How Often Do You DURec Posts?

[MineralMan]

I've always wondered how DUers treat the DURect feature on DU3. So, if you want to vote in this poll, we can get an idea of how people think about this feature. If you think this poll is intrusive or something, you can simply not bother to vote in it.

14 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I use DURec often on posts I like.
	5 (36%)
	I very rarely DURec a post.
	1 (7%)
	I usually only DURec posts by DUers who I like.
	0 (0%)
	I don't pay any attention to who posted. I DURec posts I like, regardless.
	5 (36%)
	I never DURec Posts on DU3.
	1 (7%)
	I never think about DURec, really, so I forget to do it most of the time.
	2 (14%)
	I Hate DURec.
	0 (0%)
	I Want UnRec back.
	0 (0%)
	I don't ever vote in DU Polls.
	0 (0%)
	I Vote No!
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Uncle Joe]

1. I DURec an OP for two reasons.

1. I like or agree with it.

2. I believe the OP is important enough to influence more exposure and debate.

Thanks for the thread, MineralMan.

[MineralMan]

2. Thanks for your response!

[Egalitarian Thug]

3. I occasionally give a rec to a post I don't like at all when it is well thought-out and makes

a solid argument. I'd like it to be much more common than it is, however.

[MineralMan]

5. Thanks!

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I often Rec the threads of posters who have made it quite clear

that they dislike me. This is a message board, not a high school hallway.

[MineralMan]

6. I do that sometimes, as well, but I often forget

that DURec even is there and simply forget to click it, I'm afraid.

[libodem]

7. I often hit the recommend button

I find so much good stuff to read here.

[MineralMan]

8. I need to use it more often, I think. Thanks.

[HappyMe]

9. I use it on posts that I like or

make a decent point I hadn't thought of.

[ZombieHorde]

10. All the time. nt

[jazzimov]

11. Rec - oops!

I guess everyone knows how I voted now!

[LeftofObama]

12. I use it on posts regarding subjects that I'm passionate about,

and sometimes when I just think the post deserves more exposure.

[Beringia]

13. I do it sometimes

When I remember to do unto others what I would like done unto me. I like when people rec my posts, even if no one replys. I often like posts and then move on, when I should rec, I guess it is like a polite thank you.

[NuclearDem]

14. I just rec'd a post about recs.

INCEPTION

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. I recommend posts pretty often.

If the topic interests me, or if I like the poster, or when I want the post to have greater exposure. Often, it's all three reasons...

K&R

[Arkansas Granny]

16. I rec posts that I agree with or really like.

I don't pay any attention to the poster, just the content of the post. I still wish we had the unrec button.

[pipi_k]

17. Nope...

I never DU rec posts, and I'm starting to reconsider participating in polls as well, ever since reading what someone in another poll thread had to say about knowing peoples' characters by how they voted on the polls.

Which is one reason why, if I do participate in a poll, I tend to vote without actually choosing a side. I figure if I'm going to be judged as a person for what I post on an internet discussion group, I might as well make those who would judge me actually do a bit of work.

Reading my words, I mean, and not just deciding who I am and what I stand for based on a click of my mouse.

That whole judging people by recs or poll choices is kind of creepy anyway...

IMO.

I judge people by how they treat me.

[MineralMan]

18. Thanks for your feedback. I get what you're saying, too.

[LumosMaxima]

22. Same here.

When I first got here, I would rec posts that I thought were worth discussing. It wasn't meant as an endorsement of anything in the post. It didn't mean I agreed with the OP or the source, just that I thought it could be the basis for a good discussion. Then I started noticing people being criticized for their rec histories, and I went back and un-recced everything. I haven't used the rec button since late July or early August. The feature isn't useful if it's going to be used to attack people.

[quinnox]

19. Quite often

I like recommending posts I like, agree with, or find interesting.

[MineralMan]

20. Thanks. I'm going to pay more attention to the DU Rec button.

[Rowdyboy]

21. A dozen inthe last week, 32 in the last 2 weeks but never my own