Suggestion for recommending threads.

[mzmolly]

Sometimes I recommend a thread but don't wish to comment. I suggest kicking the thread with a (!) and leaving it at that?

Just a thought. It's a quick way to recognize without posting a lengthy prose.

If you like the idea give it a whirl in this thread.

!

:hi:

[mzmolly]

1. *

Here is how it works. ;)

[Straight Shooter]

2. Ack!

* represents bush. :P

[wryter2000]

4. Yeah

How about a smilie, instead? Such as :applause:

[mzmolly]

5. Ok, how bout - !

:shrug:

[mzmolly]

6. Oh yeah, EEEEEEEEEEW. I changed it to the ! sign.

Seems a good symbol.

[Straight Shooter]

18. But, but, but ! also means something on DU

Someone makes a good post and another person follows up with !

Oh, dear, I'm making your life difficult, aren't I? :)

How about +? Will that work?

[mzmolly]

25. Well, I think the (!) is appropriate b/c it's a supportive punctuatal

symbol. BTW, I made up the word "punctuatal." ;)

[Straight Shooter]

36. !

But won't the fweepers get confused when they see ! without the HUGH? ;)

Punctuatal. Hmmm. Sounds almost Italian. Punctuatali. There, that's better. :D

[Missy M]

3. *

[mzmolly]

10. Thanks. Changed it to the (!) symbol as * = Bush.

;)

[Missy M]

11. !

[mzmolly]

12. Heh.

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

7. How about NOT POSTING AT ALL IF WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY?

(sheesh!) :grr:

[longship]

8. No post == no kick.

nt

[mzmolly]

9. How bout not getting our undies in a bundle over a simple suggestion.

Sheesh! :grr: ;)

My suggestion is a quick way to recognize a post that you've recommended without posting a reply.

I plan to do so.

[TahitiNut]

15. Do yourself a favor and run a Simple Search for 'kick' ...

... in just General Discussion and in just the last 24 hours. (That won't show all the variants that've arisen on 'kicking' either, which you propose increasing.)

DU is kicking itself the death! Every 'kick' is an assault against every other 'kick' and against every new thread. It's a behavior that fails the Kant test for ethics - it's unethical. The Categorical Imperative ... read it ... embrace it ... love it.

:shrug:

IMHO, people with the pretense of having a social conscience (i.e. liberals and progressives) ought to school themselves on social behaviors that are self-destructive.

[mzmolly]

23. WTF? It's unethical and self destructive to kick a thread?

:eyes:

Anyway ...

Thanks for kicking my thread though. ;)


I'm aware that people "kick" threads, my suggestion was for a symbol that would indicate one recommended a thread.

[TahitiNut]

32. "You can lead the horse to water ...

... but you can't make them think." :shrug: :eyes: (Hooked on fonicks.)

[cry baby]

13. !

[Der Blaue Engel]

14. Why not the time honored: "kick"?

:kick: :)

[mzmolly]

26. Cause kicking and recommending are two different thangs'.

:hi:

[goclark]

35. What about just a "k"?

for a kick

I like ! for recommend

[Kurovski]

40. I've seen K&R used by some.

[bigwillq]

16. !

Good idea.

[cynatnite]

17. .

hmm...okay, I like ! better. :)

[AwakeAtLast]

19. !

:kick:

[arcos]

20. !

[eek]

21. I never quite understood the "kick" thing.

Is something automatically "kicked' by simply responding in any ol' way?

Must one do any special procedure for an official enkickment?.

[arcos]

39. When you post in a thread...

you are "kicking" it to the top of the forum, so no, you don't have to do anything else.

[eek]

41. thanks. that was just one of those things i was never sure about.

eom

[stevedeshazer]

22. OK!

;)

[mzmolly]

24. Thanks.

:hi:

[ourbluenation]

27. In celebration of my 700th post - ...!

there ya go...will do.

[CrackpotAmerica]

28. :Feet:

[BrklynLiberal]

29. !

[carolinalady]

30. I like the little donkey (!)

:kick:

[mzmolly]

31. Well, I suppose you can keep the donkey.

;)

[carolinalady]

37. ty

:D

[struggle4progress]

33. ?

[Catherine Vincent]

34. Some threads deserved to be kicked but not necessarily recommended.

Imo.

[mzmolly]

38. Agreed. My OP was confusing. I'm speaking about a quick recommendation

and using (!) as an indicator that a thread has been recommended. The reason I mentioned "kicking" is b/c it will happen if you recommend it with any symbol/notation.

What I've seen in the past is a good thread get lots of recommendations, but can still sink to the bottom of GD.

I felt that this way if one doesn't choose to comment - they can still recommend a thread and give a short recognition at the same time. :shrug:

:crazy: