Why do YOU "unrec" a post? What message do you intend to convey?

[Atticus]

"I simply disagree"
"This is poorly written/ill-considered"
"I don't like this poster"
"This poster disagreed with me last week, so---GOTCHA!"

What?

[bbinacan]

1. How about

"This is a stupid ass post"?

[SidDithers]

5. Rec'd...nt

Sid

[bbinacan]

31. Thanks Sid. n/t

[CTyankee]

7. Well if it is, how about saying it in a post and not just "unreccing" and leaving?

Wouldn't that be the responsible way to register one's opinion?

[bbinacan]

22. That's the purpose of unrec

it's not worth the time to say why in many cases. Get over yourself.

[CTyankee]

49. Sorry, but I consider it cowardly. If you don't like it, well, I guess you'll have to get over

YOURSELF...ta, ta, my dear...

[PVnRT]

51. LOL

Someone's a big internet tough guy.

[CTyankee]

53. LOL. I'm a lady "of a certain age." Perhaps that's the reason we differ in such matters.

When I was growing up, sneaking away and not defending your point of view just didn't cut it...

[billh58]

15. +100

Posters who are obsessed with recs and unrecs evidently have confused a political discussion board, with a popularity contest.

[bbinacan]

23. Exactly

Some are so pompous, arrogant, etc., that they think they should never be disputed.

[Boojatta]

58. I would like to dispute your claim.

Please post it as a separate thread so that I can un-rec it.

[TheWraith]

24. Yep, that's my usual reason for unreccing.

Also "This is poorly written/ill-considered" is a popular reason.

[PVnRT]

50. FTW

[Why Syzygy]

2. Any of the above

It's a :thumbsdown: for any number of reasons. Except, I don't ever do it based solely on my personal feelings about the OP author. That's petty.

[CTyankee]

3. Good luck with this! They usually "hit and run" and never identify themselves or tell you why.

What brave people, right?

[endless october]

4. i've never unreced a post

but here are donuts for you.



i recommended your thread to make up for my half drunken holiday levity, however.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. To express "this post sucks". Example - posts that try to revisit primaries bitterness.

There was one recently, asking if we had it to do over again now would we vote for HRC in the primaries.

A post like that serves no useful purpose on a board like this IMHO and exists only for the purpose of sowing divisiveness and scratching off old scabs.

[Luminous Animal]

8. I'll unrec then hide every single Palin gossip or personal dis post and

every "celebrity" post that I see.

Anything political, whether I disagree or not, I'll take the time to respond if I have the inclination or time. If I have neither but like the contents, I rec but never unrec.

[Boojatta]

59. We could use more DU members like you.

[TCJ70]

9. If I don't think a post should go to the greatest page...

...then I'll unrec it.

[Skittles]

10. I don't

I think it is utter bullshit

[SidDithers]

11. I unrec liberally...

sometimes I comment, sometimes I don't.

My reasons are my own, and are no more or less valid than the reasons that people rec posts.

Sid

[Journeyman]

12. These threads remind me of the posts before the "Unrec" feature. . .

when an OP would get all bothered because "87 people read this post but only 3 tagged it for Greatest."

People do what they're going to do. And on an anonymous internet discussion board, they do all sorts of weird things -- curse at the OP, post the same mindless drivel over and over, any of a million actions depending on the moment and the respondent's attitude at the time.

Hell, most of what's posted here is quickly (sometimes mercifully) forgotten in an instant. Who can account for all the actions of the Posters, let alone the Respondents.

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. That it isn't worthy of making it to the "greatest" page

which is exactly the point of the feature.

[liberalmuse]

14. I unrec...

shit I could easily find on Free Republic. I'm sick of the Obama bashing.

[Luminous Animal]

34. A lot of people make outright and veiled accusations

of freeper behavior from DUers but I've yet to see anyone provide any evidence that similar criticism of Obama's policies here on DU could be easily found on FR.

[Shell Beau]

16. I rarely use the feature. If it is an outstanding message or I feel it needs

to be read, then I will rec it. I think the unrec is abused beyond belief. People love to be asses around here and unrec for the helluva it, or so it seems. Some posts are so asinine that I will unrec, but very very rarely.

