Recently DKOS made an important and necessary change. They changed the troll button to a HIDE button. This made sense. I wanted to stop angry threads that didn't add anything, but I didn't want to label the guy a troll. Hide changed that.
NOW it's time for another change. William Harrison, who has been a regular contributor at DKOS for some time, is leaving because of the venom and vitrol spewed on the REC list against Bill and Hillary Clinton.
I, along with MANY OF YOU, have complained for some time about the candidate bashing that has gone on for the past few months on the REC list. But it's much worse than that...
Lately, it seems that McCain "Democrats", Paul-tards, and worse, GOP Trolls have invaded this site.
Several bloggers from GOP hate-sites have opened accounts on DKOS recently. Some have consistently written attacks on our frontrunners, but the majority of them simply hit the REC button on attack pieces written by Kossacks.
Granted, Hillary takes a lot of it. But I've seen a few slamming Barak Obama. I don't see any for Edwards because they don't think he will be the nominee.
I am not saying that every diary is a troll, nor am I saying that people who REC them are trolls. Negative attacks are legitimate in an election year. And there are many here who have a legitimate gripe about Hillary's campaign. But the fact is this:
If there is an attack, it just takes a bunch of anti-X people and Trolls to hit the REC button and feature it on DKOS. THAT IS WHY THERE IS SO MANY OF THOSE DIARIES FEATURED!
My solution is an UNRECOMMEND button. It would take two UNRECOMMENDS to stop a RECOMMEND. That is fair, and it will ensure only the best gets to the REC list, which will restore its reputation.
That's my idea to improve this site. Let me know what you think.