Reply #19: I think the personal attack change is a good idea

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I've always supported this on DU.

I'm not sure how much worse the criticism of Obama can get, so I'm not sure if that rule will make much of a difference. It is a symbolic change I suppose.

I don't get to see as much of DU as you do, but your third paragraph seems far more dramatic than my experience here.

Don't forget that 74% of DUers are satisfied with DU and 80% think this place is "mostly fine" or "ain't broke." You have been doing something right. If you compare the satisfaction rate with most other companies, 74% is pretty good. http://tinyurl.com/3aep4lw

I think the change to the alert system are too much. People generally know what's right and wrong here. The additional set of check boxes doesn't matter much unless it really helps the mods.

Unrec is a failure and it needs to be removed. It has been pointed out how it has been manipulated on other sites like Digg. It cannot work on a political site. It has created bad feelings because people are offended (rightly) at some of the posts being unrecced. It won't make a big difference on the greatest page most of the time, but it will end some of the acrimony.

Keep up the hard work!!!