Public Service Announcement

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When you see threads plopped into FWR, especially the curious repeat of well worn subjects, I recommend you check for poster history before engaging.

There are a number of posts/posters/threads being referenced on twitter with screen shots & flagging in either MNHQ or outlets to try & get articles commissioned.

Eat them before Monday. They won't count. Simples!

Scoffed the Jaffa Cakes now regretting it!

Good plan!

Oops wrong thread.

Bump for the weekend. I might get myself some lemon doughnuts

Bump. I might bake some cock rock cakes

Darn that was meant to be a strike through, not an underline. Poop.

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Checked the comment history of a user who had bumped a really old thread - 1 day old.

So yes check out unknown names and their posting history

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name change

A wee bump is due.

Bump. Let's check posting histories on unfamiliar posters so we know who were talking to.

Checked the comment history of a user who had bumped a really old thread - 1 day old.

While this should be viewed with caution especially on this board, newbies do sometimes innocently bump threads because they don't know it's not the done thing on MN. I think when I first joined many years ago, seeking info on a particular parenting issue, I did a search to see if it had been discussed before and then reanimated the most relevant thread - it seemed like the logical thing to do whereas starting a new one seemed arrogant to me.

Something I would add is posters who claim to work in professions requiring a relatively high degree of literacy who can barely structure a sentence. I don’t mean typical typos or spelling mistakes (I know everyone writes differently online to at work), I mean bordering on incomprehensible ramblings.

I, too, have been guilty of this unwritten rule.

sausagebap

also worth pointing out the number of people who when asked basic questions about a profession can not answer any of them or do not understand routine processes within them.

Sociopath remembers that anyone can say they are anything online. Sociopath knows. Sociopath is currently a cat.

Good point - always good to be aware of people claiming to be something whilst showing no understanding of what that something actually is.

Bump, with the original op included:

*When you see threads plopped into FWR, especially the curious repeat of well worn subjects, I recommend you check for poster history before engaging.

There are a number of posts/posters/threads being referenced on twitter with screen shots & flagging in either MNHQ or outlets to try & get articles commissioned.*

timely bump

Time for another bump - there's at least one thread near the top of the active threads which comes across to me as "off" and possibly an attempt troll for screen shots.

I'm leaving that one now Fermat. People can't say they weren't warned!

Yes I think I need to be more careful. I've just bitten.

I'm doing a lot of checking people's posting history.