ACK!! Dupes are driving me crazy! Why can't posters take a...

Flying_Pig

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Thu Oct-02-03 10:41 AM
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ACK!! Dupes are driving me crazy! Why can't posters take a...

moment to review the forums BEFORE they post. It is particularly bad in LBN and GD. Hopefully the new rules, if adopted, will cut this down in GD. Rules are already in place in LBN, but they are routinely ignored.

I hate seeing valuable bandwidth, and my time, taken up with dupe posts. I mean, how many goddamn times do we need to see the headline about Rush being dumped by ESPN, or Arnold's latest scandal, andhow many threads are neededto discuss it? Have some respect for your fellow members here, especially those with dial-up connections, and review the forums before you post! (rant over, thank you)

:grr:
!!!

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RobertSeattle

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Thu Oct-02-03 10:47 AM
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1. Hopefully someday software can detect these with some AI

And at the "Post Message" advise the thread starter that this topic "more than likely" already exists at url xyz.

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Flying_Pig

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Thu Oct-02-03 10:58 AM
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2. That would be nice....

n/t

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10digits

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Thu Oct-02-03 11:01 AM
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3. Smart people read

the latest posts.

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liberalhistorian

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Thu Oct-02-03 11:18 AM
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4. Well, maybe some people don't have the time

to review every single posting in every single forum. It would be worth it to have the feature the above posters were talking about, to let you know, when you post a topic, if it's already been covered.

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greenwow

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Thu Oct-02-03 11:53 AM
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5. The one time I started a topic...

I got flamed nonstop (even death threats) because someone else posted the same story. The other guy posted it between the time I checked and the time I finished typing. Rather than blindly flaming people, maybe you should check the facts. There might not have been another post on the same topic before they started.

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