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PoindexterOglethorpe

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22. Because I don't find it necessary to do so.

Sun Aug 4, 2019, 11:01 PM

Aug 2019

I do make many of my opinions well known, more so here than on FB. Here I'm with a generally like-minded group. And even though "like" seems pretty innocuous, I simply don't do it.

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Is it ok to remind positive comment posters that they may have forgot to rec the OP? [View all] JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 OP

Some of us simply don't rec. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #1

Why? I have a loved FB friend never does, even when she comments her love? JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #4

Because I don't find it necessary to do so. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #22

Thanks! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #24

How many recs per day should I do? Ptah Aug 2019 #2

5 at least if you want to earn your loyalty badge. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2019 #3

Oh jeez, I'm way behind. Ptah Aug 2019 #5

I think whenever you think it is a positive post. JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #7

That means mindless recs rather than engaging, which is free. Ptah Aug 2019 #8

What if they agree, but don't have the time? JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #9

People are different than you. Ptah Aug 2019 #10

That sounds good. But there must be an underlying reason. JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #12

People are different than you. Ptah Aug 2019 #13

Maybe cause I'm not as smart as you? JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #15

Fifty recommendations in a day is excessive. Ptah Aug 2019 #16

Why? I like to encourage peeps who I agree with to keep posting. JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #18

I recommended this thread twice. Ptah Aug 2019 #21

LOL! Thanks! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #25

Not a problem Ptah Aug 2019 #35

People who rec are not anonymous. Maybe some spooky3 Aug 2019 #6

Are you saying they are afraid of someone knowing who they are and what they think? JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #11

I think Ptah's post above applies here too. Nt spooky3 Aug 2019 #14

To be honest, I would much rather have your own opinion. JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #17

I gave you a possible explanation, but you rejected it spooky3 Aug 2019 #19

I know what I think. That's easy. I'm wondering because rec are easier than commenting. JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #20

Hmmmm Lefta Dissenter Aug 2019 #23

Because I don't know! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #26

Or people rec but don't kick or comment, so the thread sinks. nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #27

Why does it sink? I'm trying understand why rec's are so considered more "valuable" than comments ? JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #28

A comment kicks a thread to the top of the list. A rec does not, though enough recs wlll tblue37 Aug 2019 #29

Thanks! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #31

What is a kick? 2_heal_my_country Oct 2019 #38

Every time someone comments on a thread, that kicks the thread to the top of that forum's page. tblue37 Oct 2019 #39

Thank you 2_heal_my_country Oct 2019 #40

My post indicates that a comment is at least as valuable as a rec--perhaps even more so since tblue37 Aug 2019 #30

Thanks again! JoeOtterbein Aug 2019 #32

Not directly. Commenting on your own thread will push it to the top of the page, but it won't help tblue37 Oct 2019 #43

It's automatic. New threads start at the top of the page, and then gradually (or quickly on a busy tblue37 Oct 2019 #42

I really think a rec should be a default kick Skittles Aug 2019 #34

Yes--but, Skittles, you are the dean of kicks, as long as someone's recalcitrant ass tblue37 Oct 2019 #44

+1 Ptah Oct 2019 #45

yes INDEED Skittles Oct 2019 #46

I think a REC should be an automatic kick Skittles Oct 2019 #41

K&R sharedvalues Aug 2019 #33

I think if someone "reminded" me to make a rec, it would have the opposite effect. cwydro Aug 2019 #36

They aren't related at all... Phentex Aug 2019 #37