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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do we "rec" a post? I can only state why I do---
Some posts are just like "Dayum, everybody! Read this!" It may be profound, startling, heart-rending or hilarious, but it "grabbed"
me and I want to share the experience.
Some posts say what I feel and say it as I wish I had.
Some posts disagree with me but set out arguments or facts I hadn't encountered and made me think and reconsider.
Some relate some personal crisis or tragedy and I rec in hopes that doing so makes the poster feel less alone.
Some ask questions that I can't answer but I hope someone else can.
These are some of my reasons to rec.
Yours?
rampartc
(5,455 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)rampartc
(5,455 posts)"If string theory is to be a theory of quantum gravity, then the average size of a string should be somewhere near the length scale of quantum gravity, called the Planck length, which is about 10-33 centimeters."
tblue37
(65,528 posts)is by train?
Inquiring minds want to know!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)At the top of the column so more people see it. If no one responds to a thread and no one recs it the thread will quickly sink down the column and soon disappears.
hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)Given how fast GD moves, it is a given that unless a thread makes an "early splash" with responses and recs, it rapidly fades away.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I really like sharing knowledge and there is plenty of that in DU. And funny. I love spreading funny around!
patricia92243
(12,607 posts)erronis
(15,460 posts)As others have said, I'll Rec a thread because it seems worthy of being read.
Frequently I'd like to give a Thumbs Down/Up because I don't agree with the OP.
However my biggest wish is to have a way to give a kudo/+++ to a particular poster in a thread who is saying what I want to say. Seems silly to add a new post with "K&R" just for that porpoise.
lame54
(35,345 posts)"My mother just died." - rec
The Polack MSgt
(13,203 posts)because I believe that folks want to know that their thoughts are appreciated. If I smiled or thought or saw appoint of view I'm unfamiliar with - Click the rec button
If I believe it should get a wider audience I'll do the "K&R nt" or "Kick for visibility" reply.
In general though, I probably rec 7 or 8 times more OPs than I reply to.
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)All caps, or BS clickbait in the title like Boom!, or Read This Now!, or (fill in the blank) Of The Day, etc.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)A post has to say what a swell guy that gratuitous chap is.
erronis
(15,460 posts)Actually like your comments and am covetous of gratuitous.