If this unrec. feature is designed to better the Greatest Page, why not just up

[Mrs. Overall]

the number of recs. to get a post nominated to the Greatest Page.

Instead of 5 recs, up it to 10 or 15. Wouldn't that reflect a DU majority and make it more difficult for trolls/disruptors to get enough recs. for their asinine, trouble-making posts?

It seems like that would be a better solution for the Greatest Page than the unrec. and the shitstorm it's causing.

What do others think?

[timeforpeace]

1. It's so crazy, it just might work. Seriously, excellent idea.

[Mrs. Overall]

3. Are you making fun of me? I'm just trying to help.

I hate to see everyone at each other's throats like this. It was bad enough with Michael Jackson.

[realisticphish]

4. haha I'm pretty sure he's serious

cause it IS a good idea

[timeforpeace]

14. I assure you, I'm serious, you have a very good idea. Much better than unrecommend.

Do not be surprised if your suggestion is adopted.

[anigbrowl]

2. I think that just about any change will result in a shitstorm of complaint

and that 48 hours later, people will have got used to it.

[Wickerman]

12. +1 n/t

[Selatius]

5. From a technical stand-point, it probably would've saved Skinner a few lines of programming code.

Of course, a lot of people here apparently wanted an unrecommend feature\, so the simpler solution was ignored.

[masuki bance]

6. 50 recs. nt

[mkultra]

7. K&U

[Mrs. Overall]

8. Fuck, people are now unrecommending my idea.

I guess I deserve it.

[DCKit]

15. Don't take it personally. The immature are giddy with power today. n/t

[Richardo]

9. That's a good idea, but we'd still see OPs like "FUCK the GOP!!1! n/t" get 187 recs

And that's why we need Unrecommend.

[Mrs. Overall]

10. Ah, I didn't think of that. You're right. Oh well, mega shitstorm for the next few weeks.

[Richardo]

11. Yeah, the toddlers will play with it for a while until the shine wears off.

[scheming daemons]

13. It's only a shitstorm among those who have been using DU to bash Democrats

[BlooInBloo]

16. "Wouldn't that reflect a DU majority" - not if there are 200 more who are against it...

And it would be silly to require hundreds of people to get a thread to Greatest (hopefully we can all agree on that)

[Mrs. Overall]

17. Yeah, I do see your point.

Perhaps unrec. is the only way to go. It just seems like it can be misused by assholes, trolls, and the like.

[BlooInBloo]

18. (shrug) Anything can be misused by assholes. Nothing will prevent that...

At least with *both* rec/unrec, it can be used *both* ways. With both features, a wrong in either direction can be corrected. Not to guarantee that a wrong *will* be corrected, but it at least gives us the *chance*.