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yardwork

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6. If you read the comments in the thread, it's obvious who alerted.

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:02 AM

Jan 2012

The exact same phrases appear in the alert and the post in the thread.

Personally, I think that the alerter may have misunderstood that you were quoting somebody else's words. I see that a lot on DU. People assume that the poster is speaking in the first person, instead of noticing the link.

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To my fellow LGBT members, Did I do something wrong? [View all] William769 Jan 2012 OP

I think it's fine, personally. However, I guess if I were forced to find something 'wrong' with it, closeupready Jan 2012 #1

Unless I missed the mark on the article completely William769 Jan 2012 #3

Yeah, lol, as I look more closely at the link, I'm confused closeupready Jan 2012 #4

No, I think things go to jury more not because joeybee12 Jan 2012 #2

No. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #5

If you read the comments in the thread, it's obvious who alerted. yardwork Jan 2012 #6