You use the “next” link to see if there is something you want to see.
The bottom line is that it’s FREE REPUBLIC that doesn’t want duplicate articles.
You're still not hearing me. It's a time consuming chore to scan backwards through multiple pages of threads to find each and every gem of the day's news. It's time that I and other Freepers are painfully short on.
Perhaps you're a retired person with an empty nest. I'm not. Therefore, I don't mind if some story that's been buried multiple times throughout the day, is posted again at 8PM. That means I get to see it before life yanks me away from the computer again.
And yes, I know the posting policies of FR very well.