Out of curiosity... how may of you check to see who is rec'ing what?

[tk2kewl]

I am here nearly every day, have been for more than a decade . More than 95% of the time I spend on DU is spent reading and rec'ing post I think are important, with little bursts of posts here and there. I often look at rec lists though to see where other DUers priorities are.

[djean111]

1. Thing is, some people think that a rec means I AGREE!!!!!

I rec things that I find interesting, whether I agree with them of not. Some here do keep track of that stuff, and a while back someone very bizarrely posted they they were keeping track of who rec'd what, like a seventh grade slam book thing, but hey, a couple of clicks and look! DU keeps track for you! I wouldn't worry about it. I don't, and now I think it is funny if someone refers to it as a sort of threat.

[DonViejo]

4. ^^^^ Ditto for me, I rec things I find interesting, whether I agree with them or not....

but I do not check to see who recs.

[ananda]

12. I didn't even know you could do that ...

... and even so, I'm not even remotely interested.

What a waste of time.

[tk2kewl]

14. yes I rec things I find interesting as well as important

certainly not everything interesting is important. But I rec hoping to increase the visibility of certain OPs and topics. Do you think recs accomplish that?

[tk2kewl]

8. I look from time to time myself

mostly a curiosity, but I do find it interesting to see what people rec.

[Agschmid]

34. This.

[gollygee]

48. I rec things for different reasons

Maybe I agree with it, maybe I find it interesting or worth reading or worth more attention.

[onyourleft]

2. I very...

...seldom check to see who has recommended an OP.

[ileus]

3. Nope...I don't care.

[JudyM]

58. +1. I can see how some might find that interesting, though. Nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. I never do that.

[yeoman6987]

6. I never look at who recs. rarely do I notice the number of recs

And I have rec'ed something maybe 5 times since joining....maybe. I get more out of the OP's and comments.

[City Lights]

7. I pretty much ignore recs and the "greatest" page. nt

[tk2kewl]

10. that's interesting

do you have a reason for avoiding the greatest page?

[City Lights]

17. I guess I prefer to poke around the different forums and groups

on my own without relying on DUers to tell me what they think I should read.

[Agschmid]

35. We have a greatest page?

Haha kidding, but yes I also ignore it for the most part.

[Brother Buzz]

9. I used to look, but I've observed a lot of people seem to use the reccomend function....

as an informal bookmark system, or something, while other people just like recommending any and everything. All in all, I've found it's a useless system to judge the merits of a thread, but it is a good indicator of what people are looking at.

[tk2kewl]

19. I do use it as a bookmark as well

but of course there are also "actual" bookmarks which I use as well, usually in hopes of getting back to a long post or video.

[Shandris]

11. You can check to see who recs what?

I may have known that once upon a time, but if so it sure did slip my memory. Of course to be fair, I almost never use Recs anyway because I almost never remember they're there. I probably ought to do that, though.

[ZombieHorde]

13. You can click on the number of Recs to see a list of user names. nt

[Shandris]

18. Ah, I see why I never notice it too. It's only on the OP...

...which makes sense, but somehow slipped my notice (or my memory). Either way, old age is killing me!

Thanks ZombieHorde.

And Rec'ced, if for no other reason than to remind other forgetful people like myself.

[ZombieHorde]

31. You're very welcome. nt

[tk2kewl]

15. you can also check a user's profile to see what they rec

[ZombieHorde]

16. I usually only look if I consider the OP to be controversial. nt

[tk2kewl]

20. and when you do that what do you hope to learn?

[ZombieHorde]

39. DU has temporary, shifting factions, and I sometimes enjoy watching them interact.

If I'm on DU everyday, seeing these factions rise up gives many of the posts on those subjects additional context. Faction banners have concerned Snowden, BLM, Anonymous, the Roman Catholic Church, etc. If I go a week or so without reading DU, fewer posts make sense to me, because many posts are partially meta.

[tk2kewl]

42. Yes!

That is often what I learn as well (I think). I wasn't expecting this OP to get much attention but I am finding it very interesting to see how others view the whole idea of recommendations.

[arcane1]

38. "Change into a fish"

[ZombieHorde]

45. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! nt

[PowerToThePeople]

21. Sometimes

You can certainly check into third way meme threads to see who is on team "I got mine, F you" currently. But, the handles are always the same. They do get new members from time to time. Good to see who is not on your side.