[stevedeshazer]

17. Because it's yours.

[Name removed]

18. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. +1

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. DU can't afford a paid "unrec" PD, so volunteers are necessary.

Other than that, I have no idea why.

[Raine]

21. The first two.. nt

[Kaleva]

25. "This is poorly written/ill-considered" is the main reason I unrec.

I've recommended posts that I didn't agree with but were well written and they did make me think.

[Bumblebee]

26. Grow Up

[blues90]

27. I don't even know what un-rec does other than keep a post off the

best posts list . It does not end the topic.

[LostInAnomie]

28. About 75% of the time it's because the thread is about unrec.

The rest of the time it's because the OP is some kind of idiotic, self-righteous rant.

[Vickers]

66. And sometimes, BOTH!

:spank:

[A HERETIC I AM]

29. Time to pull out the Ode

Oh unrec, you message board feature sublime,
Have you simply appeared ahead of your time?
Why is it you gather such silly attention?
When all you want is a little affection.

At times your usage makes some come unglued
when your result is simply nonsense subdued.
Even though your application is most voluntary
the contempt for you is oddly quite scary

It's as if in your absence, a thread that's not hot
still warranted a greatest page-ward swat.
Some will insist the jury's still out
But the job you've done is nothing but stout.

Eliminating crap and gratuitous clutter.
Place self serving bullshit in a well deserved gutter.
"I WON'T POST! I WON'T POST! I WON'T POST NO MORE!
IT'S YOU UNRECCERS MAKING LIFE SUCH A CHORE!"

Suggesting all threads of obscure import
deserve to be making the greatest page sort
is like saying a toddlers crude block construction
earns inclusion in Architecture Today's production


Oh unrec, oh unrec, you feature supreme
make it easy to see if a thread holds esteem
by a majority of our fine message board
instead of just five that are easily scored.

[Canuckistanian]

30. Extremely poorly thought out, vague or downright unprogressive posts

Those are the only ones I'll unrec.

[Dreamer Tatum]

32. Oftentimes it means "Shoot the messenger"

No one should ever, ever unrec an OP that presents a news story or references some media unless there is substantial editorial comment included by the OP.

[Kaleva]

37. Unless that news story contains factual errors.

Not everything written is true.

[Dreamer Tatum]

38. VERY often "factual errors" really means "I disagree"

Not liking a news story does not mean it isn't true. If some poor sucker posted a story from Fox that said water was wet, people would call bullshit, even if the wetness of water was also reported by Seymour Hersh.

[Kaleva]

40. True but I don't unrec a news story just because I don't like it.

I have unrecced posts where the members headline was misleading or just plain false but the news story itself was accurate.

[Dreamer Tatum]

41. I can dig that

but it is tedious to see people here with the Limbaugh-like attitude of, "I'll decide what the truth is."

[FSogol]

33. Reasons I have un-reced something

1. By mistake
2. I felt the poster was spreading RW talking points.
3. I found the post to be in poor taste
4. The author is whining about un-recs

[MH1]

39. all of your reasons, plus

5. tired of yet another post about the shiny object du jour
6. tired of yet another post about the exaggerated outrage du jour
7. on occasion, because I think the p.o.v. expressed is ridiculous and doesn't deserve to be on the greatest. I.e., as a "vote down". but usually for one of the other reasons (but only by mistake once, and I was really pissed about that)

[stray cat]

35. Sometimes its old news everyone has already seen, for others its just stupid grandstanding

in others the information is simply ignorant and not true (stating blatant wrong information as fact).

[ManiacJoe]

36. For me, unrec = "This is poorly written/ill-considered"

[Nikki Stone1]

42. I got a moderator warning for calling unrec'ers cowards

So, I'll refrain from commenting.

[Warren Stupidity]

45. i got tombstoned for calling rec'rs tasty treats

[Nikki Stone1]

54. You're here, you're not tombstoned. So clearly this is a sad attempt at humor.

I'd keep your day job. :D

[Warren Stupidity]

43. the opposite of 'rec'. duh.

[Iggo]

44. I unrec any OP that complains about unrec.

I unrec any thread that devolves into an argument about unrec.

I like to keep our dirty laundry off of the front page.

