I have a Rec stalker

[Kaleva]

Someone is following me around and recommending most every post I make.

Many of my posts aren't worth a second read, much less a rec, so I don't know what to make of this.

🤔

[FirstLight]

1. weird...

[Brother Buzz]

2. Check out their profile and note how many pages of recommends they have

There are quite a few compulsive recommenders on DU. Some have as many as sixty pages!

Don’t lose any sleep over it

[Irish_Dem]

3. Can you see the identity of people who rec your comments?

I know you can with an OP but not comments?

[Celerity]

67. AFAIK you can only see comment recs in a DU profile

[dickthegrouch]

5. I'm always astonished at how few people rec mine.

Maybe I am totally off the mainstream. But I think I have good ideas.
I rec interesting information, good ideas, and “clever” responses or solutions.

[Think. Again.]

8. (I just rec'd that.)

[dickthegrouch]

14. Thank you

[GreenWave]

10. As did I!

[dickthegrouch]

15. Thank you

[The Wandering Harper]

19. K&R

I think I haven't seen any of your posts yet.
By virtue of your username alone I have subscribed to you
(but I'm not quite sure how that works yet,)
I think I am also totally off the mainstream

[dickthegrouch]

20. Thank you.

In case you don’t know, you can see the few postings I’ve added to my journal if you tap on my username.

[Kaleva]

22. Rec'd!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

30. You Got 9 For Just This Post

At least you got people's attention!

[JoseBalow]

35. How many Shrute Bucks is that worth?

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Classified Information

Sorry, but I can't tell you that.

[JoseBalow]

37. It's the latest crypto

Posting has become mining for DURecs

[ProfessorGAC]

38. All Right!

We have a leak! How did you find that out?
Well, now the whole investigative team needs to get to work!

[LoisB]

34. I just rec'd your comment. Sometimes there are so many comments on a post, I don't get to them all.

[True Dough]

54. What if

you were "DickTheFriendlyGuy"?

You might get more flies with honey than with vinegar...

[JoseBalow]

56. Well then he wouldn't be a dick, would he?

[True Dough]

57. There are Dicks who are absolute sweethearts

Like this fellow:

[JoseBalow]

58. True, but those are Dicks, with a capital D

a consequential distinction!

[LudwigPastorius]

70. Fun Fact:

Did you know that Dick Van Dyke's real name was Penis De Lesbian?

[Mosby]

6. I rec'ed one of your posts yesterday.

Sorry.

[Think. Again.]

7. I might have rec'd some of your posts...

...if I was in agreement with them.

That's how it's supposed to work, right?

[Kaleva]

23. I've rec'd some of your posts too

I don't always agree with you but you are an advocate for what you believe in and your posts often make me pause to think and that deserves a recommendation IMO

[Think. Again.]

24. Thank you, that means a lot to me.

[Shambala]

9. Note to self*

*do not REC any of Kaleva’s posts.

[GreenWave]

11. Welcome Shambala!

[Shambala]

17. Thank you!

Happy to be here but wish it were under better circumstances. I'm sure we'll make it through though.

[True Dough]

55. Oh, a little Three Dog Night?

[Shambala]

59. Oh yeah! Love the Three Dog Night version

BW Stevenson’s was the first time I’d heard it. The song was my ringtone for the longest time and the other old souls started calling me Shambala.

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[Kaleva]

41. Yes, you don't want to be on my list of possible suspects!

[LiberalLoner]

12. Oh crap I always rec if I read it because I want to be nice. I never thought it was wrong!

I made sure not to rec this time because I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable!

Sometimes it’s really hard to figure out what is right or wrong on-line. Feel like I need a class or something.

[debm55]

13. Me either. I always give a rec. unless they are off topic or mean.

[LiberalLoner]

62. Thank you! 💙

[Think. Again.]

16. It ISN'T wrong to rec! It's right to rec....

...if you agree with the post or find it worth reading for whatever reason (rec is short for 'recommend'), or even if you just want to give a nod to the poster.

I rec a lot, in fact it's less common for me to not rec because I would really have to disagree with the post to not rec.

[LiberalLoner]

63. Thank you! 💙

[Kaleva]

42. It's not wrong. I just thought it interesting

That a number of my posts would get one single rec

[LiberalLoner]

64. 💙 I recc'd this one 🤣💙

[Think. Again.]

