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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:46 PM Original message |
Post here to pledge NOT to "unrec" any threads |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, I don't want to get involved in that. Won't use it. n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Hey, Ken Burch. It's always good to see you on these internets. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. No trouble. As the (defeated)Republican senator from my home state once put it |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. is the opposite of "k and r" a "un and run"? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "un and run"? I like that |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Personally, I think the "UN-Rec" idea is horrible. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't have a clique here, but I am not bothered by it. nt |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sorry, no can do. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks at least for the last. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Actually, I just went back & REC'D your OP, because I think it's just mean of people to be unrec'ing |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Thanks for the thoughtful response. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
132. Well, it IS hostile to a very useful feature that some of us actually like. -nt- |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. What? An OP asking to hear from people who intend not to use the unrec feature is "hostile"? |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #132 |
141. What is it exactly that you like about it? |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is this part of a twelve step program? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It does mean "unrecommend" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. We can only tell you after you've been posting for 90 days. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And you have to WANT to be told. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why would someone pledge not to use a discussion board feature? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. In the name of real discussion |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. I don't see how this new feature lessens real discussion. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Posting an OP isn't really the same as discussing one, is it? nt |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. All on-line gamers know that hate mail is the best compliment one can receive. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Or as Joe Kennedy used to say, "when the dogs are barking |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Or all the money from the rumrunning. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
93. The money or the rum! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
124. money will get you through times of no rum better than rum will get you through times of no money |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. No thanks. This reminds of one of those :***Rec this thread if you'd like |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Well, if you don't want Obama to be your boyfriend, that's up to you. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Exactly. What I want is for him to do his job. It's a strange position I hold |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well, at least it's a position that doesn't involve special equipment and limbering exercises |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. I totally agree, thanks for posting. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. I won't use it either, and here's why |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. well put |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
139. That's It In A Nutshell Grasswire !!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. I unrecommend your thread |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I'll give you points for consistency. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Sometimes... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Let's see: namecalling, unsupported accusation, ridicule. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. No namecalling. No accusation. No ridicule. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Maybe you missed this post: |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
126. Name calling? no. Accusation? yes. Ridicule? yes, I find them ridiculous too. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. And your disdain adds to this thread how? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #130 |
152. In no way but in relation to the posts above. Threads on "unrecing" seem silly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. The new system is a DU wide information filter. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #154 |
162. IMO, it is totally worthless because it promotes negativity. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Yep. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
173. This is an example of why nasty, hyperbolic, belligerent posts are not convincing as "disagreement" |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
170. sandnsea, will you kindly explain: |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #170 |
190. sandnsea NEVER explains |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Kick and R |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. No pledge from me. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Thanks for not unrec'ing this thread, at least. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. I Unrec every thread that mentions UNrec n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. As of today, that's every single thread. You must be busy! |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
88. I guess you could say I'm not busy |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Y'know, I think we'd have probably guessed that. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Your welcome |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'll use it the way I use hide rate at kos. |
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katanalori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. me too, what Cali said. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
168. That could be the new sigline for all the UnReckers |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. I recommend recommending over unrecommending if recommending is important |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why is it unnecessary and unjustified? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:05 PM Original message |
This thread didn't actually ASK for recommendations, simply posts. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Nota bene: I never said this thread DID ask for recommendations. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I've never been sure why those threads offended anyone |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Why? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You might go back and read tavalon's thread. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. I read tavalon's well-written thread... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Are you sure you don't have a posse? I mean, how often do you check |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I ask again. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. kentuck, I thought *you* knew. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
108. No. I did not know. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
131. Not that I know of, nope. n/t |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. could you link to that thread here? Thanks |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Sorry! Here it is: |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. No worries. Thanks. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. I may use it |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Fair enough. |
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premiumblend (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. I will not use it. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Unrec seems to me a tool useful only to the freep crowd among us |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. I will pledge to only un-recommend Michael Jackson threads |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
87. The other 99.999% of DU that ignores those wishes you would let them fall to the end also |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
122. One would think |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nope. And unrecc'd...nt |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Shouldn't you be back at the office kicking Dagwood for falling asleep at his desk? |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
115. Ditto |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. sounds like a valid idea. put me down. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thanks. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. I actually appreciate Unrec now. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm sorry but this is all quite silly |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
68. unncessary, unjustified and unnatural in a blog. i'll never use it. n/t |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
150. Perhaps, but DU is NOT a blog. Far from it. |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. i know. but it's a place for discussion, not for votes anyway. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. why do you care? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Why are you so sure that threads only made it to the page because of some sort of plot? |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