[Boojatta]

65. How about clean laundry that is still wet?

[jberryhill]

46. I think I have done it a few times

None of the options seems accurate though.

My understanding is that the question is "Does this belong on the front page".

When a newspaper editor puts something on page three, is she saying "this story or reporter sucks"? No.

[TexasObserver]

47. It means "I don't think this one belongs on the Greatest Page of DU."

Of course, there are some thread starters who never start a thread worth recommending, but that's because the poster has deficiencies, such as being incapable of saying something cogently, or by saying something without engaging in some profanity laced diatribe, or simply because they're full of shit.

I recommend threads frequently that are started by some poster I don't particularly care for, but most thread starters I don't care for are lousy at starting threads. There's a reason I find their threads unrecommend worthy. They can't write. They think weakly. They rant. What's to recommend about that?

[mamaleah]

48. I unrec for the following reasons

The first 2 you mentioned:

"I simply disagree"
"This is poorly written/ill-considered"

But also for these reasons:

1)Anything in ALL CAPS with lots of exclamation marks. It's just....immature look at me crap.
2)Any thread with "Fuck this fuck that". Those threads usually also contain lots of extra exclamation marks as well.
3)Any thread whining about the Unrec feature. Sorry you weren't able to sit with the cool kids in the cafeteria at high school, but last I checked, DU is not supposed to be your second chance at high school. It's not a popularity contest.

[CTyankee]

55. Even tho you complain about us unrecc'ers, I applaud the fact that you at LEAST step up and

EXPLAIN why you feel you need to unrec. I appreciate that.

Too bad so many of your fellow un-reccers don't get it.

You did good, mamaleah. I don't even mind your snark...at least you didn't sneak off and not defend your reason for unrecc-ing. However, I do disagree with your reasons but that's just fine...as long as you are not a lazy bones unwilling to go to bat for your own side...

[Political Heretic]

57. That's exactly what unrec makes it - a popularity contest.

It would seem to me that your 3) would cause on to oppose "unreccing" rather than support it. "It's not a popularity contest." I couldn't agree more. :)

[Lyric]

52. "I'd rather not see this post on the front page"

:shrug:

[Political Heretic]

56. I almost never do. But when I do it represents my most forceful disagreement.

I post on lots of threads with OP opinions I don't agree with without unrecommending.

I don't like the feature, and would prefer it didn't exist. But it does, and I'm aware of how the unrec game ins played. So sometimes when I have my strongest disagreement, I will unrecommended - because I want to register my disagreement as a participant in this community.

I typically try to comment as well - I don't recall too many blind unrecs (though there are a couple particularly nasty posts soon to be locked that I think I blind unreced, then alerted.

[Catshrink]

60. Who gives a shit?

We've had unrec for several months now. You aren't going to change the admins minds about this so accept it and move on.

[slackmaster]

61. Either that it is poorly written/ill-considered, or that it pertains somehow to Sarah Palin

:hi:

[Prism]

62. I don't often, but when I do

It's because a post is astoundingly illogical, based on a towering straw man, deeply disingenuous or dishonest, or simply intended to attack one's perceived opponents. Any post generally beginning with "The problem with you purists, Leftists, secret tea-baggers, etc." is generally an instant unrec.

I try not to let personal feelings intrude overly much. I've regularly rec'd items by posters I don't personally have many warm feeling for, but which I thought were nicely written or thought-out.

[sendero]

63. Why the..

... fuck do you care? Could you fucks just give it a rest already?

[MisterP]

64. generally, unwarranted triumphalism and smarm nt

[anigbrowl]

67. depends, but usually glaring stupidity, misleading flamebait or factual errors.

'Ususally' being maybe 3 or 4 times a week...probably <1% of threads.

[Raineyb]

68. Why? I've got a few reasons

If I find it to be unnecessarily nasty, if I consider it progressive bashing, if I find it asinine. If I don't think it should go too far unrec it goes. And if I REALLY don't care for it I may deign to let them know why.

But if that happens trust me they would prefer I hadn't said anything.

[HuckleB]

69. Self delete.

[muriel_volestrangler]

70. That an OP is not worth spending time on

That could be because it's poorly written or argued, or has a ridiculous premise, or is a repeat of something that's been argued to death already.