Is it bad form to recommend your own post?

[MoonRiver]

I never do it, but, seriously, if you thought it was special enough to post, why wouldn't you want to rec it?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I tend not to do so, but did it by accident recently...

[safeinOhio]

2. I say go ahead and do it

because this is a great post.

[MoonRiver]

4. I'm always afraid of the ensuing ridicule.

Because I have seen it happen to others.

[MohRokTah]

3. Bad form to rec your own post.

Especially if its the only rec.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. gotta admit, that one gives me pause to take a closer look ...

indeed.

[malaise]

5. You know I never knew that was possible until I saw someone post about it a while back

I'd never do it

[MoonRiver]

7. I guess it does appear egotistical and self-serving, but I

still think it shouldn't be ridiculed. Pride of ownership and all that.

[pipoman]

6. Nobody cares, nobody looks at the recs except the op....

[RKP5637]

8. +1, n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

9. It seems more pathetic than anything else.

Like you're insecure about anyone reccing, so you're 'salting' the recc jar, so that folks will see that at least one person already has, and are more likely to.

[MoonRiver]

10. Or when you've got 4 recs, and only one more to go to get to the Greatest Page.

Oh, the temptation!

[Hissyspit]

39. Nope.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

42. The few who K&R their own posts seem that way to me.

I'm talking those who K&R -- sometimes dozens of times -- just to keep their thread afloat. Threads sink for a reason. And if DU *rejected* the thread the first time around, the OP kicking it ad nauseam won't likely breathe new life into it.

[pinboy3niner]

11. It might amount to...Inflategate

[PeaceNikki]

12. meh. Love yourself, I say!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I recommend it until it makes the Greatest Page and then usually remove it./NT

[MoonRiver]

14. So, I am currently facing that dilemma.

4 recs, what to do, what to do?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Rec then remove

If I'm languishing at 4 I give myself the needed "boost."


I'll recommend it for ya, pardner.

[MoonRiver]

17. Thanks pal!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I only recommend mine at 4.

From now on I will recommend all threads stuck on 4 unless they are offensive to me.

[MoonRiver]

29. Yeah, cause if they got to 4, must have something going for them.

[Scuba]

16. I'll occasionally rec my own post, if it's at four AND I think it's especially noteworthy.

I've also re-posted something that I thought was worth seeing but didn't get much notice at the time I originally posted it.

[kentauros]

19. Not really.

But it's worse form to unrec your own post. No sense confusing GDers worse than they already are

[Voice for Peace]

20. I always rec my own posts. As for bad form..?

Subjective question. I think it is good form, myself.

False modesty is bad form. As is ridicule of others.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. agreed. and guilty as charged. and will always be the fifth rec. hell yeah

[KingCharlemagne]

21. Please allow Stuart Smalley to have the final word:

[Omaha Steve]

22. I've done it a few times

Not very often.

[JimDandy]

23. Bad form, unless there are 4 recs...

then hit the rec button to get it to the greatest page and remove your rec when there are 6 recs.

[Dont call me Shirley]

24. If I were running for office I would vote for myself. Why not rec your own post?

Especially if it's a really good one.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. Guilty as charged.

I rec the threads that I think need attention (sometimes it's a newspaper article and not an op), so I will provide the fourth or fifth rec.

What I have noticed on DU is that sometimes these things turn out to be driven by the popularity of the poster. So some nonsensical (though admittedly amusing) things make it to the Greatest Page, while some important issues that might be hugely important to a minority group on DU wither on the vine.

I figure it's all good.

[G_j]

28. I do it for the wolves

as I sometimes post about the ongoing slaughter of wolves in this country. I don't care if it's bad form or not.

[MoonRiver]

30. That's an absolute necessity!

I will start rec'ing my animal rights posts as well.

[G_j]

37. yep, It makes me sad those posts often sink fast

unless it's an argument about PETA, of course.

[Capt. Obvious]

31. I do it only when it's Rec number 5

[REP]

32. In the great scheme of things, it really doesn't matter

It's one website out of brazillions; one thing out of many we do in a day and of those things, probably the least important (and which threads get rec'd are even less important).

Though sometimes I wish we could rec responses since that's easier than typing out "nice post" or "what they said."

[LeftyMom]

33. It'll make you go blind and turn your palms hairy. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

34. Self promotion is as American as cheating at football. If self promotion is bad

on a website about politicians who self promote more actively than an unemployed Reality TV star on a Twitter binge, I sense a whiff of hypocrisy.

[hunter]

35. I'll do it whenever the discussion develops into something I'd recommend.

Otherwise, no.

[JEB]

36. Whatever makes you feel good.

[Hissyspit]

38. No.

I automatically rec all my posts, so it only takes four recs to get to Greatest Page so more people will see it.

If I didn't want people to see it, why would I bother posting it? I recommend reading it. That's why I posted it.

[freshwest]

40. I thought it was bad form, myself, until several people urged me to knock it from 4 to 5.

If it's not getting any or already up to five, I often don't. I don't post threads for the general audience of DU.

But I wouldn't denigrate anyone for how they manage their posts. I don't care about Rec's except to get visibility for others' ideals or news I think need to be heard, or if I feel the person has put a lot into their OP.

[Phentex]

41. Not at all...

go for it!