VANITY: Cluttering the Forum with Duplicate Threads

Me | 01/22/2010 | Charles

[CharlesWayneCT]

OK, That's my opinion. I'm sure there are differing opinions, and other suggestions of how we can stop the scourge of duplicate threads.

And if you have a reason why duplicates are a good thing, please post that as well. I look forward to being enlightened.

[central_va]

I think there already is a thread about multiple threads....

[dayglored]

Didn’t somebody already post a thread about this?

[dayglored]

> I think there already is a thread about multiple threads....

Aha! See, I KNEW I'd seen this thread before...

[CharlesWayneCT]

Yes, but this is so important that I thought it had to be posted again. :-)

[Lazamataz]

THIS IS A DUPLICATE THREAD

Please search before posting!

[GQuagmire]

I seem to remember one of your earlier vanity threads taking on a life of its own....

[dayglored]

> Yes, but this is so important that I thought it had to be posted again. :-)

Seems reasonable to me.

Seems reasonable to me.

Seems reasonable to me.

... ;-)

[poobear]

Takes a real pair to make suggestions to the Moderators when you’ve been here less that 10 years. I don’t mean that in a good way either.

[central_va]

Just another thread on threads about duplicate thread threads

[Tijeras_Slim]

Does posting the same article in a different font count? What about posting it in another language, say, for our native experanto speakers? How about in braille?

[GQuagmire]

Good one.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Thus sayeth owner JimRob in Moderator 2:14, "Do not be forlorn my children. Duplicates will always be with you.

And in Threads 7:22, "Have you not seen the "Obama is a Clinical Narcissist" post every month for the last 24 months?"

Ping the mods that its a dupe and let them act on it.

[1rudeboy]

I must admit, a dozen “Coakely Concedes!” threads with no content was a bit much.

[Lazamataz]

[HelloooClareece]

Sometimes I have limited time and can only scroll through the first page and breaking news. I can’t tell you how many stories I would have missed here on FR if not for someone posting a duplicate. However, on hot news days it gets obnoxious.

Good tips on how to cut down on them.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

... you can eliminate all duplicate threads by going
here... http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/logoff

[CharlesWayneCT]

There was a thread in 2009 about a software solution to duplicate posts:

Duplicate Post Solution (Vanity)

[uptoolate]

Just another thread on threads about duplicate thread threads

And a VANITY thread no less. We have been inundated with way too many vanity threads lately. Someone should post a vanity thread about decreasing the amount of vanity threads.

[listenhillary]

1) More moderators

2) Give the moderators machetes and temporarily ban persons incapable of searching to see if a article is posted. Flogging blogs with a story that has been posted? Off with their heads.

3) Give the moderators lots of good coffee

4) Tell them to “Knock yourselves out.