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Towlie

(5,322 posts) Thu Jan 18, 2018, 02:19 PM Jan 2018

Comments for a WaPo article posted today are closed because the 14 days are up? What?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/03/will-the-government-shut-down-in-january-never-say-never/

Comments are now closed
All comments sections automatically close 14 days after the story has published. For more details, please see our discussion guidelines.


And even though the article is dated today, just a few hours ago, the newest of 334 comments are labeled "2 days ago."

What's up with that?

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Comments for a WaPo article posted today are closed because the 14 days are up? What? (Original Post) Towlie Jan 2018 OP
The article is from 1-3-18 (per the url), the update was from today. demmiblue Jan 2018 #1
It's an updated article zipplewrath Jan 2018 #2

demmiblue

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1. The article is from 1-3-18 (per the url), the update was from today.
Reply to Towlie (Original post)
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 02:22 PM
Jan 2018

The original date/history of the article should be made more apparent, imo.

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zipplewrath

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2. It's an updated article
Reply to Towlie (Original post)
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 02:23 PM
Jan 2018

As your link shows, the original article was from Jan 3. That's what's controlling the comment section. Kinda a loop hole of sorts.

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