So as you can see in the right hand corner, any FanPost that gets five people to "recommend it" gets the spotlight. To recommend any post, simply click on the title of it and below where it says "Add Your Comment" is a series of buttons, one of which reads "Rec" and has a green arrow pointing up next to it. Click the Rec button to recommend it for other.

I want to encourage everyone to take advantage of this technology. It's not going to put any man on the moon, but the FanPosts allow for more participatory discussion from Bloody Elbow readers. And the recommending technology allows everyone to see that which is considered to be the most noteworthy.

Recently, there have been a tremendous amount of FanPosts that are as good as anything on the front page. In fact, it was in the FanPosts that BOTH Rampage stories got first play. I read everything there and encourage you all to do the same. There's some fantastic stuff going on.

No one on staff here is going to think of it all and the readers of this site are the best of any MMA site on the web. So keep us honest, be new and original or just post a thought of relative insignificance. No matter what, fostering a community of intelligent, informed and civil discourse is what will, over the long run, set us apart from any other site. In fact, can you name any other MMA site that offers a feature like the FanPosts? Nope, you can't and no plain messageboard is going to cut it.

BTW - you can also "rec" any comment simply by clicking on the Action button first. If enough people rec any one comment, a green light will appear next to it letting people know this is something they should give particular attention to. Cool stuff.

UPDATE: I need to confirm this, but I'm pretty sure if a regular post on the front page gets 5 or more recs, it gets bumped up to the top. Stay tuned.