# Auto Auto Eliminate Eliminate Double Double Posts Posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886 "2003-03-04T00:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/1 "2003-03-04T00:24:02Z")
Is the next version of vBulletin going to be able to automatically eliminate two consecutive, identical posts? This seems so obvious and simple. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/2 "2003-03-04T00:27:50Z")
I think the 60 second space between posting does eliminate quite a bit of double posts. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/3 "2003-03-04T01:00:31Z")
Consecutive from your POV may not appear consecutive to the server, particularly when it is very overworked (which, I believe is part of the reason that double posts occur). To eliminate double posts by content would (I imagine) entail an extra hit on the database which might actually be the last thing you need. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/4 "2003-03-04T01:05:11Z")
It’s straightforward, but it’s ridiculously expensive, especially since you have no way to identify which posts are doubles. And what about double posts separated by something else? Or a second post with another sentence on the end? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/5 "2003-03-04T13:39:05Z")
The place to ask this question would be at the vBulletin home, [www.vbulletin.com](http://www.vbulletin.com) Oddly enough, they have a _message board_ there for just this type of inquiry. Serendipitous, no? ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/6 "2003-03-05T00:26:06Z")
Serendipitous for the OP, not for me as I just read this post cause I had nothing better to do… Besides, if you eliminate double posts, I might never get to the respect bestowing 1000th post 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/7 "2003-03-05T02:33:44Z")
No. The next version of vBulletin will not have automated feature or an option to remove double posts. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-auto-eliminate-eliminate-double-double-posts-posts/158886/8 "2003-03-05T15:55:04Z")
If you open another browser window & check if your post was submitted before hitting submit again, you can avoid double posting. I wonder if making the posting time limit longer would have much effect? From 60 seconds to 90 seconds?