How much effort does it take to kick and recommend a thread?

[Skinner]

Poll question: How much effort does it take to kick and recommend a thread?

I ask, because I'm trying to understand the disappointing lack of recommendations that this thread has received: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4674723

I know that many of you cannot afford to donate to help feed the hungry. But even if you can't donate, you can help feed the hungry by recommending that thread.

[SteppingRazor]

1. Other: Why ask for kicks when you're an admin and can pin the thread to the top of the forum?

:P

[Skinner]

2. Because the evidence indicates that most people ignore pinned threads.

They don't ignore highly recommended threads.

[SteppingRazor]

5. Hmmm ... you make an interesting point. I'll just pack up my objections and go home.

:evilfrown:

[Skinner]

7. I apologize if I sound a little grumpy.

I am not picking on you. And I know that guilt-tripping people is probably not the best way to deal with this. But it is very disheartening to see how little enthusiasm seems to have been generated by an extremely generous challenge from a fellow member of this community. I know that many people can't afford to donate to charity right now. But recommending a thread is free.

[SteppingRazor]

13. No need to apologize, and no offense taken. As far as the recommends...

I think you're right about people not being able to give to charity, and I think that because of that, people tend to just skip over the thread, or else give it only a cursory reading, and not bother with kicks and recommends. The one begets the other.

[beac]

23. Any chance of a top-of-the-site banner a la the Obama challenge during the election?

And, I have already K'ed, R'ed and donated to the Feeding America thread too. :)

[Ohio Joe]

3. Well...

I've only seen the thread near the top of the page. My thinking was I would wait until it got to the second page before giving it a K&R. I stand corrected and have given it a rec.

[maddezmom]

4. Sorry, I thought I had

:(

[Frosty1]

6. When I tried to donate

it wouldn't let me use autofill to fill in the blanks. Maybe you could make it easier to fill in?

[bleever]

8. Kick! Rec!

[uppityperson]

9. Sometimes people read, agree, forget to k&r. Perhaps you could talk to admin about it?

Make it easier to remember to do so? Is this a calling out thread, calling DUers lazy asses who just read, rather than taking the extra energy to k&r?

It is a regular problem, people get busy reading and forget to k&r sometimes, or else the OP is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderful that they don't feel a need to add anything.

Having a reminder to k&r can be helpful though. Maybe admin could do something to make it easier? Here is the contact links:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/contact.html
[e-mail]

ps, sorry and k&r'd

[Lisa0825]

16. um.... Skinner IS the admin :-)

:)

[uppityperson]

22. Whoa. Is that what the little person icon means?

I know, I was posting a funny reply rather than just "k&r"

[ogneopasno]

25. Heeee. DUZY.

[LNM]

32. Contact links so Skinner can contact Skinner.

I'm sorry but that is so funny! :rofl: :rofl:

[intheflow]

35. Funny, I always seem to have the opposite problem.

I read something I think is wonderful, rec it, then read the thread, then rec it a second time. :rofl: Sometimes I even rec it a third time, since I'll read a post at home and rec it, and then cruise the GP the following day at work and rec a post again. :)

[flvegan]

36. This was hilarious.

[davsand]

10. You need an "other' selection in your poll.

Seems like right now it is WAY more important to slam Obama for some slight or another. Might be nice if the circular firing squad could at least wait to form up until AFTER he takes office...

I dunno. When did DU become about bashing Dems and celebrating the death of anyone rather than talking about how to help and how to make it better out there? How did it get to be this way?

Just sayin...



Laura

[jmondine]

11. Because I'm a Christian, and Jesus believed in letting the poor starve... oops wrong website

[Lisa0825]

17. Good one!

:evilgrin:

[PVnRT]

12. Approximately 0.08 Btu

I'll need to eat an eighth of a grape first.

[CreekDog]

14. I'm recommending this

Because the OP has "Rick Warren" in it.

[Maeve]

15. How about an 'other' option for "I came, I kicked, I donated" ?

Boss, remember what Will Rogers said--I don't belong to an organized political party; I'm a Democrat."

[NNN0LHI]

18. I must have bad eyes or something because I don't recall seeing that thread until now

I apologize.

Don

[madinmaryland]

19. I was at a client site until a little bit ago and hadn't made it into GD or GD:pffth.

This was the first thread I saw, and made me go :wtf:

:hi:

[progressoid]

20. KMA? Kentucky Morticians Association?

[ogneopasno]

26. Kiss my ass.

[Bucky]

28. Don't be rude and just answer his fucking question already! Geeze

:)

[ogneopasno]

29. Gawd, the way the boards have been, I was ready to go after you.

Sheesh.

[Bucky]

31. Heh.

Sorry about that. I have an errent discordian chromosome that keeps getting me just one post away from being tombstoned.

I'm glad the smily worked, however!

