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lelanthran on Oct 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fake recruiter lured aerospace employee with troja...

> Why did you feel the need to quote the parent comment? Especially for just a short statement

Because of decades of experience in online forums?

Newcomers don't realise that the parent posts can be deleted or edited or flagged to death.

otteromkram on Oct 1, 2023 [–]

And yours can't?

lelanthran on Oct 1, 2023 | [–]

> And yours can't?

You miss the point: even if you now to back and eldelete your post, readers still no what I am responding to.

It's also why I said that newcomers to online discussions don't realise this, because you didn't realise this.

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