tk2kewl
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Wed Jun-15-05 10:11 AM
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Poll question: Do you follow links in threads? |
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I ask this question because I posted this earlier and it got no hits: Good in depth reporting on Gitmo in today's Newsday (Pg 1 + 4 more pgs)There are a 4 pages of good stories in Newsday today regarding the Pentagon's attempts to obstruct due process. Excerpting them would be a challenge as they are long.
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BurtWorm
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Wed Jun-15-05 10:32 AM
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1. Sometimes it takes a few good kicks to get people to notice a thread. |
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Sometimes it takes a few kicks to realize no amount of kicking will get other people interested in a thread. True story! :evilfrown:
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tk2kewl
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Wed Jun-15-05 10:33 AM
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Edited on Wed Jun-15-05 10:33 AM by tk2kewl
I was trying to give my other thread a creative kick with this poll. Still no hits. :(
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cynatnite
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Wed Jun-15-05 10:38 AM
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Some I won't. I will not click on any drudge links and a few others that are a complete waste of my time.
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housewolf
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Wed Jun-15-05 10:49 AM
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4. #2 and #3 are not mutually exclusive... |
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and I'd actually like to vote for both.
If there's no exceprt and I have no idea of what a link is about, I generally ignore it. But if the story is interesting to me, I'll follow the link to find out more. Expecially if the excerpts just give me a hint and don't give away the whole story.
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Igel
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Wed Jun-15-05 11:08 AM
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5. I usually follow the link, unless it's something I've seen |
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other articles on, or the reliability of the link seems suspect.
If the link has absolutely no reliability, in my pre-judgment, sometimes I follow it for humor value.
Sometimes it's clear that people don't even read the paragraphs that were posted, so maybe a new poll should be "Do you actually read the excerpts before responding?"
I don't think I saw your thread. I don't go deep: if it's not on page 1 of whatever forum I'm looking at, I don't see it. (I check a few times a day, so sometimes kicked pages resurface, but if it sinks page 2 or beyond and stays there, it's below my radar.)
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