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Nitram

(24,786 posts) Wed May 2, 2018, 09:25 AM May 2018

I have a question about the custom on DU of writing "K&R" or "kicked and recommended" [View all]

in the subject line of a comment on a post. My assumption is that clicking on the "rec" button is a recommendation, and writing a comment is a "kick", and that these two acts help put a post on the home page and keep it there. Does writing "k&r" have any additional effect on putting a post before the membership? Isn't it actually more meaningful to click the "rec" button and write an actual comment about the post than to write "K&R"? Just asking.

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I have a question about the custom on DU of writing "K&R" or "kicked and recommended" [View all] Nitram May 2018 OP

Especially in General Discussion where posts move off page quickly, DUers typically do two things hlthe2b May 2018 #1

Wouldn't writing a meaningful comment have the same effect as writing K&R? Nitram May 2018 #2

No.. both do the same. K&R is a quick method to accomplish when you don't want to hlthe2b May 2018 #3

If writing "K&R is just a shortcut, I feel it would make a great deal more sense to take the time to Nitram May 2018 #4

LOL... Good luck convincing others of that but I would agree. My pet peeve is those who post hlthe2b May 2018 #5

I agree. If you don't have the time or energy to post a summary or some choice excerpts, Nitram May 2018 #7

I think it is the Twitter effect. And yes, it is distressing that more and more consider that hlthe2b May 2018 #12

I don't always have that kind of time JustAnotherGen May 2018 #9

Maybe it's easier for people using mobile phones. Nitram May 2018 #13

It's just a quick and easy way to get a high post count. PSPS May 2018 #6

Yes... that's another motivation for doing so. hlthe2b May 2018 #14

Topic drift ... Yonnie3 May 2018 #8

That confirms a suspicion I've had that many DUers think "K&R" has some special affect in itself. Nitram May 2018 #11

K&R talisman smilies needed! Yonnie3 May 2018 #16

You're right, the S/N ratio is good here at DU, and the K&R issue is just a minor irritation. Nitram May 2018 #17

Great question Phoenix61 May 2018 #10

Guilty as charged Cirque du So-What May 2018 #15

When I do it, it can be for several reasons ecstatic May 2018 #18