Do you feel honored when people follow you on DU?

[kentuck]

Just so they can unrecommend whatever you post? :-)

Does it give you sort of a sense of empowerment that they click on the post because they see your name?

Why do you think people do that? Isn't it sort of childish? Do they think you really give a shit?

Just saying...

[Cirque du So-What]

1. If you've got your very own troll(s)

you must be doing something right!

[kentuck]

4. Isn't it great? !

:-)

[Echo In Light]

16. Bingo! ..or, when your post draws a hostile re from a long-time DUer you've never seen before

You usually know you're thinking and perceiving in a way that angers the right people ...er, Right people.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Unrec

(Not really)

I seem to have a fairly large anti-fan club of my own. Hadn't really thought about it as an honor, though.

[Laelth]

3. I wouldn't know.

Nobody follows me. LOL. :)

:dem:

-Laelth

[Christa]

7. Me neither

shall we follow each other?

:rofl:

[Laelth]

12. You got a deal.

:toast:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Christa]

14. hello my new BFF

:hug:

:pals:

:fistbump:

:yourock:




:woohoo:

[SoCalDem]

19. Your new "SS" Club.. Stealth Stalkers

:rofl:

[Christa]

41. Shall we start a religion?

:evilgrin:

[The Straight Story]

26. Who are you anyway? You posted here before?

:rofl:

[Laelth]

29. Smile. I am in disguise. n/t

:rofl:

:dem:

-Laelth

[EV_Ares]

5. Naa, doesn't matter. DU has changed over the years and now you can

see for yourself what seems to be important here which is the reason I really don't spend that much time here anymore. Too much fighting, juvenile activities or too much whatever, not enough substance. There is some good and the reason I still click on here once in a while but for deep political news and discussion, not here, too much negativity.

[drm604]

6. I sometimes get unrecs

but I have no way of knowing if it's the same people or persons. I don't see how you could know unless every time they do it they post that fact in the thread.

Most of the threads I get unrecs on are ones that are likely to tick off trolls, so if I do get an unrec I know I've touched a nerve.

I can't prove it but I honestly get the impression that there may be agents representing certain economic interests who come on here to try to suppress certain topics by unrecing them. I guess that's sort of silly. Why would they be so concerned about one little internet forum? But still I wonder.

[Sal Minella]

34. The "Smoking Is Actually Good For You" crowd and the "Reducing Oil

Consumption-Will-Make-Us-All-Go-Blind" crowd are the two that bug me the worst.

It's hard to believe what some people will do for money.

[ThomWV]

8. Do you think very many people do that?

I know I have both recommended and unrecommended posts by individuals but it was always based on the post, not the person.

There are some posts that find themselves unrecommended for no good reason though, and I suspect those are people who have come here to disrupt the normal flow of ideas. I'll give you an example. Yesterday I got an E-mail notification from C-Span about an upcoming program replaying Presidential tapes from the Johnson years that I knew would be of interest to some folks here but also one they weren't much likely to become aware of. So I cut and paste the notification - no comment attached other than 'here it is, enjoy'. A couple of minutes later it had bumped down several spaces on the listing and it had received 5 views - and at least 1 Unrecommend. Now think about that. Nothing in the post was in any way controversial, no opinion of mine attached, very few people had seen it, and yet it was unrecommended.

Was it because I posted it and someone I pissed off at some earlier time Unrecommended it just for that, was it because it was un-newsworthy in their minds, or maybe it was because they didn't want to see the information get further attention. Who knows?

[kentuck]

11. From what I have noticed...

there are only 3 or 4 trolls here, at the most, at any given time. They do come out when you hit a nerve. :-) It is not a problem.

[ThomWV]

20. Well, just take a look at what's happened to this post already,

Here is a post where a few folks are discussing the mechanics of the forum. Nothing controversial. Its not worth of a Recommend, its not worth of an Unrecommend. It is just a discussion.

