@dalehileman,
In accordance with (to satisfy) the implied (seeming like) above request (asking) for detail:
In considering response to a posting (Whenever you have a recent posting [thread, OP or Original Posting] displayed [showing] on your PC (Personal Computer, a term decently meaning any one at all) screen and are thinking about some sort of response [answer]), keep your eyes open how many replies already (Pay special attention to the area below the OP, where you might find one or two replies [answers]).
Strive for first or second (If there are none or perhaps [maybe] only one, try to respond as quickly as feasible [possible]): Reason, the casual (everyday, anybody) viewer (someone else watching) more likely to spot (see by accident) your response along with the OP (because otherwise you might not achieve (get) one of those positions (first or second below IP)
I should explain reason for dups (duplications, repeats): The same software writer (someone who writes an editing routine) I name in another recent post (having low IQ) won't let me (has written editing software that) delete (erase) the other two
Edited to conform (go along with) with a certain observation (something said or writ) by another participant (folk using a2k) who shall remain (stay) nameless, above excoriating (criticizing, berating, calling out) me for my poor construction (grammar or word placement) and bad manners, with my most sincere apologies (sorrys)