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Question: When a duplicate post is pointed out to the person making the thread, sometimes people are grateful, and sometimes they are not. I have had it pointed out to me when I make a duplicate post, and also there have been times that after making a thread, I was able to find an identical, earlier post.

My question is, would you rather it not be mentioned to a person if the thread already exists? Does it annoy you guys when it is pointed out as much as it annoys the person making the duplicate post?

I think all registered users of FR could stand to read this post by Jim Robinson, but I doubt all will follow it, sadly. More work and waste for FR.

"My question is, would you rather it not be mentioned to a person if the thread already exists? Does it annoy you guys when it is pointed out as much as it annoys the person making the duplicate post?"

I doesn't matter to the moderators one way or the other if duplicates are pointed out on a thread. If that is the practice you choose, it would be helpful if you pinged us. We would like to be notified if there is a duplicate. We don't always see all the posts, there are just too many to go through.