# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/821 "2023-07-15T21:12:15Z")

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> [@Judge limits Biden administration contact with social media firms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-limits-biden-administration-contact-with-social-media-firms/986583/87):
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> Replying to myself before seeing anyone else’s posts, because I misspoke. I posted that and had to leave, then realized what I had said and that it was wrong.

Owning your mistakes is commendable. “Replying to yourself before seeing anyone else’s posts”, 4 days and 77 replies later, is pure vanity. The cat was out of the bag. It’s disrespectful to the people who responded to you.

Maybe we should all take the precaution of not reading any **Sam\_Stone** post until 4 days have passed, so as not to waste our time writing a response that won’t be read.

~Max

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