I really hate it when people post on multiple forums because it shows up in latest threads

[wcmagumba]

multiple times...latest threads is my main starting point and it is very annoying (to me anyway)...just a comment...

[WhiteTara]

1. oh well.

[zuul]

2. I don't mind a couple duplicate threads

but some folks feel the need to post 3 or 4 times. It's really annoying.

[WhiteTara]

8. Not everyone opens to latest

and those are 3 important areas. When I don't want to see something, I scroll on by. No need to complain when there is such an easy remedy. JMHO of course.

[zuul]

13. Yes, it is just your opinion.

[WhiteTara]

15. as is yours

[zuul]

16. Yet I didn't feel the need to cite someone else for "complaining."

Thankfullly DU has the ignore option. Hence I will not respond to any of your further posts.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. I'm with you, but I'm learning to tune it out

The worst was right after the start of the Ukraine War, there was a video that had to have been shared 20-30 times over a couple days under different titles in at least a dozen forums by the same person.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. Agreed.

[Hekate]

5. I've been asked several times to cross-post from GD to Women's Rights & Issues...

So I’ve been doing that a lot lately. Things in GD often sink like a stone because there is so much traffic. Posts will stay up a long time in outlying forums, but they are a smaller audience.

“Latest Threads” will tell you which forum each OP is in, so it should be fairly easy to pick and choose where you want to end up.

[intrepidity]

17. This explanation

is why, although it is momentarily bothersome to see the clones, I don't get overly annoyed by it.

Because there's a good reason.

[LakeArenal]

6. I scroll by dozens of threads I'm not interested in reading.

It’s pretty easy.

[mopinko]

7. was against the rules back in the day.

[CloudWatcher]

9. Cross posting and duplicates

Both cross posting and duplicates kinda drive me crazy. But ... life is hard. If that's the most I have to complain about, it's a good day.

DU is overall very well done.

[Shrike47]

10. I find it tiresome but easy to scroll past.

[PJMcK]

11. Just scroll on

If two or more posts have the same title you can safely assume they’re duplicates.

I’ve learned that not everyone reads Democratic Underground by starting at latest threads as you and I do.

[Tetrachloride]

12. Software change could allow a single post to exist

in multiple sections.

Database files are 3 parts: the message, the row ID, any links to other files.

The software is control and display of the links, plus of course the “message “ input.

[dweller]

14. Just like a blind cc

It could be done


✌🏻

[intrepidity]

18. This would be very, very cool

if not too hard to implement.

[Behind the Aegis]

19. Sometimes it is warranted.

If something is of interest to intersectional groups, I will post in the affected groups, and, on occasion, post in one of the main forums. There are different "rules" for the groups and forums, and sometimes, some minority groups would rather have a discussion about issues facing their respective communities with members/allies to their communities.

[wcmagumba]

20. OK, I will endeavor to persevere...

[demmiblue]

21. You can change your settings to include only the main forums (LBN, GD, V&M, etc.)...

in the Latest Threads. You will not see OP's posted in any of the groups.