# Multiple Response Prevention

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 5, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640 "2003-10-05T02:07:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ronbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@ronbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronbo)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640/1 "2003-10-05T02:07:13Z")

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After writing a response to the Message Board, my reflex is to hit the “Back” icon on the Button bar to take back me to the Message Board. I then frantically try to stop the re-submission.

Is it possible for the SD Programmers add code to check for a recent submission (e.g. within ~1 minute), and ask the Doper if they really want to post again?

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640/2 "2003-10-05T02:12:53Z")

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It’s set now to disallow two posts by one person within either 60 or 90 seconds. Clicking Back from a new post doesn’t (AFAIK) resubmit.

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**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:** [October 5, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640/3 "2003-10-05T05:12:53Z")

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I’ll quote myself from your other (now closed) thread in GQ:

How on earth are you double posting when only clicking submit once?

And why don’t you just wait for the hamsters to move you back to the messageboard screen?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-response-prevention/205640/4 "2003-10-05T06:46:33Z")

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I used to use the “back” button too. But now if I don’t get an updated thread (i.e. timeout or some other error), I “navigate” back to the original thread to see if my post made it or not. So, what I have been doing is this, keep the list of threads open in one window, when you click on a particular thread use the right mouse button and choose “open in new window”. The only problem here is I have to remember to close the new window when I open a new thread, or I might post my response to the wrong thread. I always edit my responses with a text editor and cut and paste into the SDMB area, that way I can spell check and I have a copy should the hamsters get hungry and not post my original response.