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To: TruthSetsUFree
I agree entirely. I am assuming that this is easily automated. A thread pull, in addition to removing the links and replacing the target page with a short "pulled" notice, should also send an automatic private message to the poster, with a link to the otherwise no longer accessible page now containing that "pulled" notice.
141 posted on 06/25/2009 3:50:47 AM PDT by ThePythonicCow (Mooo !!)
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To: ThePythonicCow
An automated message to the original poster would be a great idea. Heck, I've posted to threads that were then banned, much to my consternation, because I was usually having fun on those threads.

In all my time here, I have had a thread or two pulled. I remember my first pulled thread, I believe JibRob pulled it himself. And you know what, he was right to pull in, in hindsight. I was lucky though in that he responded to me himself after he pulled the thread. Back then, FR wasn't quite so busy and The Man could message you himself.

Its a bit less personal these days, and you just have to go with it I guess, no place is perfect, you have to take the good with the bad.

I have some views that are quite inconsistent with the vast majority of freepers, but ultimately, I know sites like these are social networking sites, and you kind of have to go with the flow, or go somewhere else. I value FR enough to stick around, even when I get fed up.

Now my opinion on Truthers is the same as other conspiracy stuff.. I don't like seeing it. Conspiracism (and it exists on the Right as well as the Left, in fact, I used to think it was strictly a right wing thing.) is a type of logical breakdown, as in the end, it depends on non-falsifiable evidence and reasoning.

Honestly though, there ARE conspiracy type theories and reasoning that goes on here, of the right wing kind, that I wish would go away, but like I said, no place is perfect, but this place is the only place of its kind, and is my favorite place on the internet. If I came in to alot of money, I would make a HUGE donation.

Stick around man, the water aint perfect, but its fun to splash around!

155 posted on 06/25/2009 5:53:30 AM PDT by Paradox (When the left have no one to villainize, they'll turn on each other.)
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To: ThePythonicCow
Are you volunteering to write it in Python? I thought FR was mostly powered by perl...?

Full Disclosure: Fortran beast. I don't get all these new-fangled languages ;-)

Cheers!

210 posted on 06/27/2009 3:35:37 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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