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To: Oatka
Big Deal. Many didn't see it the first time.

That's funny. When I come to the site it comes up with Latest Articles so I see everything posted since the last time I came here. Does the site work differently for you? They also have a search function, which you are supposed to use before you post. Articles come in from different sources with different titles (look at all of the posts today about Matt Lauer, for instance) but in this case it was an exact word for word match.

How much money came out of your pocket

We have all of those FReepathons for a reason. The bandwidth costs money.

A cousin of the Grammar Police.

Perhaps you should PM the Admin Moderators and ask them why they bother deleting duplicate threads. I'm sure they'd appreciate your input.

30 posted on 11/29/2017 2:29:51 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
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Big Deal. Many didn't see it the first time.
That's funny. When I come to the site it comes up with Latest Articles so I see everything posted since the last time I came here. Does the site work differently for you?

If some guy posts an article at 5 p.m. and I log on at 8 a.m. the following day, it is now five or more pages deep. I'm not about to sift through all the previous days pages to where I left off. Ergo, the article is missed.

They also have a search function, which you are supposed to use before you post. Articles come in from different sources with different titles (look at all of the posts today about Matt Lauer, for instance) but in this case it was an exact word for word match.
So the guy didn't do a search - it's not the end of the world. I don't see where this is a rampant abuse, which would call for some comments. Big Deal redux.

How much money came out of your pocket
We have all of those FReepathons for a reason. The bandwidth costs money.

Indeed, but you contributed to the extra bandwith usage by posting a link to the initial article..

A cousin of the Grammar Police.
Perhaps you should PM the Admin Moderators and ask them why they bother deleting duplicate threads. I'm sure they'd appreciate your input

They seem to let many through, probably due to the volume, but if you feel so strongly about it, you could offer your services so you could delete them instead of making a useless snark about it.

42 posted on 11/30/2017 6:21:19 PM PST by Oatka
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