Posted on 09/17/2008 9:08:48 AM PDT by Scythian
I have been very good about this lately too. When you go to post a story use the "Search" button and put one of the key words from the stories title in the textobx and select "Titles" in the dropdown and then do the "Search". Odds are it's been posted cause' folks are quick around here. Lately, the same story is posted 4 to 6 times right out of the box with conversations going on in most of them. I'm just saying ....
Already posted.
This is a duplicate post
LOL, funny guys, but seriously ....
You just outted yourself as a dork.
Owl_Eagle
There are people who are surrounded by bigots
and know it is wrong, but are afraid to be vocal against it.
These people are going to pull the lever for Obama
and they are not being polled.
angee_is_mad, DUmmy
I think sometimes people are so excited they just forget to check ahead of time, I admit I’ve had that happen a time or two. :-)
But, sometimes titles have been changed by posters, and even if you search, the same story doesn’t come up. And I swear there have been numerous times that I’ve done a complete search using proper headers, etc. and nothing shows up—I post a story, and sure enough someone will point out it’s already been posted. [shrugs]
The search engine here doesn’t always work. I thought everyone here knew that’s why there are so many duplicate threads.
Using the search function wastes crucial seconds when trying to be the first to post an article.
I already thought about posting "Already posted."
>>You just outted yourself as a dork.<<
OMG! Post of the Day!
No, really. This is a duplicate post.
See here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2078521/posts
Please use “search” before posting.
Some people.. . . .
sorry - I just don’t believe this poll
Any stats on vanity posts?
I am torn, about duplicate posts, on one hand, I might have missed a post because it is buried on page 5, on the otherhand if there weren’t a lot of duplicate posts there might not be a page 5.
For those of you speaking English, that would be "story's" (possessive) not "stories" (plural).
And I can't find a textobx anywhere...
;->
some stories need to be posted multiple times, especially ones that are Hugh and Series.
I check in often, and so often the same story is posted over and over, within an hour or two. Then it will be reposted a couple of times the next day and the next. And of course people with creative titles complicate searching, trying to be cute.
Sarah Palin doesn’t have to use “Search” - she already knows whats been posted.
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