# Double posts: two in a row. Is the board about to crash? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 10, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668 "2009-04-10T18:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/1 "2009-04-10T18:17:56Z")
I just experienced two double posts in a row. Is this a hint that the hamsters are getting overworked? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/2 "2009-04-10T19:27:08Z")
Not that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/3 "2009-04-10T19:27:56Z")
Not that I know of… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/4 "2009-04-10T19:47:28Z")
You did that on purpose…right? …RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/5 "2009-04-10T19:57:41Z")
this happened to me too today - for some reason I can;t provide a link, but look in the pit, I mentioned it on correction. I got a database error and then pressed refresh in my browser and that cause a resend of the form. If it helps. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/6 "2009-04-10T22:52:42Z")
Sometimes the system just hiccups. Usually it doesn’t mean anything except it’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/7 "2009-04-11T07:54:48Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > You did that on purpose…right? …RIGHT? If it wasn’t on purpose, that was the most perfect time ever for the board to do a double post. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/8 "2009-04-11T13:18:57Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/9 "2009-04-11T15:37:09Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > You did that on purpose…right? …RIGHT? The answer can be determined by careful examination of my posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/10 "2009-04-11T15:37:17Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > You did that on purpose…right? …RIGHT? The answer can be determined by careful examination of my posts. ;). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668/11 "2009-04-11T16:44:35Z")
I think I spot the difference…