# Just perfecting my double-posting techniques. Please ignore **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475 "2003-05-06T19:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/1 "2003-05-06T19:11:43Z")
Actually, I’m just checking to see what actions can cause a post to double up… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/2 "2003-05-06T19:15:09Z")
The back button… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/3 "2003-05-06T19:15:10Z")
Well, not that, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/4 "2003-05-06T19:18:51Z")
Let me try this again. The back button ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/5 "2003-05-06T19:20:00Z")
Refresh… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/6 "2003-05-06T19:23:16Z")
How about postus interruptus… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/7 "2003-05-06T19:28:01Z")
Nothing! I AM IMMUNE TO DOUBLE POSTS! HI-HO SILVER! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/8 "2003-05-06T19:47:00Z")
Nothing! I AM IMMUNE TO DOUBLE POSTS! HI-HO SILVER! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/9 "2003-05-06T19:50:14Z")
Double-posting is easy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/10 "2003-05-06T19:55:19Z")
Ok, no it isn’t. Shaddap! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/11 "2003-05-06T20:10:07Z")
Okay, maybe this’ll do it… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/12 "2003-05-06T20:11:40Z")
Oh this is ridiculous. Why won’t this thing double post??? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/13 "2003-05-06T20:17:29Z")
_It will get you when you least expect it …_ MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Or … when the hamsters judge that you’ve tempted fate too long … ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/14 "2003-05-06T20:21:27Z")
Why, oh why do the hamsters mock me so?? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/15 "2003-05-06T20:51:36Z")
And somewhere, in the depths of the control room, the hamsters chitter and cackle wickedly … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/16 "2003-05-06T23:23:13Z")
My basic observation. After you compose your post you hit “submit.” When the board is busy, quite often you get a message that says something other than “thank you for posting.” DON’T BELIEVE IT! You just posted. Once you hit the “post” button, let it go. Don’t do ANYTHING until you go back a read a new, refreshed version of the thread. Your post will appear there 99% of the time. When you hit “submit” or “post” or whatever the hell it says, just assume you posted. You almost certainly did. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/17 "2003-05-07T07:58:08Z")
[This odd mirror thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=182307) is just … freaky. Shows on the main page as having the same OP, yet … doesn’t. Woah. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/18 "2003-05-07T08:17:21Z")
Yeah, I noticed that a little while ago, **Ice Wolf**. I \*think[i/] a mod must’ve been deleting those four posts and got distracted. Spooky. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-perfecting-my-double-posting-techniques-please-ignore/173475/19 "2003-05-07T10:25:58Z")
See?? _This_ is the kind of thing when you shake a fist at the Sacred Hamsters[sub]TM[/sub]! Oh, woe! Don’t mind me, I’m just heading for the nearest high hilltop, before th’ deluge …