[progressoid]

33. Hey bub. You're on alert!!

You can't just say kiss my ass and get away w...oooohhh wait...now I see.

KMA = kiss my ass. :P

[krispos42]

21. Kick and rec n/t

[ogneopasno]

24. I didn't open it because I don't donate, so I didn't know that by kicking it I could help donate.

I see a lot of "K&R!" threads, but "K&R!" isn't enough to get me to open it. If I had known kicking it would help, I would have kicked it, and now I'm off to do so, if it's not too late.

ETA: I just opened it and saw that kicking it doesn't help me donate; it just makes it even more noticeable.

[bananas]

27. I only saw that thread after seeing this thread.

I just k&r'd it.

[4_TN_TITANS]

30. Nice rant, Skinner! n/t

[Blue_Tires]

34. i personally blame the lounge...

and Robb the Dingbat

[flvegan]

37. Thread kicked, Skinner!

:patriot:

I've been here off and on, and I hadn't seen it. Thanks for the heads up, and thanks to brooklynite for the generous offer.

[TK421]

38. Recommended.....DON'T TAZE ME ADMIN !!!!!

[Truth Teller]

39. Make an admin rec worth a hundred!

And you could zip it right up! :)

[Starry Messenger]

40. K&r

voted and donated.


<-----------asskisser

[Maeve]

41. kick

[wildflower]

42. Other: I didn't see it until just now

I do try to rec these when I see them.

I have a suggestion, though, Skinner: is it possible to make the recommend function kick a thread? Sometimes threads with a lot of recs, but few replies, sink.

[patriotvoice]

43. Because it's in GD, and I don't read GD... being "general" it's like wading through...

dung to find diamonds. Put it in poverty or something apropos and it'll get read by people who care. Alternatively, since it's an annually recurring event, why not banner it?

On edit: Yes, I understand the irony... this thread is in GD, and I asserted I don't read GD. Sometimes ironic things happen when you follow links.

[4 t 4]

44. Hehehehe good question? Love you Skinner. I know

for myself I feel guilty if I feel I can't donate so I tend to just stay away.

[DeepModem Mom]

45. K&R!

[2Design]

46. why not just pin to top n/t

[foo_bar]

47. or give it 9999 recommends?

I know it would violate the spirit of 1 sockpuppet::1 vote, but it does seem a little odd that the site owner is asking us for free publicity on his site. Doesn't Grovelbot already transcend that man/fundraiser barrier? I guess Skinner is trying to soften the blow of Gay Holocaust Day on Jan 20th.

[terrya]

48. I just did so.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

49. i was distracted with my own lack of rights. sorry. nt

[Spectral Music]

50. Other: I gave at the office.

Seriously.

[AngryOldDem]

51. The recs are meaningless to me.

Didn't used to be. But anymore, they're worthless. If someone can get close to 30 recs for posting various uses of the word "fuck" in both the subject line and message field, that makes the whole idea of "recommended posts" trivial.

When I see something recommended, I want it to be something of substance. Not an internet version of those stupid elementary-school lists or polls that tried to gauge how popular certain people were. The rec feature is not a way to call attention to one's bloated sense of self-importance, or self-righteous outrage. Too often anymore, most highly recommended posts do just that. When perchance, I do click on such a thread and IT ACTUALLY SAYS SOMETHING -- I'm very pleasantly surprised.

EDIT: I realize this is kinda off-topic. But I just had to say it. I will consider giving.

[Laelth]

52. Honest answer:

I didn't open the thread because I can't afford to make any donations right now. I clicked the "Shh ..." option, above, because that's exactly how I felt when I saw the thread. I experienced a sense of shame because I can't help right now. Of course, like others, I didn't know I could help because I didn't open the thread.

:dem:

-Laelth

[lildreamer316]

53. kick.

[tekisui]

54. Bring back the rec from within thread feature,

instead of the extra "are you sure" screen, and the numbers would probably go up. I liked that feature.

Off to knr.....

[uppityperson]

57. back to kick again. I agree, I have never mixed up "hidethread" with "rec thread"

Make it one step. Maybe I should email admin, now, where is the contact part again? Who was it I pm? Hmmm.

[Political Heretic]

55. I pretty much don't respond to polls since you have a history of banning responsense you don't like

Since you have, at least once, banned people who responded a certain way on a poll you created, you can have a big kiss my ass to any polls you put up in the future.

Don't give me that "there was only one right answer" horeshit. I remember it well... several posters posted long explanations of their poll choice discussion freedom of speech and expression, even means dealing with dumb opinions we don't agree with, and they still got banned.

It was knee-jerk and stupid, and I try not to respond to admin polls anymore.

[Lyric]

56. It's past the 24-hour limit.

Open recs back up, and I will. :)

[MrCoffee]

58. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

:eyes: