“Yeah, its pretty obvious, isn’t it? FR does the prep work and they breeze in and graze, reaping the profit and awarding no credit.”
Pretty much, although I don’t think that’s as true as it was say 4-6 years ago. I mean you could see the cycle. Posted on FR then 1-2 days later it was being talked about by the talking heads.
FR has slowed down a lot since then. There was a time when I didn’t bother to read drudge because FR was faster at picking it up. If it was interesting and FR had missed it, a FReeper would post it within 10 minutes of it hitting drudge anyway.
I think FR has undergone something like a nervous breakdown since Obama’s reelection.