[tk2kewl]

24. the scenario I check under...

is often similar to the third way situation you describe. I check when I see something that has a lot of support and wonder why

[sharp_stick]

22. I'll admit to checking it out

when someone gets PPR'd or timed out just to see who's reccing their posts just out of curiosity.

I try to only rec threads that I agree with and bookmark posts that I find interesting or may want to go back too but I know some people use the rec system more or less as a bookmarking system.

[TygrBright]

23. I admit it, sometimes I check when it's my OP. :blush: n/t

[tk2kewl]

25. Yeah...

I always feel special when i see skinner or earlg has rec'ed one of my threads

[Spazito]

26. I check it sometimes depending on the subject of the OP...

usually on the controversial ones. I don't check the ones with big numbers of recs though, they don't have many surprises.

[tk2kewl]

30. sometimes when i don't know what to make of an OP

I check to see if it is being rec'ed by DUers I who's OPs I respect and follow

[Spazito]

36. It always interests me when an OP has very few responses but number of recs...

if, as you say, I don't quite know what to make of the OP and the message it is meant to convey. I often rec without comment because whatever I might have posted has already been stated and much more succinctly and eloquently than I could have done.

[Spirochete]

27. I seldom remember

to rec anything, no matter how much I like it - let alone look to see who else has...

[tk2kewl]

33. remember when you could also unrec?

that was somethin'

[Spirochete]

40. Yeah, I remember that

I never did that either, though. Guess I'm just more of an uberlurker than anything else.

[haikugal]

28. I rec for interest and I rec because I agree....both.

I very rarely look at who recs but sometimes it's informative.

I spend my time here doing the same thing you do and by your description the same way.

[tk2kewl]

32. I'm kinda wondering why this OP is getting rec'd

[LostOne4Ever]

29. Unless it is a really really really bad OP, almost never nt

[jeff47]

37. A rec just means "I think people should see this". It is not "I agree with this".

As a result, I don't look at rec lists because it doesn't tell you much of anything.

But there's plenty of people who treat clicking "rec" as "This OP perfectly captures my fundamental beliefs".

It would have been nicer if they used a different verb that did not imply agreement.

[Iggo]

47. I agree. (lol)

Rec is short for recommend. When I rec a post I'm marking it as recommended reading. I'll do it for a beautifully argued point, a picture of an adorable baby human or animal, or for a hilarious train-wreck of an OP. It just means that it's something I recommend that the rest of you read.

[Vinca]

41. Never. There's only so much time in a day.

[Agschmid]

43. Sometimes I even rec' my own damn post...

Shhhh don't tell anyone.

[tk2kewl]

44. I've done it

[jeff47]

49. I'll do that if it needs 1 more to get to Greatest, and then take it away after someone else recs it

[Iggo]

46. Almost never.

Every now and then there'll be a thread with lots and lots of replies but only one or two recs. Then I'll look and go "Huh." But that's about it.

[Hoyt]

50. Just doesn't seem right to recommend threads like "Prez Carter has cancer," or another gun fancier

leaves his guns in reach of children with tragic results.

[tk2kewl]

51. if rec means "this is wonderful"

definitely not

[Hoyt]

52. I know most people will know what I mean by recommending, I just never feel right doing it.

[Glorfindel]

53. I never even thought about it

Maybe I should start. Thanks for the idea!

[tk2kewl]

57. LOL!

SalmonChantedEvening rocks!

[treestar]

55. Sometimes

It just seems interesting to look at sometimes.

[Blue_In_AK]

56. Sometimes I do.

It depends on the thread.

[Liberal_in_LA]

59. I don't. But I look at the DU polls - who is voting against the majority

[tk2kewl]

61. that's intersting...

I will have to do that next time there is a good poll

[Fla_Democrat]

60. No, but when I am checking from my phone....

No, but when I am checking from my phone.... it just shows the thread title.... so I play a game where I try to guess who posted it by the title, before I click to open the post.

I've gotten pretty good at it, unless it's a CnP title. Of course, some are so obvious, it's not much of a challenge.

[tk2kewl]

62. that's fun

[tk2kewl]

64. my phone has authors

[elias49]

63. I didn't even know you could!

Nor HOW.

[Flying Squirrel]

65. I don't, but I did notice once

That someone who was wondering where a DUer had gone to found out that he was back by checking his profile and seeing tgat he had recommended a post.