Would this make you happy?

[kentuck]

If Skinner announced today that they have decided to go back to the old recommendation for greatest threads?

Why would that make you happy?

[Heidi]

1. My happiness doesn't depend on the DU Admins' decisions.

Nor does my sense of validation hinge on other DUers reactions (rec, un-rec, views, etc.) to my OPs. :hi:

[emilyg]

4. +10

[cwydro]

6. Yep.

Ditto.

[earth mom]

2. Do you guys REALLY even care? The groupies are controlling this place & they will never give that up

without an epic battle.

:nuke: DU has become nuke city.

[MineralMan]

3. My...you do seem unhappy here.

There doesn't appear to be anything at DU of which you approve.

Hmm...

[LWolf]

5. I would be glad to hear that. nt

[monmouth]

7. The unrec does make the Home Page far more interesting. I never

read it much before. Very enjoyable, especially if you don't have time to come to the discussion board.

[billyoc]

8. As long as I can still ridicule and mock sycophants, whiners and crybabies, I'm happy.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Yes. But is my happiness the issue?

Maybe too many electrons have been wasted about this already, but I simply don't think that the new feature contributes to quality writing or a robust progressive community.

[Laelth]

10. It definitely does not contribute to quality writing.

It turns the Greatest Page into a happy, liberal news feed.

And that's fine, but I always thought DU was a "discussion" forum.

:shrug:

:dem:

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

12. The forum is exactly that. The Greatest Page

lists some of the threads in the forum, based on member responses. I don't ever go there. My home here is the Latest page.

[kentuck]

11. I think it might create more responses, rather than less...

So there is not censorship but the opposite. Where many people might not post on a cheerleading post or some emotional issue in the past, they may now do so. These posts will get more attention, not less, as some are suggesting.

[Joe the Liberal]

13. I could care less either way......

I rarely ever used the old rec function, I will probably never if not rarely use the unrec function.