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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:00 PM Original message |
Why I think “recommend” “unrecommend” sucks a lot |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. It gives folks here yet another means to be petty. nt |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Exactly.... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Yeah, we love it! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. *groan* |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. So true!! nt |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Oh my! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Bullseye. Yet, it's cheered by those who say they decry censorship. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. System is working fine |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Un-rec'd for whining about unrec |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. +1 nt |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. same old same old ..ad nauseum...get rid of unrecommend..its stupid...nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had no idea there was some sort of uproar about rec/unrec. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I think there was another thread about it the other day .... |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I want another option. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I guess since I don't much pay any attention to whats on the greatest page |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. So having an opinion is whining? Strange new world. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. whining about the rec un-rec is |
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scubadude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. What I want to know is why do they show it as |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Transparency is apparently not conducive to agenda |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Love to see how many UR's are on this one alone. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. go here and maybe watch and see what it turns out to be. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thanks for that. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hear what you are saying! |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bullshit. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So my question to you Katyman is this. WTF are you talking about? |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Please. You know what I meant |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. When will the unrec thread vaccine be available? n/t |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Quick!...get POLANSKI on the phone immediately! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Unrecc'd for whining about unrec... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. FAIL. I stopped reading when you mentioned Watergate in the 1st sentence. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. 'I really believe that “recommend” “unrecommend” is not a system that will...' |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's possible to disagree without using phrases like "... this whiny-ass thread." |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. OK. let me rephrase: |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I agree. It's only b/c those who love the unrec feature tend to be name-callers to begin with |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Stop worrying about the Greatest Page. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "Just because the Cool Kids don't have their vanity page baloney ... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. +1 |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. So putting the decision in the hands of the few instead of the many... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. "People are too dumb to be entrusted with their own opinions." |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why does anyone even pay attention to Rec or Unrec? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. On its surface, it means zero. The heart of the matter hasn't anything to do w/either recs or unrecs |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. These threads are so much fun. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. In my opinion, the first person to eat cauliflower must have been pretty damn hungry |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. ???? lol :) nt |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. This thread is almost at the the top of "NEW AND HOT" see - it |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. Amen.. I never even go to Greatest, Home or the new one |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. He-e-ey-----wait a minute! Is that common sense you're using? |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. On Halloween |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. Who honestly gives a fuck about what makes it on the greatest page? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's kind of what I ws wondering - personally, I don't look at that column |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. It's there for those who care to look at that column. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. I predict the usual cadre of six or so very unpleasant DU moralizers will be in this thread ...... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. But simply unrec'ing doesn't make it go away. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ha!! Watergate!! |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It is impossible to take DU too seriously. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. It's like Watergate, and Teapot Dome, and Vicuna coat, and Abram Jackoff! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Dewey Defeats Truman!! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Truman favors Unrecommend!! |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Abram Jackoff |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I've heard that's what people called him when he was growing up. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. If a DUer uncovered something like Watergate |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. There is one thing you said that I will disagree with. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. Can't we create a special forum for paranoids and shut-ins that obsess about rec/unrec? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
64. I wish Unrecs could make a thread disappear. |
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