So why was this one unrecommended? I think you hit it on the head - somebody simply follows you around and unrecommends your threads. What a silly thing to do. But you know what's equally silly. I think there is someone who automatically recommends all of my original threads - even my early morning posts which in a perfect world would be wired to automatically self destruct immediately after submission.

[kentuck]

21. Probably true.

:-)

[reflection]

9. The only one who follows me around

is Grovelbot. :D

[HamdenRice]

10. I have my own personal "unrec'ing crew"

But I'm indifferent about it, really.

[reflection]

13. Wait 'til I figure out

how to unrec your responses. Then you'll see! :)

(no really, I don't recall ever unreccing anything you ever did)

[DFW]

15. I doubt that anyone "follows me" in DU

I don't post enough to make it worthwhile, and you know what?

The sun is still gonna set in the west tonight no matter what they do, so it's no skin off of my back.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. The best is when people you never heard of before tell you all about

your "posting history."

You wonder how long they've been stalking and stewing, stewing and stalking.

[EndersDame]

18. I make it a policy never to unrec a thread or ignore a person

I like to see stuff that is different from my world view. Some people have actually gotten me to change my mind on an issue by showing me a different perspective. I think that debate can be educational and elevating if you are willing to see other world views

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

22. I'm honored by it. Just like all the people that have me on ignore.

[SpookyCat]

42. Wait a minute..why can I see your post?

Drat...Ignore doesn't work...LOL!

I kid I kid! :hi:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

45. Good stuff.

:toast:

[TexasObserver]

23. When you start imagining that, step away from the keyboard.

And that applies to all thread starters who think they have a posse of unrecommenders following them. Accept that not all your threads are worthy of being recommended.

Some of your threads are worthy of recommending. Some, like this one, are worthy of being unrecommended.

[kentuck]

28. Sometimes...

even paranoids have enemies. But thanks for your input. We will count your vote as a legitimate unrecommend. :-)

[TahitiNut]

24. Dunno. I haven't been a "legend in my own mind" for many years.

:dunce:

[recoveringrepublican]

25. Well I'll follow you and just recommend to counter it then. nt

[The Straight Story]

27. I unrec my own so I pretend someone cares, even in a negative way

:)

[Sal Minella]

33. . . . heh . . . funny . . . thanks for the chuckle!

[kentuck]

30. Like I said before...

Nobody really gives a shit. But thanks anyway. :-)

[mmonk]

31. No. I would like for them to give their reasons though.

Sometimes I have posts that are not confrontational with any fellow Democrat or contain no criticism of the party that get voted down thus sparking the question in my mind as to why that particular post is unrecommended. Seems silly.

[kentuck]

32. That would take balls.

Sorely lacking or missing in most of the unrecommends, methinks? :-)

[mmonk]

37. Yes, definitely missing.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. I think, for the most part, it is a combination of childish people and self-appointed content cops

I don't know which is worse.

But it is nice to know you have a following and some pet trolls.

I see in this very thread a few of the self-appointed, self-important content cops.

[kentuck]

38. It is in this very thread...

If you don't believe it, try and get everyone that "unrecommended" to admit it?

[pipi_k]

36. I've never had a stalker, dammit...

so I guess I don't piss off the wrong people.

Maybe I need to pay someone to stalk me.

[agent46]

39. perfect!

:rofl:

[kentuck]

40. Uh-huh...

:-)

[cherokeeprogressive]

43. Damn Haters. My posts literally drip with gold, but the racists here who hate indians,

especially the Cherokee, unrec my posts as soon as they see my screen name. Damn buncha hatin' racists is all they are.

[SpookyCat]

44. Meh. Nobody follows me, AFAIK, I don't follow anyone else.

I doubt I am known well enough for stalkers. hehhehehe

Seems a little creepy to me that anyone would actually do that. One would have to keep a list of people who have "slighted" them or just pissed them off elsewhere, held that grudge and be petulant enough to act upon it.

If there is anyone who does that, I have a few lives from my cats I could give them. They could spare one or two. LOL!