# Double Posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 8, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739 "2003-02-08T18:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaxagoras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anaxagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaxagoras)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/1 "2003-02-08T18:59:17Z")
I recently committed a double post. I’ve seen that others do it and always thought “what a bonehead”. And then I did too. _And I don’t know how._ What did I do wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/2 "2003-02-08T19:57:14Z")
Did you click on “Submit Reply” twice, thinking the first time didn’t go through? Of course, it _could_ just be Herman th’ Hamster playing with your mind … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/3 "2003-02-08T20:07:51Z")
Found an [earlier thread from last year,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=119077&highlight=double+AND+post) it might have some info for you, **Anaxagoras**. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/4 "2003-02-08T20:15:31Z")
After you’ve submitted a post, if you see any sort of “reply”, then it was posted and there’s no need to re-submit. If you get a “Gateway timed out” or “Website not responding” message, I have no clue. Sometimes, the post has gone through, and hitting SUBMIT again is the cause of double-post. But other times, frankly, the post doesn’t go through. So I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/5 "2003-02-09T00:00:49Z")
I’ve done it once. My submission was taking ages with the Internet Explorer icon spinning. While it was doing so, I noticed a couple of typos and stopped the web page using the IE toolbar. I corrected the typos and resubmitted, only to find that the first one had made it after all. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/6 "2003-02-09T01:19:17Z")
Once you’ve hit “Submit Reply”, that’s it, really. With only a few exceptions, your words of wisdom are on their way to posterity. Or your detailed description of Uncle Moe’s toe jam. It all depends where you are at the time. 🙂 Stopping the browser while waiting for the “Thank you for your post” screen to come up won’t make any difference. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/7 "2003-02-09T01:47:01Z")
And if you do double post, no need to follow with a third pointing out that the double was unintended. We have all seen it happen, it has happened to us, we know you didn’t mean to do it. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/8 "2003-02-09T02:56:41Z")
Plus, if you don’t say anything about it, a Mod looking in who has spare time (hah!) could delete the duplicate, out of the goodness of her/his heart… ---
**Author:** ![Anaxagoras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anaxagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaxagoras)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/9 "2003-02-09T22:00:34Z")
Thanks all. I design software for a living, and I know that sometimes sh-t just happens. This appears to be one of those cases. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/10 "2003-02-09T22:37:12Z")
There’s also the rare Triple Post. I’ve only seen one of them myself, in a Song Lyric Game last summer, before I was registered. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/11 "2003-02-11T21:28:11Z")
Triple posts rare? I’ve seen entire _threads_ duplicated six or seven times. Back when I was a moderator, to boot, and I was the one who had to do the cleanup. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/12 "2003-02-12T09:10:40Z")
Well, I’ve never…maybe once…or twice…Okay, I used to have one hell of a problem with this. Learning that once you hit the **Submit Reply** button it is posted not only has proven correct, but I haven’t had a double post, since. 😉 [sup]That isn’t a promise it won’t happen again[/sup] I do have a related question. You hit **Submit Reply** and it sits there doing nothing. What is the best way to get back to the forum, since I’ve never gotten a response from “click here”? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/13 "2003-02-13T20:55:42Z")
The back button should work. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/153739/14 "2003-02-13T23:38:02Z")
[ul]:o [sup] **Thanx** [/sup][/ul]