100. of course people dissagree with me |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #100 |
128. Which again begs the question: what IS the problem? |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
117. gotta agree with that |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #117 |
188. For the first time, the greatest page is actually worth something. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. Just when I got 25 people in my posse... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Is there a reason you can't accept that the "Greatest" threads actually made it |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. WRONG! Being able to vote one way but not the other was |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. consider this though... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Hear, hear! n/t |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Many healthy internet communities use a "thumbs up/down" system. |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. indeed i noticed already that UNrec threads are among the most viewed. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Thanks for the discussion! |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. my pleasure! |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
144. good point |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. That's how I like my ballot initiatives: Either vote 'yes', or don't vote. |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. ;) this is a blog - it's about reading, sharing, discussing, not vote. am i wrong?! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. There are many things on the internet which are not blogs. Message boards are one such.... |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. ok, a message board. it has nothing to do with voting anyway. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Kos, Digg, Slashdot, and a brazillion other posting sites allow it. There's nothing remotely unique |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. ok, i'm easy. we can agree that we disagree on this UNrec function. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. I view the whole thing like "term limits" - |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. I vote yes/no on ballot initiatives. Congress votes yes/no on bills... |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. but these are not bills or initiatives- they are candidates for The Greatest Page. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Yep. And I prefer democracy. The ability to vote yes, no, or not vote... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. Democratic institutions like the Senate? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. I support your ability to vote 'yes', 'no', or not vote at all for a thread to the Greatest... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
76. Some of you really need to get out more |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. not a loyalty oath. An oath against an unnecessarily repressive feature |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. Repressive? You do need to get out more. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. You know, there are a few posters around here that are pretty upset |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. And some of you, no, actually, I just mean you, lol, |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
77. I dunno. I might, I might not |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
78. K&U |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
79. I think the fact.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. No wadded up panties here. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
110. Unlike me, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. LOL |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #110 |
142. Um... You Owe Me A New Computer Chair... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. Sorry about your chair. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
85. k&u |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
94. I pledge.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I don't think that word means what you think it means. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
97. I pledge NOT to unrec any threads |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
99. I wouldn't take a pledge not to take pledges. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. That was yesterday's password. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. A day late and a dollar short. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
107. pledge |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
111. If a poster posts something that YOU disagree with, you have the option to... |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. +1... and then some. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
120. I pledge not to undo someone else's recommendation |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
121. Hiding. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. LOL best answer! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
125. Who died and made you ReckLess police? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. Er...did you mean that as a response to the OP? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. You're right. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. Well, authoritarianism was the last thing I intended |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Thanks for your patience. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. That and this whole "you know perfectly well what this is about and you're part of it" tone that |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Someplace very |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Mob mentality, more tyranny of the majority. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Is that what it's about? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. I just realized how hard it's going to be to get minority issues on the GP. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. And realizing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. People who don't belong to minorities don't seem to get it. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #161 |
167. LOL |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. It doesn't matter that you didn't write such an OP, you might have voted to *recommend* such an OP. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. The front page won't see a lot of things that we used to see. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #158 |
166. Looking over the GP just now... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #166 |
175. Or more time in the boutiques. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. I, for one, welcome our new unrec Overlords! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. Oh...you're doing satire... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #180 |
185. Thank you. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #156 |
164. Yon sweet floral words |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #164 |
172. I know nothing. Nothing, I tell you! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. Nuzzink!!!!! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #156 |
179. did you actually use the phrase "embarrassing dissent'? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. *kiss* |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. A little further down the thread, I got what you were doing. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. *blush* |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
134. I've never "rec'd" a thread, so I won't be "unrec'ing" threads n/t |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #134 |
145. I hardly ever rec'd until this whole debate came up. I just forget to do it. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
136. KU and FU! {nt} |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
138. Absolutely not! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
140. K & R !!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
160. maybe only donors should unrec...this will keep trolls from doing it? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
165. I am pro-unrec and feel no need to justify why it should be here. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
169. Well, I'll keep KICKING the threads that I think need attention . . . |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
171. I'd never consider unrecommending a thread. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. I won't unrecommend a thread. That would be undemocratic and here's why |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
178. I'm not un-recommending anything on DU - this feature is shortsighted and detrimental to the site |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
183. I have 'unreced' one thread from an already tombstoned troll. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
186. Rec this thread if... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
187. Damn, too late to unrecommend. n/t |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
189. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
191. I'll use sparingly but won't hesitate to use it if I feel inclined. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
192. I pledge to Unrec every thread that has anything to do with Sarah Palin |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
193. This stupid thread is still alive? |
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