Vir Campestris wrote:
On 14/10/2016 15:30, Tim+ wrote:
They are evil because they provide such a crap interface and resurrect
ancient messages to generate traffic. I don't see how they can "steal"
something that was freely given and in the public domain.

They don't resurrect ancient messages.

Wrong. They do. Just have a look at the website and you'll see ancient
posts being promoted as top posts or unanswered question with no reference
to the age of the messages they're promoting.

They post them up in much the
same way google groups does - with the date clearly posted at the top.

Only when you look past the front few pages. They most definitely DO
promote old messages to generate traffic.


It's their users who can't understand dates.

Do you really think that all the numpties responding to ancient threads are
doing so because they don't know how to read dates? No, it's because HOH is
deliberately making it hard to see the dates and/or promoting old threads.
Sure, there will be a few numpties but it's clear that the majority or
responders have no idea that they're responding to old messages.

Tim

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