No more "rec this thread" threads PLEASE.. I urge the mods to lock them from now on...

[ddeclue]

This is a totally biased way to try to claim a mandate for a pet opinion. There is no real way to say NO and this clutters up the "greatest" section with a bunch of "rec this" threads instead of original opinion or anything interesting!

If you want to establish an opinion here on DU, CONDUCT A POLL!

:argh:

[EFerrari]

1. So, why isn't this thread a poll?

[greguganus]

2. Kick and rec!! lol n/t

[panader0]

3. Agreed. It's like "Look at me!, Look at me!"

{eople should give recs because they believe in the posters opinion, not because of some rec beggars.

[grantcart]

4. could not agree more - and you get a rec

[dipsydoodle]

5. "rec this thread"

is childish. Some folk need to grow up.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. I just gotta tell ya I am here to wreck this thread. n/t

[Texasgal]

7. I couldn't agree more.

I HATE those threads and I NEVER participate in them.

[Lorien]

8. Agreed. The "recommended this thread if.." bit has jumped the shark

we have the option for posting polls, so let's use it!

[tuvor]

9. "Conduct a poll," precisely. These vanity posts have gotten quite ridiculous.

[Festivito]

10. If I get a mandate can I spend political capital?

Or, can I finally "get it" and post about Rev. Warren.

[ZombieHorde]

11. "Rec. this thread" is the poor man's poll.

You can not make polls unless you have donated money or alien technology to DU.

[The_Commonist]

12. I don't like them either... However...

I would never ask for them to be banned.
Just because I don't like something... well, you get the idea.
I tend to just ignore them.
Not that difficult to do!

[question everything]

13. This was quite common during the primaries

especially trashing Hillary. And often in all CAPS.

As I pointed then: recommendations should be earned, not begged.

[wyldwolf]

14. If you agree with the OP, rec this thread!

[mzmolly]

15. There is a way to say no, by not recommending

the thread.

[racaulk]

16. There is one flaw to that.

And that is how to distinguish between those that read the thread and choose not to recommend it, and those that have not read the thread at all.

A poll, which can give options to answer in both the affirmative and the negative, removes this limitation.

[mzmolly]

18. You can see the number of times a thread was visited.

I don't think it's productive to have an affirmative and negative vote, personally.

[H2O Man]

17. Respectfully disagree.

Though I rarely read that type of OP, I hope the moderators do not take a rigid, lock-all approach.

[hootinholler]

19. You betcha! k&r

[pipi_k]

20. I'm so mean

I purposely will not rec threads that ask for it.

[mopinko]

21. argue about something real

like obama's magical ability to make people smoke.
those threads do no harm.

[yourguide]

22. Only when you stop

posting non GDP stuff in GDP. You create more work for the mods doing that.