New rec system a metaphor for America?
canetoad
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Wed Sep-24-08 04:27 AM
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New rec system a metaphor for America? |
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Everything driven by the opinion of others?
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bridgit
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Wed Sep-24-08 04:32 AM
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1. Ding! The tribe has made your 'must read' go blue... |
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Wed Sep-24-08 04:35 AM
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2. Just tried to give myself a disruptive vote |
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but it didn't work. I want my money back.
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Wed Sep-24-08 04:38 AM
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3. hahaha, i tried that too, it didn't say i *couldn't* do it it just wouldn't |
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Wed Sep-24-08 06:19 AM
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4. This desire for rating goes back to DU version 1 |
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Edited on Wed Sep-24-08 06:30 AM by HereSince1628
There was concern about the stiffling effect it could have on free speech.
It died in it's first incarnation and became the reads/recs numbers. That hasn't seemed to hurt the scope of the postings.
Right now I've got autistic-like anxiety from the high object novelty of the color blocks.
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Wed Sep-24-08 06:23 AM
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please make them go away, they're hurting my eyes :cry:
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Wed Sep-24-08 06:54 AM
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7. I felt the same thing with the big colored icons that came with DU ver 2 |
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At first they looked like gigantic baby toys.
Now they just look like baby toys and that's pretty appropriate for DU'ers. :)
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Wed Sep-24-08 08:03 AM
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9. Based on how DU is sometimes I think baby toys ARE appropriate! |
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Then on other days I'm afraid half the posters are gonna kill themselves because of poll numbers... :evilgrin: :rofl:
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Wed Sep-24-08 07:59 AM
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8. Ha! Being a high-functioning Autistic myself that made me laugh!!! |
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Edited on Wed Sep-24-08 08:00 AM by Odin2005
LOL, I have Asperger's Syndrome and the rating icons ARE a bit annoying! :rofl: They should be on the right side and be smaller.
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Wed Sep-24-08 06:24 AM
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6. That would the definition of democracy. |
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Tyranny of majority opinion. Pluralist democracy=tyranny of the majority opinion among the wealthy.
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