Why are there so many duplicate posts here?

[grumpyduck]

This has been mentioned before, but just now there are several OPs about trump's lawyer, and there were several OPs just recently about Michelle Wolf, the Starbucks incident, and many others, basically all saying the same thing.

I think it's fascinating.

[NCTraveler]

1. I've seen this op many times.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I think it's a waste of time and electrons, but it's been going on for years...

A lot of reasons for this, none of them good, but just live with it.

[Throck]

3. ADD and senility

What was your question?

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I dunno

Maybe I should start a thread and find out.

[dalton99a]

5. Because things move up and down and around

and around

[mythology]

13. That hamster is moving way too quickly

[GusBob]

6. Everybody has everybodu else on ignore

you don't see their posts

[DFW]

8. I have never put anyone on ignore, ever

I'm pretty sure people have put me on ignore, but if they did, I ignored it

[malaise]

35. Same here

[DFW]

7. We now have one poster who posts every time Bernie Sanders butters his toast

It's probably only a matter of time before we see posts titled, "Bernie Sanders will be in his Senate office in the Dirksen Building from 8:00 to 8:45 this morning. He will order coffee with milk and no sugar, and make a few profound, predictable pronouncements!!"

[dalton99a]

10. We need to know the image on his toast

if one is found

[CatWoman]

12. lol

[NCTraveler]

14. That post would actually be headlined.

Bernie Sanders takes on Big Sugar! Donkees

First reply would be: But he supports the barbaric cattle industry and low wage coffee bean pickers! <- Probably NCTraveler



Have some fun along the way, folks.

[procon]

16. I saw that. It's a sad case, like starstruck or the first unrequited love as a teen. 😍 nt

[skylucy]

28. LOL. I hear ya! It's so predictable, I find myself just chuckling when I see

the posts. It's kind of amusing.

[DFW]

38. Yeah, but it's only amusing up to a point

When a member ONLY posts about one subject, it's either a case of a one-track mind or a paid trouble-blogger. We all see the posts from dormant members who awake from their suspended animation the instant there is an OP with any criticism of GMO foods or Monsanto in general. I appreciate that some people think Sanders has something to contribute to the public discourse, but a few think that ONLY Sanders has something to contribute, and that statements or actions of others are of little consequence. Bernie said this, Bernie did that, Bernie U Akbar. It almost reminds me of the scene in the film "Inside Man," where the hostage takers inside the bank played a continuous tape of speeches of Enver Hoxha to confuse the eavesdropping cops.

[cwydro]

32. Omg! You nailed it!

[Justice]

9. It's because GD is a mess and there is no management of it.

[LexVegas]

11. How do magnets work?

[Generic Brad]

15. You can say that again

I am considering starting a thread on this very same topic.

[bigtree]

17. I thought my mustache guy thread was a good take, so I posted it

...it's what I do. Makes me happy. Relax.

here:

Mustache guy out, impeachment lawyer in

[procon]

18. I counted 13 separate posts on the same news headline a couple of days ago,

and the same topic kept getting added by other posters for hours after the initial story broke.

I can see how someone might miss seeing that there was already an open topic, so maybe there be a "duplicate" button that would let the OP or a monitor delete the post

[Cattledog]

31. Duplicate alert would be a good first start when you add a link.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Many don't bother to use the search function to see if something's already been posted.

If one does and sees that what they're about to post is already up then perhaps they should comment to kick it back to the top of the forum. But then that's just my opinion.

[Blue_Adept]

25. Never mind the search function; most don't look at the first page to see if it's there.

We've got some started with an existing one from hours or a day ago right below it.

It's the twitterization of DU posting. "My take is THE hot take"

[TexasProgresive]

20. So it has been and so it will be.

The one forum where it rarely occurs is LBN because multiple posts will be flushed.

[grumpyduck]

21. What's LBN?

[TexasProgresive]

23. Sorry laziness got to me Latest Breaking News. It has rigorous rules.

Latest Breaking News (Forum): About This Forum
Statement of Purpose

Post the latest news from reputable mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only. No analysis or opinion pieces. No duplicates. News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours. Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1014

[LAS14]

22. Because posts disappear from the first page really rapidly and many of us don't go beyond 1st page.

[TexasProgresive]

24. And so I see them all because I avoid the 1st page

and go to Latest Threads.

[jberryhill]

26. Yeah, I pretty much stick with latest threads

IMHO, there are more people into posting stuff than reading and discussing stuff.

[TexasProgresive]

29. Yeah that's my take.n/t

[cwydro]

34. Actually, lately posts are not moving that fast.

I remember when the first page moved quite rapidly. Now an op might only have 40 or so posts, but it will still languish on the first page for over a day. Du seems to have slowed way down, and I have not been here that long.

[LAS14]

36. I just skimmed page 2 and almost all were begun today. nt

[cwydro]

37. Well, that's today.

This is something I’ve noticed over time recently.

There’ve been a couple OPs about it.

[Ohiogal]

27. I always search the page first to see if anyone has posted something already

that I want to post, but a few times someone beat me to it, or posted it within three minutes of my post.

And, other times, I have posted an article and got zero comments .... then the same article is posted by someone else an hour later and gets 25 comments!

Kinda makes me feel insignificant sometimes ............

[LAS14]

30. Yeah, I'd love to see stats about posts by hour. I've posted similar posts...

... about every month to month and a half, and once it got over 50 responses, and the other times 10 or less.

[mokawanis]

33. I'm just glad I was able to block all Michelle Wolf threads

there were a gazillion of em!