Breaking News and Search

2/12/03 | Admin Moderator

[Admin Moderator]

One of the problems is AP will report the story as 'Iraq sells nuclear bombs to Libia'. Reuters will report the exact story, 'Middle east giant makes nuke deal with African nation'.... Each media source has their own story, yet the news is identical. There's not much we can do. Our best key indicator right now is titles.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I particularly like the one where the kittens sing "Independent Woman", originally by Destiny's Child. I even bought my dad a t-shirt with one of the kittens on it, because he likes cats and he liked the movie "Charlie's Angels", which features the song.

[Admin Moderator]

Speling erors dont kount tonite.

[dighton]

Speling erors dont kount tonite.

Güd, thingz R buggrd up b-yond all b-lief.

[Swordmaker]

Several of the duplicate threads had the EXACT same title as mine.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Thanks for the best laugh of the night.

[TomServo]

My kinda thread. Bump.

[wonders]

That's my wish, too. Think there really is a Santa Claus?

[Admin Moderator]

Like I said in the article, it's not 100% foolproof. There are times when you will do everything just perfect. It's happened to me. I've had threads pulled because they were duplicates and I search every single article I post. It's just part of the limitations of the software features we have right now. We're just reminding everyone to remember to search.

[wonders]

ROFLROFLROFL! Funniest post I've read on FR for ages!

[LayoutGuru2]

Sweet... Viking Kittens Rule !!!

[Admin Moderator]

The topic has never really come up. If you are interested, start a group of freepers that could be a team to handle a critical situation.

[Flyer]

That's my wish, too

If we keep our fingers crossed, do our homework, say our prayers, and go to bed early. . . maybe, just maybe!

[Swordmaker]

The best way to handle duplicate threads would be for the System Moderators to link to the first thread posted and then lock the thread.

Adding a specific button to notify the SM of the situation so they can handle it quickly with a thread would be helpful.

[farmfriend]

And then, the activism threads are left per Jim's request, and some others Jim wants there.

And that is where my main gripe lies. Some activism threads are pulled and others aren't but that is old news.

[PFKEY]

That was what I needed.

A good laugh.

Thanks!

[Quix]

THANKS BUMP

[CounterCounterCulture]

Have we solved the problem where we search in NEWS/ACTIVISM and come up empty, then find out later it's been repeatedly posted in, or moved to, GENERAL INTEREST?

[rwfromkansas]

It does not appear that the search functions, self or otherwise, are even working tonight.

[Porterville]

triplicate, maybe even a quint.