We should search of course, and I've missed some similar threads even when I've done so. But how far should we search?
In one post
Amazon is working hard for the Kindle I noted a news item on Google News at the time. I searched under "
News" on MR and saw nothing.
Nothing there, so I posted what I thought was news. I was then informed that the information was covered in the Kindle section. The problem is, not having a Kindle, I rarely read the Kindle section.
So was HarryT wrong in pointing that out to me? Not at all. As I said, that's one of their jobs as a Mod. But neither was I wrong, because my post was the only one in the "News" section that covered that story.
Queentess was able to find the reference and all ended well.
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Funny, I own a Kindle and never visit the Kindle threads  I agree, it's nice to have this listed in the News section. |
That is just an easily defined example, and is not the cause of the rant.
So how far should we search before posting?
The
Vent and Rant Thread has (as of this moment) 14,287 posts. Should we read all of the posts to make sure that no one else has posted about ~~~~~~~ before we post? Pick any other long thread and you'll have the same conundrum. Now remember that those are only a very small part of MobileRead.
Now that I'm through venting I'll get down of my high horse.
Ok folks. Break it up, go about your business. There's nothing to see here.