What is even the logic here? I understand the concept that when you have multiple threads going on about one article or story AT THE SAME TIME… then sure, the dupe option makes sense.

When you are manually putting a dupe tag on a story because someone posted it a week ago I think people feel very differently about that.

This is very literally the kind of behaviour people are referring to when they make the accusation that the mods are actively interfering with what people want to talk about.

This idea that you’re here telling me and others with a straight face that everything is above board while also doing this just doesn’t pass the credibility test, the logic makes no sense.