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In reply to the discussion: 3 men involved in Ahmaud Arbery's killing found guilty of murder and other charges [View all]ShazzieB
(16,272 posts)I assume that all of the comments on the story are responding to THAT story, not some other previous version of the story. It would never occur to me that they aren't, or that I should carefully examine all the edits to the o.p. before responding or scrutinize the time when certain comments were made. I had NO idea that an o.p. might be drastically changed after people had started commenting, as seems to have happened here.
Furthermore, if I posted something earlier in a thread that is now moot because the o.p. is completely different from what I responded to, I would not be at all surprised to get comments expressing confusion. Once I realized what had happened, I would either edit my comment to add a disclaimer or delete it entirely.
What I would NOT do is complain that later posters didn't read my mind and immediately realize what I was REALLY responding to.
I have deleted my earlier comment that was made based on the above understanding, because I don't want to continue adding to the confusion.