what does k & r mean?

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

???

[ananda]

1. kick and recommend

nt

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

3. ty

kick is kicking it up to the top I assume!
How do you and what does recommend mean?

[ellenfl]

2. to expand . . . 'kick' moves the thread to the top of the

page and 'recommend' (see bottom of original post aka 'op') adds votes to move the thread to 'greatest'. once a thread has 5 recommendations, it goes to the 'greatest' from 'latest' thread category.

ellen fl

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

4. now i get it :) thanks

[ellenfl]

5. you're welcome. eom ('end of message')

[Critters2]

6. Welcome to DU!! And thanks for asking. Others may be wondering, too.

K&R stands for "kicked and recommended". To "kick" a thread is to make a post in that thread. When a post is added to a thread, that thread goes to the top of its page, making sure others will see it. So, if you want people to notice a thread, but have nothing really to add yourself, you can simply give it a "kick".

"Recommend" is a reference to the "recommend" icon at the bottom of each original post (first post in a thread). If enough people click on "recommend", the thread gets listed with a link on the "greatest page". A lot of people who don't want to spend a lot of time reading through the threads will just look at the greatest page, to see what others are finding interesting.

So, a kick moves a thread to the top of its group or forum page. Recommends move it to the greatest page.

Another thing you'll see often is "nt" or "n/t". This means "no text", meaning the entire message is contained in the subject line--there's no need to take the time to click on the message, because the message itself is empty. A variation on this is "eom", "end of message".

Thanks, again, for asking. Good to have you with us! :hi:

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

9. thanks :)

[NMDemDist2]

11. you may find the DU Glossary both informative and entertaining

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

:hi:

[The Brethren]

13. Yup, LOL

I've been wondering as well. Thanks for clarifying. *smirk*

And welcome to DU, TEmperorHasNoClothes! :-)

[truedelphi]

7. Welcome to du.

And 'n/t' in the subject line means no text - so you don't have to open the message as there ain't anything there

'eom' means end of message.

Those were the two that always left me stumped

[LeftHander]

8. Krazy & Republican....nt

:D

[ellenfl]

10. that's redundant. : - ) eom

[JohnnieGordon]

12. Welcome to DU!

Don't let anyone insult you for having a low post count, it's against the rules. But some people think they're above the rules, including regulars here.