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42.book.addict: /* Transcript */

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 21:09, 4 May 2022

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Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 172.70.206.95

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X. K. C. D. at 01:11, 4 May 2022

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172.70.206.95: Undo revision 234639 by X. K. C. D. (talk)

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X. K. C. D. at 23:30, 3 May 2022

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Beanie: /* Explanation */ sorry if this isn't neutral, I just fucking hate people who do this. THEY ARE ALMOST NEVER FIRST!

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‎Explanation: sorry if this isn't neutral, I just fucking hate people who do this. THEY ARE ALMOST NEVER FIRST!

Donthaveusername: /* Explanation */

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ImVeryAngryItsNotButter at 23:56, 18 October 2019

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball sits at his desk, using a computer.]
+:[Cueball sits at his desk in an office chair, using a computer.]
 :[Cueball is still sitting at the desk, but with hands off the keyboard in his lap.]

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 In the first two panels, [[Cueball]] stares at his screen, implying that a long time passes before he finally points this out. He has probably submitted a post and is awaiting for comments that are not coming. Cueball might actually have mixed feelings about the practice slowly dying out. However, someone offscreen is worried he will jinx it, encouraging more people to do so.
-In reality, Cueball's observation has held true, due to changes in best practices for web design. Social media sites in particular often sort comments by user rating; as such, the most appreciated comments are given the most prominence, and trollish comments like the cliche "F1rst p0st!!" are buried. Meanwhile, low-traffic forums with smaller communities still display comments from oldest to newest; in these environments, firstposters are reported and dealt with by human moderators in a timely fashion. In short, the internet as a whole does not reward or reinforce firstposting the way it once did pre-2013.
+In reality, Cueball's observation has held true, due to changes in best practices for web design. Social media sites in particular often sort comments by user rating; as such, the most appreciated comments are given the most prominence, and trollish comments like the cliche "F1rst p0st!!" are buried. Meanwhile, low-traffic forums with smaller communities still display comments from oldest to newest; in these environments, firstposters are reported and dealt with by human moderators in a timely fashion. In short, the internet as a whole does not reward or reinforce firstposting the way it once did pre-2013. However, the small children who think that posting "FIRST!!!" makes them somehow relevant or funny still remain. Only growing up and realising how unnecessary and obnoxious posting "first" is will stop them.
 See also [[269: TCMP]] and [[1019: First Post]].

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 ==Explanation==
-[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first Firstposting], or [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20sniping thread sniping], is the habit of posting short messages to obnoxiously point out that you have found and seen this content first. This practice was far more common in the years leading up to this comic, when high-traffic and poorly-moderated social media sites tended to display comments in increasing chronological order by default; as such, the oldest comments would be most prominently displayed at the top, while the newest comments would be buried at the bottom.
+[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first Firstposting], or [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20sniping thread sniping], is the habit of posting short messages to obnoxiously point out that you have found and seen the content first. This practice was far more common in the years leading up to this comic, when high-traffic and poorly-moderated social media sites tended to display comments in increasing chronological order by default; as such, the oldest comments would be most prominently displayed at the top, while the newest comments would be buried at the bottom.
 In the first two panels, [[Cueball]] stares at his screen, implying that a long time passes before he finally points this out. He has probably submitted a post and is awaiting for comments that are not coming. Cueball might actually have mixed feelings about the practice slowly dying out. However, someone offscreen is worried he will jinx it, encouraging more people to do so.

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 ==Explanation==
-[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first Firstposting], or [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20sniping thread sniping], is the practice of posting short messages to obnoxiously point out that you have found and seen this content first. This practice was far more common at the time this comic was written, when high-traffic and poorly-moderated social media sites tended to display comments in increasing chronological order by default; as such, the oldest comments would be most prominently displayed at the top, while the newest comments would be buried at the bottom. These days, while low-traffic and closely-monitored forums still use this approach, social media sites instead tend to sort comments by rating, so that the most appreciated comments are given the most prominence and trollish comments like the cliche "F1rst p0st!!" are buried.
+[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first Firstposting], or [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread%20sniping thread sniping], is the habit of posting short messages to obnoxiously point out that you have found and seen this content first. This practice was far more common in the years leading up to this comic, when high-traffic and poorly-moderated social media sites tended to display comments in increasing chronological order by default; as such, the oldest comments would be most prominently displayed at the top, while the newest comments would be buried at the bottom.
-In the first two panels, [[Cueball]] stares at his screen, implying that a long time passes before he finally points this out. He has probably submitted a post and is awaiting for comments that are not coming. Cueball might actually have mixed feelings about the practice slowly dying out. However, someone offscreen is worried he will jinx it, encouraging more people to do so. See also [[269: TCMP]] and [[1019: First Post]].
+In the first two panels, [[Cueball]] stares at his screen, implying that a long time passes before he finally points this out. He has probably submitted a post and is awaiting for comments that are not coming. Cueball might actually have mixed feelings about the practice slowly dying out. However, someone offscreen is worried he will jinx it, encouraging more people to do so.
 The title text sarcastically states that no new annoying internet behaviors have emerged since the "first post" trend began which would continue to annoy users: a fact which is clearly wrong to anyone who spends a length of time on the internet. See for instance [[493: Actuarial]].