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Old 04-18-2009, 01:21 PM   #1
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Anyone else noticed this annoying/immature practice of people either racing to be the first response to a message board post or a news article that allows comments by only writing the word "first"?

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Old 04-18-2009, 01:21 PM   #2
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to avoid the inevitable

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Old 04-18-2009, 01:23 PM   #3
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I wonder where that stupid thing started.
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Old 04-18-2009, 01:23 PM   #4
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I have. Bizarre practice.

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Old 04-18-2009, 01:47 PM   #5
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I first noticed it on Slashdot, but I'm not sure it started there.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:24 PM   #6
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Duh. If you're first, you win.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:25 PM   #7
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I have never noticed that before.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:25 PM   #8
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Seems most prevalent on newspaper blogs & websites, although certainly not limited to there either.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:55 PM   #9
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I wonder where that stupid thing started.

Yes. I too find it important to figure out who was the first to do that stupid thing.
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Old 04-18-2009, 04:16 PM   #10
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I think I noticed it first on the WoW boards.
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Old 04-18-2009, 05:47 PM   #11
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Anyone else noticed this annoying/immature practice of people either racing to be the first response to a message board post or a news article that allows comments by only writing the word "first"?

Agreed. This is a net peeve of mine. (not sure if that's a real term, but it just sprung to mind as I was writing it)
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Old 04-18-2009, 08:12 PM   #12
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Agreed. This is a net peeve of mine. (not sure if that's a real term, but it just sprung to mind as I was writing it)

I like it.
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Old 04-18-2009, 09:15 PM   #13
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I have no idea what kind of person finds the enjoyment of doing that greater than the annoyance of having to remember to do it if the opportunity presents itself.
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:41 PM   #14
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I think it started in this thread, actually. It seems to be so prevalent in this particular thread, in fact, that the OP did it himself. Bizarre indeed.
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Old 04-19-2009, 01:52 AM   #15
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This does not effect 70-80% of the threads I have started at FOFC, which usually go 24 hours before anyone posts anything in them.
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Old 04-19-2009, 03:13 AM   #16
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It was probably funny somewhere at sometime for some reason, but now... *shrug*
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