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mysteryowl

(7,390 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2024, 09:16 PM Mar 13

To recommend, or, not to recommend? [View all]

That is the question.

I am curious to learn why so many viewers of a thread don't recommend?

I looked at LBN and see posts with 2,000 views and only 6 recommendations. I wonder why people are not fully participating?
Hmmm....

87 votes, 4 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	I never recommend and only view and read.
	2 (2%)
	I rec on occasion for really great posts
	36 (41%)
	I rec a lot to be interactive with fellow DU users.
	49 (56%)
	4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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To recommend, or, not to recommend? [View all] mysteryowl Mar 13 OP

No reason to confuse 'recommending' with 'participation.' elleng Mar 13 #1

Okay, so you say views are plenty. mysteryowl Mar 13 #2

I hope this OP gets 500 recs. n/t flvegan Mar 13 #3

Really? Ha mysteryowl Mar 13 #4

Oh flvegan Mar 13 #9

Thank you kind person for participating and clarifying. mysteryowl Mar 13 #10

I especially like markodochartaigh Mar 13 #21

I love that we now have that option on comments PatSeg Mar 13 #28

I usually am not logged in. I will log in to post or rec an exceptional post, but then log right back out. HeartachesNhangovers Mar 13 #5

Yeah, I do that sometimes too. Agreed. mysteryowl Mar 13 #6

Sometimes a reader might like the post but forget to rec? ecstatic Mar 13 #7

Okay, that is interesting. mysteryowl Mar 13 #8

Made a post about 6 weeks ago in an issue forum that has nearly 5500 views, PufPuf23 Mar 13 #11

Ohh, that is interesting! mysteryowl Mar 13 #13

I rec anything I find interesting Bettie Mar 13 #12

Pass Ohio Joe Mar 13 #14

If I recommend every post, recommendations become meaningles. Ms. Toad Mar 13 #15

Rec means i agree, response means I have something to say Maeve Mar 13 #16

I don't agree with everything I text. Ms. Toad Mar 14 #34

I don't read something based on its rec count swong19104 Mar 13 #17

I try to recommend but sometimes get so involved to writing Raine Mar 13 #18

I voted for "rec. really great posts" Pototan Mar 13 #19

I wonder that too. markodochartaigh Mar 13 #20

"Fully participating" canetoad Mar 13 #22

I thought that's what Reddit was for JoseBalow Mar 13 #23

I'm kinda new here nickster48 Mar 13 #24

Most of my recommendations are for a post that offers an action of something we can do, achieve, 3Hotdogs Mar 13 #25

Quirks R Us madamesilverspurs Mar 13 #26

This place is fun! rubbersole Mar 13 #27

If I read a post and find it interesting, PatSeg Mar 13 #29

If I read a post and find it interesting, PatSeg Mar 13 #30

If I may add to this thread... EarlG Mar 14 #31

This is an honor to have you comment mysteryowl Mar 14 #35

I love the idea of total rec. counts cited alongside posts. Pototan Mar 14 #32

I rec any thread that catches my attention enough to click on it Bayard Mar 14 #33

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 14 #36

But if I rec everything it will become like that Seinfeld episode Xavier Breath Mar 14 #37

I rec when I find a post informative, funny, interesting, or, moving. And it's a way... electric_blue68 Mar 14 #38

I agree, it is a way of interacting. mysteryowl Mar 14 #39