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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 10:12 am
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Originally Posted by Jenbel
Because nonsense posts in other forums are not accepted - in OMNI they are. In other forums, anyone trying to get the entire page filled with posts they have posted to last would be an issue - in OMNI it's just someone having fun - or someone post padding. How do you tell the difference between someone having fun and someone post padding. If you post to the thank <insert deity or person here> it's Friday threads, are you doing it for the challenge of getting them in order, or to pad?
Well in isolation I don't think you can make that call. You would have to look at their other recent posts, posting frequency, etc. One cannot say for certain based on any one post whether it is a pad or not, and this is true for OMNI and other forums alike. Context and history are important.
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