# Double posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/98238>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 14, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/98238 "2002-03-14T07:18:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/98238/1 "2002-03-14T07:18:11Z")

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Do you have some sort of filtering device for double posts?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts/98238/2 "2002-03-14T17:07:28Z")

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Yes, the MB software is supposed to reject them. I’ve seen a couple of apparent double posts, but in the cases I’ve seen there were actually small diferences between the two posts.