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Subject: What should be done about constant reposts?

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.

A trend in all the main forums is that original threads tend to get buried under constant reposts asking the same questions over and over again. Do you think something should be done about this? Should reposted threads be locked, or are they a sign that the community just has its mind on the same issues and wants to keep bringing them up for discussion?

  • 10.09.2012 10:34 PM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

Depends on what topic and how often its re-posted. Every forum on this site gets alot of repeat threads. In the Flood its Halo 4. Thats forgivable. In the community forum its often even more redundant BS. Those threads should be locked with a link to a relevant thread that was previously posted.

  • 10.09.2012 10:37 PM PDT
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I'm not so good with advice...Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

I try to avoid making redundant threads. If its at least somewhat interesting i tend to overlook its lack of originality.

  • 10.09.2012 10:39 PM PDT

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I don't really think they can be helped so I see no reason to take action against them. They're gonna happen, I think we can all accept that.

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  • 10.09.2012 10:39 PM PDT
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I <3 you too Bungie

I've posted two threads recently that were extremely similar to another user's thread that he had already posted within the past two weeks. The other users' threads were just buried and gone so I never saw them. It's part of forums.

I think the real question here is to find better ways to signal topics or cultivate current conversations than a constantly rotating forum of posts by recent activity and post date.

  • 10.09.2012 10:42 PM PDT

This thread is a repost.

  • 10.09.2012 10:43 PM PDT

Repeat Threads still lead to new conversations, I only get annoyed when people post without checking the first 10 or so pages.

  • 10.09.2012 10:43 PM PDT

I am a Floodian

Reposts don't actually bother me all that much. I just take it as a sign that a topic is popular. I can understand someone being upset if their posts was sent off the front page by other threads on the same topic. I just don't if it would be fair to lock a thread or ban a member because it was posted a couple of minutes after a previous topic and it became more popular, unless the member was doing it on purpose for some weird reason.

  • 10.09.2012 10:45 PM PDT

It's a non-issue.

  • 10.09.2012 10:45 PM PDT

USAF Air Traffic Controller.
#moap

of a repost
Posted by: Breadisgood91
This thread is a repost.

  • 10.09.2012 10:49 PM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC


Posted by: Saint of Taint
of a repost
Posted by: Breadisgood91
This thread is a repost.

Of another repost.... damn

  • 10.09.2012 10:52 PM PDT

GOAT

Well we could start by making the search bar actually work, and making it easier to use.

It doesn't matter what you're looking for, that search bar will get you nothing.

  • 10.09.2012 11:05 PM PDT

There comes a time in every mans life... and that time is not now.

If anyone ever posts a topic that has been posted before, they should be permabanned. No excuses, no exceptions!

  • 10.09.2012 11:06 PM PDT

Who am I?

mah twitter

Pretty much everything is a repost.

  • 10.09.2012 11:20 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Breadisgood91
This thread is a repost.
I was waiting for someone to say this.

  • 10.10.2012 12:10 AM PDT
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Bringing in Fikst. Bringing back lmao.
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No. I'm not looking through ever thread to see if it's been made. People should get over it.

If it's a parody. Go ahead and lock it. If it's still on the front page lock the new thread.

  • 10.10.2012 12:12 AM PDT
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Bringing in Fikst. Bringing back lmao.
Inheritor # 475 world,

#6 In the Country.

Halocharts.com


Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: Breadisgood91
This thread is a repost.
I was waiting for someone to say this.


Because it's true.

  • 10.10.2012 12:14 AM PDT

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Jim Harkins

Pretty much this...
Posted by: I ZEROC00L I
Repeat Threads still lead to new conversations, I only get annoyed when people post without checking the first 10 or so pages.

repeat threads can be annoying but if the op doesn't know any better then there's no reason to get mad at him/her except if there are already 5 threads on the first page about it.

Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: Breadisgood91
This thread is a repost.
I was waiting for someone to say this.

If you think this thread is not a repost/repeat thread then you must not come to the Septagon very often you.....

[Edited on 10.10.2012 12:27 AM PDT]

  • 10.10.2012 12:21 AM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Whenever you sign up for bungie.net you should receive a pair of complimentary blinders so you can turn your head and pretend you didn't see that repost thread.

Alternatively, you can direct the person to a thread where the question has been answered or where discussion is currently being held. Or you can answer the person.

  • 10.10.2012 12:21 AM PDT
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Posted by: evilcam
Bobcast is paid in MILF blind dates.

If they are asking the same questions...create a FAQ?

  • 10.10.2012 12:29 AM PDT

Posted by: Make117
Pretty much everything is a repost.

  • 10.10.2012 12:46 AM PDT

Posted by: Dropship dude
No, acnboy. Spartain Ken 15 is a lesser being. Much like the bacteria that lives in your shi­t.
Posted by: mike120593
My shi­t bacteria takes offense to that comparison.

Don't make me lel. You won't like me when I lel.

Every now and then we get some new kids in here that just want to ask a simple question. It's much easier to just answer it and have the thread locked than go through a giant backlog of Every Question Ever Answered And The Thread It Was In and link to that. Discussions are a bit different. Often there may be new ideas to bring to the table, and if someone has done that then it's all good. In the end it's up to the mods to decide if the repost thread is going anywhere and whether it should be locked.

  • 10.10.2012 1:06 AM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Thrasher Fan
If they are asking the same questions...create a FAQ?
I actually think this is a good idea. When people notice that a topic is being discussed a lot, they could make a thread encouraging people to ask questions about a certain topic and update the OP with answers. If lots of people were to save it, it'd become a pinned topic, and even if that didn't happen, people could link to it whenever the topic comes up. I know there are a couple of people here who seem to have an endless supply of links to past threads for use during discussions.

  • 10.10.2012 1:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: evilcam
Bobcast is paid in MILF blind dates.

Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: Thrasher Fan
If they are asking the same questions...create a FAQ?
I actually think this is a good idea. When people notice that a topic is being discussed a lot, they could make a thread encouraging people to ask questions about a certain topic and update the OP with answers. If lots of people were to save it, it'd become a pinned topic, and even if that didn't happen, people could link to it whenever the topic comes up. I know there are a couple of people here who seem to have an endless supply of links to past threads for use during discussions.

I think it could work. I mean, look at the FAQ on titles. It's one of the most successful threads on Bnet and very rarely do you see title threads outside of that. Even when one is created there's at least one user who links the FAQ.

  • 10.10.2012 1:26 AM PDT

We have an FAQ already.

-.-

[Edited on 10.10.2012 1:44 AM PDT]

  • 10.10.2012 1:43 AM PDT

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