I've seen a few posts that have been new info to me today. Those particular posts had comments about it being old news. Berating the poster. Basically trying to make the OP look or feel stupid. Just because you know info doesn't mean everyone else does. Posts move along quickly and are easily missed. I'm on here several times a day and i miss tons of posts. Sure, if it's incorrect lets fix that, hell that can even be done politely. If you know, don't be an ass, just move on.
Perhaps this is the new liberal shill tactic! Make posters feel stupid so they fear posting again. Seems like a libtard thing to do. Damn we need more golden rule in the world!
I'll step off my soap box now. Cue libtard attacks....
We get aot of posts with titles like BREAKING, or other exaggeratkons for articles that are over a year old. Stuff like that creates distrust among users and lowers the credibility of this community. It feels like manipulation at worst. At best, the poster didn't even do his due diligence before posting his thread.
Agreed, polite correction works better than the people being ass hats though. I've seen lots of, "make sure you check your dates, that's a year old not breaking." That's a fair criticism.