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Re:Some New HTTP Verbs by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:30AM (#32825599)
I agree.

I can understand the annoyance for there being so many verbs, but at the very least, there must be two: One that is guaranteed to be idempotent, and one that isn't.

Someone I know was trying to make a message board that was compatible with every browser. EVERY browser. Including Mosaic and Netscape 1.0. Which meant that everything was done using GET requests, including posting messages.

He changed his tune when some spidering engine found his site and issued tons of GET requests that ended up flooding the board with comments and posts that looked like web search queries.

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Re:Some New HTTP Verbs by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:20PM (#32826368)
I find that hilarious because that used to be such a well understood phenomenon that I can't believe no one told him about it.

OTOH, sometimes the best teacher is experience.

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