the content you're imagining it would be, but the weak, whiny stuff that most of us hate.

[SpartanDem]

143. Operatives? You think people are sitting in smokey rooms conspiring to urec threads?

[anigbrowl]

146. That's what happens after you get to 1000 posts.

[BurtWorm]

147. I should have disclosed long ago that I'm on the payroll of Big Unrecommend.

[SpartanDem]

151. Are you guys hiring?

[BurtWorm]

153. I don't recommend applying.

I couldn't give you a letter of recommendation, anyway.

[bridgit]

170. So you.........*un*recommend applying?

:kick:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

158. LOL.

[BlooInBloo]

149. Note to self: SpartanDem knows too much.

[Maru Kitteh]

152. What about us non-smoking operatives? Whats a clean-living operative to do?

[Blue_In_AK]

148. The trick is to avoid going to the greatest page altogether

which is what I do.

[ibegurpard]

150. rarely used rec

and will rarely use unrec

[Spider Jerusalem]

154. I'm sorry...

but if you need a 'greatest' page to find things that engage you and serious debate, then you are a fuckwit. I never use the 'greatest' page; never have, not in seven years. There's too much worthless drivel that ends up there because of herd mentality and lameness along the lines of 'K&R if you agree that'...

The new feature isn't going to alter my experience of this site one bit; I don't care that it was implemented, one way or another.

[LisaM]

157. I pay zero attention to the greatest page

but I do know that the posses that collected during the primary kept a lot of stuff supporting their candidate bumped.

[WilliamPitt]

156. A lot of people on this board need new hobbies

:eyes:

[redqueen]

165. I would recommend a crash course in logic. (nt)

[Jakes Progress]

171. How about one on humility. Or elitism. nt

[redqueen]

172. No, I understand both of those just fine.

Thanks though.

[Jakes Progress]

175. If you understand

then you have been practicing them incorrectly. Practice humility and eschew elitism.

[redqueen]

177. As you have been practicing logic incorrectly.

Beam, eye, mote, etc.

[Jakes Progress]

188. Cryptic. Symbol.

Ego. Huge. Clear - Not for sake of being discovered.

Dawn.

[Boomerang Diddle]

159. "The operatives?" What is this? Get Smart?

This is only a message board! Nothing more, nothing less. Good lord people, get a grip!

[Jakes Progress]

161. The bland, it hurts. No. Wait a minute.

The bland is so nice. No one disagrees. Now we can all be nice together. No more bad old posts that upset or make anyone uncomfortable.

Best of all, now everyone knows how they are supposed to think. So much easier. Whew.

Notice that all the threads that don't like unrec have negative votes. Not that a cabal is working or anything.

Ohmmmm! We will all think alike. See the little houses. Malvina is rolling over in her grave.

[mamaleah]

162. Right.....Sad that now not only you and those who agree with you can control Greatest Page?

[alcibiades_mystery]

164. "the operatives"

:rofl:

[redqueen]

166. Yes... Rove, the DLC, etc. etc. and so on and so on.

It all makes perfect sense, really.

Skinner has NO IDEA how important this board is to TPTB. NONE. :tinfoilhat:

[dionysus]

168. can i borrow a roffle?

[dionysus]

167. someday you will realize that you're in the < 1% of DUers that are perpetually pissed.

[fascisthunter]

179. interesting, hows that?

how will he realize that due to this new feature?

[jazzjunkysue]

187. That number may be a bit low. Possibly 4%, maybe?

But there's nothing to be done about that.

Perpetually angry people don't do well in the real world so they live here.

[myrna minx]

169. I honestly cannot believe how melodramatic and hyperbolic this "debate" has become.

Equating the "unrec" with Orwell and the Nazis? "Rest in Peace critical thought" posts about a change in a message board function? All of this hysteria diminishes and mocks the real victims of such tyrany by trying to equate it with a change in a message board function. Good gravy.


There are those who have made compelling arguments against this new feature, but these hyperbolic threads are embarressing.

[BlooInBloo]

180. Yep.

[Flying Dream Blues]

173. Who cares about the greatest page anyway? We're all here

reading your post, aren't we?

[omega minimo]

181. That's right. Who cares about keeping others OFF the Greatest Page and why?

[Crunchy Frog]

174. How do I get to be a paid operative?

I want someone to give me money for unreccing things like this. If someone could PM me with the information.

[CBGLuthier]

176. I have never even LOOKED at the greatest page

Been here since 2002 before there was a greatest so never really cared that much.

Can someone explain to me why this matters.

Is DU really all just about getting your posts recognized as being great?

No wonder the place sucks so much these days.

I have never rec'd a post but I have found more than a few worthy of the opposite. Like this particular bit of hyperbole.

[summerbreeze]

182. The non contrarians will bore themselves soon with this new toy--

that is my guess. They will tire of talking to the choir.

[redqueen]

183. "non contrarians"... heh, how novel.

Welcome to DU, by the way.

[Laelth]

184. 185 responses and this thread is not on the Greatest Page.

That's pathetic.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Uncle Joe]

185. I believe that trend will be an increasing dynamic for the minority on whatever the issue or

subject of the day becomes.:-(

Unfortunately throughout history the minority has been on the right or cutting edge side of reform on many occasion and I believe this will sell them short.

[redqueen]

186. How does that make sense?

It's a lot of heat and very little light. A lot of noise, little signal.

This most definitely does not belong on the greatest page IMO. This is why the unrec feature is a *good* thing, AFAIC.