Reply #12: Not necessarily. There are some who, as a matter of principle

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would un-rec everything that certain DUers post. They even say so.

Others would "wait" for others to un-rec before they join the herd.

Which is why I recommend everything - almost everything - that has "less than 0." In many cases these threads stay 0 or above.

The way I look at it - the un-rec is a sneaky way of bypassing DU rules of not going after other DUers. The way I look at it, if someone took the time and effort to post something, he should be treated with respect. And if I, and others, disagree, we can just ignore that post and let it sink. Or, we can have the decency to at least say why we disagree. But to un-rec anonymously is coward and lazy and, frankly, does not fit the spirit on which DU claims to operate.