Posted on 08/30/2011 6:27:00 AM PDT by Obadiah
Why do so few people bother to cleanly post a story anymore here on Free Republic?
Not to pick on anyone in particular but I see this type of posting all the time and it drives me crazy. Here are but a couple of examples:
"Gerald Celente Disses Roubini After Moving 100% Into Gold Gus Lubin Aug. 30, 2011, 6:21 AM Image: KWN Notorious trend forecaster Gerald Celente has been fairly accurate of late, predicting a double dip and revolutions around the world."
In reading the summary why must the reader be tormented by the extraneous, unnecessary and worthless text: "Gerald Celente Disses Roubini After Moving 100% Into Gold Gus Lubin Aug. 30, 2011, 6:21 AM Image: KWN"?
Another example:
Federal judge blocks Alabama anti-illegal immigration lawBy Mike Lillis - 08/29/11 04:16 PM ET A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Alabama from implementing one of the strictest anti-illegal immigrant laws in the country.
Again, why does the reader - who is seeking summary information - forced to read this at the beginning?:
"Federal judge blocks Alabama anti-illegal immigration lawBy Mike Lillis - 08/29/11 04:16 PM ET"
If you post an article correctly, please do not pollute the summary with confusing, time-consuming and extraneous text. If you are going to post, please take care to post in a courteous manner, in a manner to help the reader who is seeking a summary and not make the reader needlessly sort through a posting mess.
or double posting
Of course it doesn't. Because copyright law is only for some animals (who are more equal than other animals...) [/sarc]
Starting the day with a good laugh is always good!
hey, you cheated!
nice to see y’all are awake this a.m. and keeping me honest.
I was going to ask about capitolizing, then the money guys would get on me.
Not us, that would be them Koch brothers... ;)
LOL
Your post is a good reason why I don’t post at all. Too many complaints. Everyone is a self-proclaimed expert.
I was also going to ask about speeling and tuping errors, but I didn’t want to degrade this thread.
MYSELF, i THINK EVEN THE TROLLS ARE PREFERABLE TO THE DUTY DRVNKS...
This is what I would like to see on FR, people stop complaining about how people post their links/articles.
If it bothers the reader don’t read it.
06:51 PST, Santa Barbara, CA USA
Don’t mess with success.
Not since the Alzheimers set in.
May I be the first to say that I appreciate it. Some people just shouldn't.
Copyrighting a blog post is like patenting the contents of a garbage can.
The content may be unique but it's still worthless.
B-b-b-but that would get in the way of posters being sure to be The Very First One to post an article.
Are you keeping count of the number of heads that explode?
“My pet peeve is excerpting every two bit blog post just to generate traffic. rightwingnewsontuesdaysinvermont.blogspot.com doesn’t need to be excerpted.”
Ah yes. Then there are the Nanny FReepers. They are closet liberals who think they should dictate what links to click or not click and what should be excerpted or not.
Most are probably (**** ****) youngsters like yourself.
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