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The comic's title refers to a once-common form of online posturing where the first user to see the article will comment "First post" or even just "First". The intent is that everyone else see that they were there first and, therefore, must be somehow better than you. This is referred to in both [[269: TCMP]] and [[1258: First]]. | The comic's title refers to a once-common form of online posturing where the first user to see the article will comment "First post" or even just "First". The intent is that everyone else see that they were there first and, therefore, must be somehow better than you. This is referred to in both [[269: TCMP]] and [[1258: First]]. | ||
β | Since this | + | Since this comics publication several news sites have elected to remove all comments, in part to prevent a few voices dominating the conversation[https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/09/what-happened-after-7-news-sites-got-rid-of-reader-comments/][https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/08/17/489516952/npr-website-to-get-rid-of-comments?t=1568619071215]. |
In [[2159: Comments]], this strip is mentioned, along with the text "This dynamic is so easily manipulated and it freaks me out." | In [[2159: Comments]], this strip is mentioned, along with the text "This dynamic is so easily manipulated and it freaks me out." |