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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by gerdesj on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:11AM (#24271501)
I recall that as standard practice on Slashdot in 2000.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by bmn__ on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:41PM (#24273880)
At least there you could yell RTFA. This is forbidden here.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by gerdesj on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:43PM (#24277138)
Yes, but getting a spate of RTFA was a badge of honour. Also responding RTFA meant that you didn't get it either. To a flood of RTFA you got to be allowed to be quite pithy in response with outrageous indignation and generally still be onside.

My /. id (JSG) is ~18K but is only so large because I lurked for a few years before signing up. sigh

Even back then I have always used identifiable IDs on forums, those are my initials and here I use surname + initial and do so on everything internets these days.

Am I mad?

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