Ooooh, Slashdot had 1100 messages by 5 pm! What is that, one fifth or one sixth of the posts we had? And /. sure didn't BREAK the story, as we did eleven whole minutes ahead of the Associated Press.
1 posted on
02/03/2003 11:50:52 AM PST by
Timesink
To: Timesink
This means 1100 messages in one thread. FR seldom tops 100. But they have many fewer threads.
To: Timesink
This thread?
It started at 9:45AM EST...
3 posted on
02/03/2003 12:46:35 PM PST by
SteveH
To: Timesink
... respected online news source ... This might explain the lack of mention of FR from the NYT. Can't get no respect...
4 posted on
02/03/2003 12:49:23 PM PST by
SteveH
To: Timesink
The main thread on FR hit post 1,100 at 10:15 am. At 5:00 pm, the thread was well over 2,300 and that was just the main thread. I suspect that Saturday's posts concerning the shuttle reached close to 4,000-5,000 , but that's just a guess. All times are C.S.T.
5 posted on
02/03/2003 12:52:20 PM PST by
rwfok
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The only time the NYT couldn't avoid FR is when it posted a Nielsen net survey that listed the "stickiest" sites on the web. FR topped them all. They couldn't refer to us an "an internet site" or "a right-wing forum" or whatever.
7 posted on
02/03/2003 4:12:50 PM PST by
L.N. Smithee
("Careful, sir. Don't step in the Howard Stern!")
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