What if anyone could rec, but only donors could un-rec?

[Boojatta]

[RC]

1. Sounds good to me

BTY I recommended this and it stayed at 0

[havocmom]

2. What if we had a special forum for pointless whining about R/U ?

We could call it the DONE-geon.

[RC]

3. Now we know who unrec'd this.

[havocmom]

20. not necessarily

but we now know who gets exercise by jumping to conclusions :rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. LOL!

[Boojatta]

5. It might be interesting to examine each post in this thread

and try to detect any whining tone that might be there. In which posts would you find that there is whining tone, and in which posts would you fail to detect a whining tone?

[Fumesucker]

7. Whining, like many things, is apparently in the eye of the beholder.. n/t

[City Lights]

9. Since we don't have a rec feature for an individual post ---> +1. nt

[Boojatta]

13. There's no rec feature for an individual post. Is that a problem?

[havocmom]

23. Hold it, there was a sound, did you hear it?

Sorta like whining, with a back beat of projection. What bird does that call?

[City Lights]

39. Nope.

+1 or -1 work just fine.

[havocmom]

28. Why, thank you

Check's in the mail ;)

[City Lights]

40. I'll be watching for it.

:D

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Rec/Unrec dungeon!!!

We have a winner!!!

:thumbsup:

[beam me up scottie]

18. LOL! We used to, remember ATA?

Good times, good times...

[havocmom]

25. LOL By golly, you're right

and they canned it because they got tired of listening to the tantrums.

[SydneyDundee]

6. Why?

[Boojatta]

11. If a positive attitude costs nothing...

but reducing the positive rating of a thread does cost something, then incentives are arranged so that nobody will be tempted to think "portraying everybody else's threads as bad is a way for my threads to be good." Not everything is relative.

[SydneyDundee]

57. ..whilst I understand your logic..I would counter with the need to maintain some freedom of ...

expression, and not make it more difficult to provide negative feedback than positive...unrecommend is as equally valid a response and some ways may be more important to provide a counter view - isn't that a core democratic strength?

[BlueIdaho]

8. I think we should base it just how much money you have donated.

The more you donate, the more your vote counts, yeah - thats the ticket...

[AnArmyVeteran]

10. Are you a republican? The idea sounds republicunish. :)

[Uncle_Gunnysack]

21. Be mindful of the DU rules AAV.

Let's now go implicating on who is who or what is what here. We have to be respectful of all points of view.

[AnArmyVeteran]

53. I'm sooooooooooooooooo sorry!

I thought my post was obviously ridicluous. But I'll be very mindful of others, even if they are republicans.

:rofl:

[Uncle_Gunnysack]

58. Now that's the right attitude.

Double Plus Good. :)

[Bozita]

36. Great idea! And big donors can rec their own threads.

Start a thread, rec it, and put it at the top of the Greatest Page. All in less than a minute.

That way, they could take over DU's homepage and control the message.

hmmmm ...

[lonestarnot]

54. And win a fucking pony!

:crazy:

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. How about you have to have over 1000 posts before you can unrec?

That would kill the unrec crews for sure. Trust me on this one. ;)

[SidDithers]

15. Sounds good...nt

Sid

[Boojatta]

17. 1000 posts is already special.

How about 2000 posts before you can unrec?

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. How about 20,000 posts before you can post Rec/Unrec threads?

:-)

[Boojatta]

24. I call your 20,000 and raise you 410, for a total of 20,410 before you can unrec threads.

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. Naughty profile peeper

:rofl:

[havocmom]

27. Waaaaaaa! I don't like that standard, so you can't do it!

I want it based on letters of the alphabet. Depending on the letter your screen name starts with, you can or can't R/U. And I get to be the keeper of the letters!

If not, I will pester all of DU to death.

:sarcasm: <---for those who don't know me.

