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Oak

Where did it go? What happened to the post about the Guinness ad? It's gone! Who pulled it? Why did they pull it? Is this some Conde Nasty censorship? We demand to be told the truth, now!

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Posted Nov 16, 2006, 3:52 AM UTC

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raldi•

I really don't like the idea of articles disappearing without notice. It's just so unReddit. It's like what they do over on that other site. You know which one i'm talking about.

If you're going to pull an article, fine (well, not really) .. but at least leave a note in its place. Even "Article deleted" is better than having it disappear without a trace.

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davidmccabe•

The poster deleted it?

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OakOP•

Edit: Spot the deliberate mistake...

I don't think there is any way for a poster to do that.

Once it's there it's there, and only someone with admin access can pull it or mod it.

Meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch-type Edit:

Many thanks to wicked for pointing out that you can delete headline posts.

I mistook the fact that you can't mod headline posts with you can't remove headline posts - which is not true.

In the past I've never had a good reason to delete one so I wouldn't know...unlike some other frivolous, God forsaken, time-wasting posters.

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wicked•

If you look at one of your five submissions, you'll notice a delete option next to the regular options.

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OakOP•

Thanks for pointing that out...I am unworthy!

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tghw•

Clearly you are not a regular poster, now please go delete this post.

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OakOP•

Never!

I'd rather die than delete this post.

And you can go back to your Fuhrer with your tail between your legs and tell him that I have spoken, and to put it in his pipe and smoke it.

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doogie92•

As the original poster of the Guinness ad, here's what I know: Nothing. It was there at #7 when I went home from work about 5:30 CST, my friend told me it was up to #2 a few hours later when it disappered. I have retained my karma points from the post, but there is no record of it existing in my account and no message from reddit. Your guess is as good as mine.

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media_lush•

no idea what you're talking about but the "new" page opened up and started at No.2...which is strange...maybe something to do with what you're talking about?

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OakOP•

Just noticed another post, a little older, about missing numbers on the front page and recommended page.

Could be Dark Forces at work...

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media_lush•

it's mentioned elewhere on reddit - I guess they're just phaffing about with the software

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keithobambertman•

Why does everyone have crazy conspiracy theories, but doesnt even bother to put together a webpage or, in common parlance, BLOG, to advance their views? Perhaps I would want to subscribe to your newsletter.

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jedberg•

Maybe you turned on the feature to hide things that you've "liked". That would explain the missing numbers on the front page. You should check your preferences

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Reg_Spyder•

I wondered what it would look like forwards (well, backwards...) and got carried away - here's a link to my reddit re-edit :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hcp2HeeQow

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