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Ohiogal

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

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2018, 03:51 PM

May 2018

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 ............

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Why are there so many duplicate posts here? [View all] grumpyduck May 2018 OP

I've seen this op many times. NCTraveler May 2018 #1

I think it's a waste of time and electrons, but it's been going on for years... TreasonousBastard May 2018 #2

ADD and senility Throck May 2018 #3

I dunno Cirque du So-What May 2018 #4

Because things move up and down and around dalton99a May 2018 #5

That hamster is moving way too quickly mythology May 2018 #13

Everybody has everybodu else on ignore GusBob May 2018 #6

I have never put anyone on ignore, ever DFW May 2018 #8

Same here malaise May 2018 #35

We now have one poster who posts every time Bernie Sanders butters his toast DFW May 2018 #7

We need to know the image on his toast dalton99a May 2018 #10

lol CatWoman May 2018 #12

That post would actually be headlined. NCTraveler May 2018 #14

I saw that. It's a sad case, like starstruck or the first unrequited love as a teen. 😍 nt procon May 2018 #16

LOL. I hear ya! It's so predictable, I find myself just chuckling when I see skylucy May 2018 #28

Yeah, but it's only amusing up to a point DFW May 2018 #38

Omg! You nailed it! cwydro May 2018 #32

It's because GD is a mess and there is no management of it. Justice May 2018 #9

How do magnets work? LexVegas May 2018 #11

You can say that again Generic Brad May 2018 #15

I thought my mustache guy thread was a good take, so I posted it bigtree May 2018 #17

I counted 13 separate posts on the same news headline a couple of days ago, procon May 2018 #18

Duplicate alert would be a good first start when you add a link. Cattledog May 2018 #31

Many don't bother to use the search function to see if something's already been posted. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #19

Never mind the search function; most don't look at the first page to see if it's there. Blue_Adept May 2018 #25

So it has been and so it will be. TexasProgresive May 2018 #20

What's LBN? grumpyduck May 2018 #21

Sorry laziness got to me Latest Breaking News. It has rigorous rules. TexasProgresive May 2018 #23

Because posts disappear from the first page really rapidly and many of us don't go beyond 1st page. LAS14 May 2018 #22

And so I see them all because I avoid the 1st page TexasProgresive May 2018 #24

Yeah, I pretty much stick with latest threads jberryhill May 2018 #26

Yeah that's my take.n/t TexasProgresive May 2018 #29

Actually, lately posts are not moving that fast. cwydro May 2018 #34

I just skimmed page 2 and almost all were begun today. nt LAS14 May 2018 #36

Well, that's today. cwydro May 2018 #37

I always search the page first to see if anyone has posted something already Ohiogal May 2018 #27

Yeah, I'd love to see stats about posts by hour. I've posted similar posts... LAS14 May 2018 #30

I'm just glad I was able to block all Michelle Wolf threads mokawanis May 2018 #33