Reply #284: You still haven't answered my question. Why would anyone post "Unrec" and kick an unworthy thread? [View All]

[Heidi]

You seem to believe that it's cowardly for folks to anonymously unrecommend DU threads. Allow me to educate you about the way many DUers, including myself, use the Rec and Unrec feature.

How I use the Recommend feature:
1. Recommend a thread that is especially timely and/or of interest to this progressive community.
2. If the thread is dropping and has few replies, I often post "Recommended" to kick it back up so that others can see it on the front page of GD or other big forum.

How I use the Unrecommend feature:
3. Unrecommend a thread that is unprogressive, has absolutely no political or current events context, mean-spirited, blatantly unreasoned, or redundant (as in, this has been posted a jillion times, not unlike the pout fests about the unrec feature).
4. Do not post "Unrec" for a couple of reasons: 1. Posting "Unrec" would kick an unworthy thread back up and kick more worthy threads DOWN; 2. "If you don't have something nice to say..."

No one should be called a coward for using the Unrecommend feature, which was provided to all of us by the Admins. If you've got a bone to pick about the Unrec thread, take it up privately with the Admins. Somehow, I doubt you'll be so eager to call the creators of this very fine feature "cowardly."