Hush! LOL-LOL-LOL
They "could have" seen it scroll by on the latest comments page, but the question still begs, "why not ignore it?"
Wow, You know what? I never knew about the "latest comments" page!!!! And I've been on FR for YEARS.
Is it only accessibe from the home page? I have always started here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/browse