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I asked Jim several weeks ago for his opinion. He hasn't told me to "knock it off."
In my 11+ years here, Jim's only slapped my hands once and that was 11 years ago.
Being new, I didn't realize how the posting of a link to a "got cha!" joke site would bring out the nuts who believed it to be true. Following it to the "joke" ending, it would have become obvious.
The thread only went two replies before Jim deleted it, and jacked me up by the short hairs. Jim pointed out to me that FR has paranoids, who would be afraid to click on the link, but would accept the Thread title as confirming what they "knew" to be true.
Even so, within minutes, I received numerous Freep mails wanting to know what was being covered up, and how "they" had gotten to me so soon.
I spent the next hour explaining that the black helicopters were not landing in my back yard, and that it was all just a joke.
It’s not abuse. I’m just pointing out that while some people may like it, there are others who don’t really enjoy seeing the exact same thing on thread after thread after thread.
That’s all.