66. Have another one on me!

[Mike 03]

61. I rec a ton of posts too. Partly it is to express

appreciation to the posters for taking the trouble. Even if the post is "bad" news (i.e. 'Analyst says Dem Strategy Sucks'). Sometimes I worry people might think I rec'd a post because I agree with it, but in the cases where I rec a "bad news" post it's either because it's important to know, or to thank the poster.

I bookmark REALLY crucial posts, probably way too many.

We have certain people who regular post breaking or important news, or news on all sorts of topics, like climate, environment, even archeology. Sometimes I even rec posts and the only purpose is to sort of let them know people are reading and appreciate what they do.

[LiberalLoner]

65. Yes!💙

[electric_blue68]

73. I def (amongst other recs) rec the bad news bc it's unfortunately Important to know

[Solly Mack]

18. Perhaps they are a secret admirer?

And come February, you'll get a heart from them.

I'm just speculating.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. nor i.

[Marthe48]

25. I have one too

Not every single post, but many. Hopefully friendly interest

[Clouds Passing]

26. Sometimes if I like a main post and the thread, I rec everyone

[Irish_Dem]

27. OP isn't talking about people who occasionally rec her comments.

She is talking about someone who is rec'ing every post she makes.

[questionseverything]

28. Are we supposed to consider this a "real" problem?

lol

[Irish_Dem]

29. It is not our decision to make.

If someone is feeling stalked, they have a right to say something.

If someone is following every single comment and post you make and rec'ing it,
some people may find it a bit disconcerting.

[Kaleva]

40. I don't find it disconcerting. I just find it interesting

It started not long ago. It could be a freak coincidence where random people rec s post of mine and it's the only rec I get for that particular post.

[Irish_Dem]

44. Stating someone is stalking you sounded like you were concerned about it.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Kaleva]

45. My apologies!

I posted this in the Lounge as I meant it to be light hearted and maybe others can have some fun with it. Even if it's at my expense.

[wnylib]

32. But how does anyone know that each rec comes from the same person

since we don't know the identity of people who rec posts, only of those who rec an OP?

[Irish_Dem]

33. Because every single post or comment is rec'd.

Every single one.

Statically that is beyond chance for being just independent random recommendations.

[debm55]

47. Kavela is male., I check the poster information page and except for the posts here.on this OP all posts were done on

General Discussion. in the last 90 days. Why not put on GD instead of on the Lounge., I don;t do GD so no I am not your stalker.but someone on GD might be . If I was you I would post this over there.

[Kaleva]

60. I posted it here in the Lounge because it was meant to be humorous

It's just something I noticed, thought it amusing so I posted it on the Lounge. If I had been seriously concerned about it, I'd have posted it in GD.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Every Post?

I know we can check to see who recs an OP, but I didn't know we could identify who recs replies.
How is that done?

[Kaleva]

43. Not every post.

How do you check to see who rec'd your post? I can see the number of recs, but I don't see who actually did the rec.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. I Only Know...

...how to check recs on OPs.
That's super easy. You just click the top of the rec box and a list will pop up.
But, I'm unaware how to check them on an in-thread post.
Thought you knew, which I why I asked! I figured I'd learn something new.
Now, we're both stuck!

[debm55]

39. Stalking is serious and is nothing to have fun with.

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[WestMichRad]

48. So you have a secret admirer.

Embrace it! (For the record, it’s not me.)

Although I do admit to liking your screen name, it reminds me of an old haunt, the Kaleva Cafe in Hancock MI. They had the yummiest pasties!

(MTU grad here…)

[debm55]

49. It's not me. Poster said he wanted to have fun with it. I very seldom go to GD. OP said it was done for fun.

[WestMichRad]

50. Ummm.... Okay.

Hi Deb!

[debm55]

51. Hi WestMichRad.

[Kaleva]

68. That's where I got my user name from!

I remember well stopping there as a kid with my family for lunch .

[Cirsium]

52. Recommended!

I couldn't resist.

[Mike Nelson]

53. I REC-ed...

... but I'm not the stalker.

[Polybius]

69. Now you can check to see who rec's your posts

Did you ever find out who it was? Was it the same person?

[LeftInTX]

71. Some people recommend every post they read. It's a way of marking them.

[Kaleva]

72. Now that I can see who rec'd my posts with the latest update

I saw that there is a wide variety of DUers who have singularity rec'd a post of mine.

No stalker!

[electric_blue68]

74. I don't rec every that "counts" to me; but a good amount. For important news (good, or bad), interesting info, or....

general, or personal stories,
encouraging comments to others, funny, and fun stuff.