uppityperson
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:15 PM
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I've been gone. What happened to <0 designation? |
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Edited on Fri Mar-12-10 03:33 PM by uppityperson
I see we can still rec/unrec, but it used to show minus, not none do. Thanks.
Edited to change > to <.
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:17 PM
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1. i thought they got rid of that pretty quick? |
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I seem to recall it just saying that a post has been unrecommended but not by how much.
I find it frusterating because I can't see just how much people hate my polls.
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uppityperson
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:19 PM
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3. lowest it can go is now zero, not the >0. Thinking Skinner may have posted |
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but search for recent skinner post shows me nothing. So, thought I'd ask.
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:18 PM
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2. It got unrecced by the admins, the scoundrels! |
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:22 PM
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4. Oops, I uncrecced you to see what you were talking about. |
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Sorry. That wasn't an "on purpose" unrec, so I'll :kick: I'd like to know too.
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:24 PM
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5. I would guess the mods got sick of listening to the constant whining about it. |
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Can't say I blame them. Personally, I miss it.
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Fri Mar-12-10 05:25 PM
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20. Yes, the constant, constant whining about an UnRec. |
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Especially on a thread that was so important that the 1st response had to be about an UnRec. "How DARE somebody UnRec my thread." :nopity:
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:24 PM
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6. just a note: That is "Greater than 0" I think you mean "Less than 0" which is 0< |
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Edited on Fri Mar-12-10 03:25 PM by ixion
it's a minor point in this context, admittedly. In the programming realm, though, it would make all the difference in the world. :)
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:32 PM
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9. You are right, I'm dyslexic today. It is fine with me, just noticed the change. Thanks. |
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:53 PM
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11. heh heh heh...sure thing... |
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:25 PM
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7. I was a way to mitigate the inevitable "This thread has already |
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been unrecced" sub-threads that accompanied every thread.
But, now, recs and unrecs are sucked up into a vacuum. I think we still need to see how many unrecs and how many recs a piece gets. Stuck on zero doesn't tell much about the interest of the piece, even if it had gotten 15 recs, but had 16 unrecs.
A total positive and a total negative would be better, IMO.
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:31 PM
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8. It does seem to soothe the angry beast. |
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I wish we had all the recs and unrecs listed for each thread. One would think adults at a Democratic site would have the maturity to accept numbers that show approval or disapproval, but apparently some cannot handle such a world.
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Fri Mar-12-10 03:50 PM
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10. You can get the "interest of the piece" by reading it for yourself. |
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Personally, I don't care whether something is recced or unrecced. I care about the subject first, then I read the responses to see what is actually being said, primarily because I might learn something. The unrec/rec thing is of no help...could be friends reccing other friends or unreccing people they see as enemies. This ain't high school...
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:00 PM
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12. I agree. But, there are some threads whose headline |
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doesn't get enough of my interest to open it and read it. Even if it has a lot of responses. If that thread gets a large number of recs, I may give it a look, since it seems to be important to the DU community.
Of course recs and unreccs will be abused, but I think it is safe to say the abuse will be regular and predictable.
What I like seeing is how the DU readers feel about a piece. If a thread had 20 unrecs and 24 recs, I would be more likely to read it than one that just showed 4 recs. When we can't see the total numbers, an inaccurate picture of the 'sense of the piece' is given.
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:33 PM
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16. That's just not the way I roll. I feel it is better to read more to get more |
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of the sense. And I often find helpful information...which is one of THE major reasons I come to DU. I have eclectic interests and if I am interested in a subject I want to read more. I have never cared whether something is recced or unrecced. It has absolutely no bearing on whether I will read it or not...and besides, what other people may find boring I might find fascinating and vice versa. I trust my own judgment.
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:03 PM
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13. I will admit to missing it. I can't believe there are so many sensitive types |
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who can't handle shit like that.
It makes me laugh that some off the DU bullies can't take a little unrec action. :rofl:
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:34 PM
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17. That's not my issue. I don't let others do my thinking for me! nt |
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Fri Mar-12-10 08:52 PM
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23. Indeed. Who would think labeling a thread a zero would be better? |
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And the crowd chanted "now we're not less than!!"
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:04 PM
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14. To be honest, I think this is a great idea. I never liked the Un-Rec option |
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Edited on Fri Mar-12-10 04:05 PM by Mike 03
for a lot of reasons which are not worth going into here, but I felt it was being abused and that good posts were being un-rec'd not because they were unimportant, but because of the message being conveyed by the messenger.
ON EDIT:
I also agree with the other poster who said they see no correlation whatsoever between the quality of a post and the number of recs.
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Fri Mar-12-10 05:48 PM
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21. Me too,, This will probably spoil the "fun" of all the snipers though |
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I'm sure they liked seeing their handiwork in action :rofl: It would be interesting to see if this has an effect on the actual numbers of unrecs...compared to before... Skinnnnnnnner!
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Fri Mar-12-10 08:48 PM
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22. Who cares? Does anyone serious about DU give a hot damn about the Unrec feature? |
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I don't get it myself. But then, I never did...no hostility, just didn't "get it".
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:05 PM
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15. Too many hurt feelings with a |
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Fri Mar-12-10 04:35 PM
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18. Zero is the new 'UnRec'd to Oblivion and Beyond' |
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Fri Mar-12-10 05:09 PM
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19. I hadn't noticed, so I tried -- and indeed, it didn't go below 0. |
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Sorry for the unrec, but I had to try.
Well, that's a shame -- and I guess I will stop using the rec/unrec feature.
Hey, Admin, we want the minus recs feature back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri Mar-12-10 09:48 PM
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24. Did you ------------------ LIKE -------------- that crap?!1 n/t |
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Fri Mar-12-10 09:50 PM
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25. The whining must have got to be too much for the admins. |
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Fri Mar-12-10 10:12 PM
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26. Too bad they didn't just TS all the crybabies |
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Fri Mar-12-10 10:15 PM
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27. Damn it! I really liked the negative integer. |
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Edited on Fri Mar-12-10 10:33 PM by Quantess
Unrec was the best thing since sliced bread. I guess you can still unrec, but you can't get a thread to rate <0.
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