[Uncle_Gunnysack]

33. If you're going to do that then why stop there?

Is a high post count a better sign of forum purity, or is a positive or clean slate, devoid of any alerts and locked threads, a better indicator of who would be more capable of unreccing posts when they see the need arise?

What would be a better form of meritocracy than that?

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. Lighten up, Francis

It was a joke. Even the OP understood *that.*

Jeeeeeez.

[Uncle_Gunnysack]

52. You shouldn't misunderestimate others so easily.

[Ignis]

47. +1

A solution that doesn't involve fucking the poor? I can get behind that.

[Xipe Totec]

14. We would end up with pointless crap on the front page again

That's what started this whole thing to begin with.

This is not about stroking egos; it's about reserving the front page for things that are truly important to the whole community.

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. That's what you get in some forums already.

One forum is dominated by copy and paste spam - unless you make use of some of DU's built in features. Then you won't see them. :)

[Jackpine Radical]

49. Rec this thread if you

feel like making a meaningless gesture.

[Booster]

22. Oh, there ya go again. Using logic.

[Catherina]

30. What if pigs could fly, but only eagles could land? n/t

[Uncle_Gunnysack]

35. Then it would be raining bacon?

[Posteritatis]

31. What if anyone could unrec, but only donors could rec?

I think the rage-induced coronaries would lead to a calmer DU.

[MilesColtrane]

32. K & U

[wickerwoman]

34. Doesn't solve the fundamental problem

with giving more say to people who can afford to pay for the privilege.

[Texasgal]

37. How long before we stop

hearing about the stupid rec/unrec feature??

[BillGates]

38. Haves and Have-Nots

Bad Idea, the elitist will have more control on the votes.

[Boojatta]

43. You could become a bank robber...

and use the money to make anonymous donations for everyone who doesn't already have a star. Then every DU member would be a have. You would be like a modern day Robin Hood.

[Scurrilous]

41. Pole Tax!!1!

:P

[slackmaster]

42. I'd become a donor again just so I could un-rec all of your posts

:nuke:

[Boojatta]

44. I would be proud of my role in ensuring that DU gets your donation.

[Make7]

45. Can we use paper ballots instead of the electronic voting system curently in use?

Everyone knows that the ones in control of the machine are in control of the results. I just want some physical evidence to use when recounts are demanded.
 

[TheCowsCameHome]

46. What if we could rec the un-rec and un-rec the rec, or vice-versa?

Who gives a sweet one about rec/un-rec anyway?

The whole thing is kind of stupid.

[UTUSN]

50. Allow me to Unrec as I say, "JUST DUMP THE WHOLE DAMN THING." HooKAY!1 n/t

[stray cat]

51. How about only people who donate more than $50 a year can visit DU

you can post for 100

[ThoughtCriminal]

55. Nothing Sylvester McMonkey McBean can't fix

THE SNEETCHES
by Dr. Suess
Now the Star-bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-bellied Sneetches had none upon thars.
The stars weren't so big; they were really quite small.
You would think such a thing wouldn't matter at all.
But because they had stars, all the Star-bellied Sneetches
would brag, "We're the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches."
With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they'd snort, "
We'll have nothing to do with the plain-bellied sort."

[AnArmyVeteran]

56. How about charging $1 per rec, then the rich could rec all they want.

They rec-ed the country, why not DU too? You would start seeing OPs by the rich with 25,000 recs. Deregulate! Deregulate! Deregulate!

Just kidding mods!!!!!

[distantearlywarning]

59. What if we stopped beating this dead horse over and over again???

[Boojatta]

60. You tell me. What if we did?

[Poll_Blind]

61. It would be an absultely unsurprising move, IMO. n/t

PB

[backscatter712]

62. Like Trusted User status at Daily Kos?

It could work.

Another idea would be to set things up so that users with a long history and lots of recs get DU Trusted User status, and among other things, get to unrec, but if you get your posts deleted by the mods too many times, or otherwise get slapped for breaking the rules, you lose your unrec privileges.