Reply #36: I just think you'd get a lot fewer recs/unrecs, because they'd all be invitations to harassment.

[dorkulon]

This idea has the potential to turn each unrec into a flame war, if the OP happens to be the vindictive type. If I see a "bigfoot is teh realz" type post, I might unrec it, but I don't feel like having it out with some jerk about bigfoot, and then rehash it later when he sees me on another thread, etc., so I most likely wouldn't bother posting. I guess if you want to suppress the number of unrecs, this would do it. Conversely, even a rec could start such a vendetta if each is visible to those who find an OP loathsome.

I get that this is just a message board and we're all supposed to be disagreeing anyway, but crowd psychology and peer pressure do factor in.