From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   soupdragon  wrote:   
      
   >Fred J. McCall  wrote in   
   >news:srdvfapdil5h678gn9qu7cbu5slghar47b@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> soupdragon  wrote:   
   >>   
   >]   
   >>>Facebook doesn't decide that, you do. I've been on Facebook political   
   >>>pages where extremely serious and lengthy political debate has gone on.   
   >>>You decide when you want to stop. The notifications page lets you know   
   >>>if there is further activity on a thread you are following. It also   
   >>>keeps things concise, rather than having to wade through 500 lines of   
   >>>redundant included text that people are too lazy to remove from a post,   
   >>>are are simply trying to drive their opponent out by overwhelming them   
   >>>with huge posts containing a 2 line reply on Usenet.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Except Facebook DOES decide that.  Someone replies to something I   
   >> posted.  But I can't find my original post to look at the replies to   
   >> it.  What do you suggest?   
   >   
   >Use the Search box, top right. Same applies to Usenet. Original post is   
   >marked as read then, if it's a long thread, you have to wade through them   
   >all to find the original post again but, depending on the newsreader, you   
   >may not have a search box. If you're using Google for Usenet,, good luck   
   >with that one.   
   >   
      
   The problem is that if Facebook has decided that your post is old   
   enough to 'scroll off' you have to pick "Show More Replies" a few   
   dozen times to try to find it.  On controversial issues, it takes   
   about 10 minutes for your post to be too old to show.   
      
   That is a disgustingly stupid design.   
      
   As is Goggle Gropes as a Usenet Reader.   
      
   --   
   "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable   
    man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,   
    all progress depends on the unreasonable man."   
                                         --George Bernard Shaw   
      
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