[InterceptPoint]

Sounds like a good rule to me. I question how automatic it is. It seems like we still have our share of dups.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The man is keepin' us down around here.

On MLK day too, no less! Tsk tsk

;)

[mrsmith]

I thought this would be about the NFL rule that refs can only spend four hours of a game reviewing plays.

[TigersEye]

I knew it. It’s not very consistently observed. I see a lot of threads pulled for being dupes even though the last one was 8-12 hours or more since the last one. Also lots of dupes posted within an hour or two and none get pulled.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why post a duplicate in the first place?

[smoothsailing]

I’ve known about the 4 hour rule for years. It’s a reasonable way to cut down on duplicate threads.

[FreeReign]

How many of you knew there was a "four hour rule"?

With E.D. commercials, who doesn't.

[Alex Murphy]

How many of you knew there was a four hour rule?

I've known since the beginning.

[faithhopecharity]

is that 4 hours normal Human Time, or 4 hours according to 2 Peter 3:8 (a day is a thousand years, so 4 hours is the same as 166.6666666+ years....)

just asking...

:)

[KoRn]

A 4 hour waiting period is a reasonable, common sense solution for safely posting dupes. During that 4 hours, a mad FReeper might reconsider before posting in an impulsive blind rage.

[upchuck]

IMHO, with the search function FR has, there’s no reason to ever post a duplicate. Search: it’s a function. Use it.

[smokingfrog]

[bigbob]

Oh noes! What will the Thread Police do now?

[notaliberal]

Very disappointing for the Catholic-bashing freepers.

[Jet Jaguar]

I did not know that.

Thanks.

[Revolting cat!]

There was a similar rule at the Mustang Ranch, NV, but I don’t think it was as long as 4 hours.

[SoConPubbie]

I knew about it.

[faithhopecharity]

The FR Viagra rule?

[Conservative4Ever]

I only know about the 3 second rule. Don’t know about a 4 hour rule in this case.

[Moltke]

Oh, posting articles...I thought you meant that muslim thing about how long a man may...after his wife just died.