Why Can't I See All the Pages of Anyone's Comments?

Free Republic ^ | October 7, 2016 | little jeremiah

[Drago]

Not happening to me (Safari 10/MacOS)...try going to “My Preferences” and changing the “number of threads/comments per page”...mine is currently set to “100”. Might make a difference.

[Yo-Yo]

There is no ‘better,’ it’s just personal preference. When I use SLAVE, every article I click on in the main tab opens up in the same slave tab. When I click on a new article, the slave tab changes to that thread.

I doubt it will change your issue with “next page” though.

[Cobra64]

I’ve never had that problem in my many years here.

Me neither after I removed this malware device.

[jonno]

I’m curios now - I’ve been here since ‘98, but my earliest post is from 11/12/2001.

Is anyone else able to see posts older than that?

http://freerepublic.com/perl/pings?more=42377

[easternsky]

I find it only happens when I have questions about if they are Possibly newbies. Never had it happen on regulars. So I just figured it was exposing Them.

[little jeremiah]

The “funny” one I’m trying to check has a signup date of 2000 and I never remember seeing his name before. First page of his comments goes to 2005.

Can’t get to second page.

[deport]

LOL.....

Good one.

[little jeremiah]

I see. I kind of like the way I’m used to, being set in my ways. :-) And doubt it would change not being able to see past the first page of comments. This is frustrating. Some peoples’ next pages of comments I can see, some not.

[little jeremiah]

Maybe a hammer?

[deport]

If I remember correctly FR had a major problem somewhere back about that time. I believe
they had to redesign the system or something like that and thus lost all the earlier
history. I maybe wrong but I believe there was some problem back then.

[little jeremiah]

Is there a fast way to see one’s oldest comments? I can’t stand to just keep clicking “next page” a gazillion times.

[easternsky]

Then think you have found out they are probably not legit, when I find those that is what I assume write it down and watch their future posts. It is kind of a hassle but something I just do then I pass on their comments. We are inundated with them during this election cycle.

[jonno]

Try this link. If you don’t get any replies, try incrementing the value by 50K or 100K until you get something.

http://freerepublic.com/perl/pings?more=100000

[jonno]

Now that you mention it, I remember “something”.

How the years have flown by...

Thanks.
Jonno

[Scythian_Reborn]

We don’t like people a snoopin’ round here ...

[Yo-Yo]

I think Post 59 has your answer. Click on the Comments tab (middle of the picture below, next to "Articles" and "Activity") on your "next page" and you'll see what you want.

[jonno]

Actually, after playing with the numbers a little more I found that you may want to start higher (you’ll just have to play with the number yourself):
http://freerepublic.com/perl/pings?more=3500000

[BipolarBob]

I use a cloaking device I downloaded from Klingon.com to erase my history.

[little jeremiah]

I see nothing..... but what do you mean by “try incrementing the value by 50K or 100K until you get something.”

I am not a complete idiot, as there are still some parts missing.

[little jeremiah]

So the number means number of comments?