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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:17 AM Original message |
Well, after one day, my opinion of the Unrec feature has done a complete 180 |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think we've seen the last of the "Rec this thread" threads on the Greatest page |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think we have seen the last of some of the free thinking as well. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Are you only able to think freely about threads that other people rec? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. it's facism i tells ya! holy smokes, some people on here are insane aren't they. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I am sure that you are aware that recommends determine how long a post lives. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Um really... no they don't. Recs have no effect on how long a post "lives".... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Your misunderstanding of DU's ownership is not my problem |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. It's user generated content, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So I should be able to post whatever I want, and DU is required to host it? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Then you agree it is censorship. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Only insofar as you yourself are endorsing censorship |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. How am I endorsing censorship? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. From reply #23 |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. That is a pathetic attempt |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Your leap is nonsensical |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Look on the Greatest Page right now |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. omfg, you're comparing the evening out of the rec system as facist... you people really are nuts. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No , I am saying that posts that are not of popular view will be snuffed out. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Define "snuffed out". How is NOT being on the Greatest Page = "snuffed out"? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. To me "snuffed out" means something died |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. so... basically you want the minority view to have control of the greatest page. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It's a "minority view" once everyone on the left or far left is purged. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. no one is silencing anyone you dolt. no one is purging shit. YOU are throwing a temper tantrum |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. +1 for the word 'dolt', which I've always been fond of. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. thank you sir. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. You have it backward. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. to tell you the truth, i neither rec or unrec posts but... wouldn't logic say, the 10 negative peopl |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. The numbers don't lie. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. you're right, they don't. now the majority has an equal say. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. How does a post with +6 recs get "displaced"? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. How? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Ridiculous hyperbole |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I'm just wondering |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. It won't take much! n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. if you think the DLC pays staffer to fuck with DU you're in a paranoid delusional state. seriously. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
55. OMGZ!!!! The DU Is A Threat! We MUST Deal W/ Them! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. with 50-60 dedicated staffers no less!!!111!!11!!! how many for kos, 100? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. They Ate My Strawberries!!! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Yep, this is exactly what I've been trying to tell people. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Here ya go. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Very likely... |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. I too voted only if I really thought something was important and would be of interest to others. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. If The Greatest Page Is All You Look At... |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. It takes a lot of character to say something like that. |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Be careful... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. If by "good" you mean |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Wow! So Dennis Kucinich Is A Corporate DINO?? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. shush, stop silencing the dissenters. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Exactly. It's about petty one-upmanship and trying to control everyone else. nt |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. It's life in the sixth grade here at DU! n/t |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Top Ten Threads, Not A Single One That Can Remotely Be Considered "DLC" DINO Or Silencing "Dissent" |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. What I see on the greatest page is a lot more people recommending threads than ever before. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Uh So? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The whole thing is as skewed and fucked up as hell. You know it so quit the bullshit. nt |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The Only Thing Skewed And Fucked Up |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. a lot more people rec'ing threads is a bad thing? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Awwww.... No fun when somebody admits being wrong. Sigh. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. One day is not enough datapoints. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. And a good thread would be ..... |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Ding ding ding...we have a winner! n/t |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. ... a liberal news feed with little if any interesting discussion. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. That's my reaction,also. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
53. Yes, it separates the wheat from the chaff, and disposes of the latter. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'm still not convinced. |
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