Soldier from Texas killed by roadside bomb in Syria

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

/u/voter cmon man 7 months old. This is misleading. This is your third warning.

[–]NatureRocket 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Did the guy respawn after 7 months? Is he good now?

Why is news from 7 months ago a "warning"?

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Because this account is automated (doesn't reply to comments), posts a lot, and has a history of posting stuff that's several years old as if it were new. Even stuff like presidential approval ratings and other extremely transient things that really do have an expiry date of meaningfulness.

Sometimes their articles are great, but sometimes it's just random stuff.

I don't think we're going to ban him or anything, it's just annoying seeing old news presented as if it's new, especially in /s/news which is for recent things generally. It's been getting better about being more recent, but it's still frustrating at times.

[–]NatureRocket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I see, my bad, makes sense

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not my sub so I shouldn't be warning but I think old news sabotages news unless it's marked as old or clearly titled as old.