Hi, Skinner? Actually a couple of questions on recs and unrecs (and one on alerts)...

[MiddleFingerMom]

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1. Why aren't recs and unrecs only accessible through an actual post? I understand why alerts
are anonymous... but recs and unrecs are statements/comments/opinions, even when not
accompanied by any text. Why allow anonymity (beyond the anonymity afforded by usernames)
of an OPINION on an open discussion board?
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2. Is there a way one can see the number of unrecs on any particular post? If not, WHY not?
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3. I understand, as above, the need for anonymity of alerts, but is there some way to assign
members/posters an alert ID number -- that way one could see, for instance, that 20 people
alerted on various posts twice... while 1 person alerted on various posts 843 times?
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The numbers are arbitrary, even facetious -- the question is real.
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It could tell a poster several things -- including the fact that while one of his/her posts
was within the rules, it upset/offended/galvanized x number of people negatively.
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Thank you for sticking with what must STILL be an avalanche-load of work in this forum.
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[Skinner]

1. Answers:

1. Because some people can't stop obsessing over recs and unrecs, and frankly I don't want to give them one more thing to obsess over.

2. No. (Why not? See answer #1)

3. I'm not really sure that this would have much value. The likely outcome is that people would post "I can't believe someone alerted this!!!!111", as they do with unrecs. (See answer #1)