# New anti-double post feature? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480 "2006-02-21T15:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/1 "2006-02-21T15:55:15Z")
Now ain’t this a kick in the pants? I was just posting to my Zippo thread, and due to serious network issues, have to reload and resubmit my submission. Strangely, I noticed my “[sub]” tags didn’t work anymore. :dubious: So, I _thought_ I corrected it, and hit “Preview Post”. It still didn’t work. Being the intrepid soul I am, I hit “Submit” anyway. And came up “Page not found. . .”, so I backed up a page, tried it again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Then, I get an error message from the SDMB: “This post is a copy of a post you posted in the last five minutes. You will now be taken to your thread.” :eek: Have the hamsters gotten an upgrade, or has SkyNET taken over the SDMB? Tripler Interesting, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/2 "2006-02-22T00:42:15Z")
If they upgraded the hamster chow, and we get no more double posts, drinks are on me. You heard it here first. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/3 "2006-02-22T02:01:39Z")
Believe me, I’m taking you up on that one! Tripler Hells yes! ---
**Author:** ![rkts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@rkts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rkts)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/4 "2006-02-22T02:05:19Z")
I got the same message once roughly a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/5 "2006-02-22T02:06:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > If they upgraded the hamster chow, and we get no more double posts, drinks are on me. You heard it here first. 🙂 I would have to insist on you meeting me [here](http://www.wjactv.com/travelgetaways/7254510/detail.html) though as you did not specify the type of drink. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/6 "2006-02-22T02:07:19Z")
It seems to be working now. . . since I just tried to intentionally double-post. This is the first time I’ve ever seen it. Cool! Tripler . . . but this is the first time I’ve _ever_ intentionally double-posted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/7 "2006-02-22T03:11:36Z")
If you only see this post once, **samclem** owes me a drink. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/8 "2006-02-22T03:43:21Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > I would have to insist on you meeting me [here](http://www.wjactv.com/travelgetaways/7254510/detail.html) though as you did not specify the type of drink. I would, but they wouldn’t look good on me. Thanks anyway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/9 "2006-02-22T06:14:48Z")
**Tripler** > [@](#): > > but this is the first time I’ve ever intentionally double-posted. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but wasn’t there a double post in 1960 ? (Just once I think). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/10 "2006-02-22T06:20:35Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Tripler** > > I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but wasn’t there a double post in 1960 ? (Just once I think). 😃 No, but there were some 1920’s style Death Rays that fired in tandom…but that was in the 1920’s, of course. Scalar weapons are all at fault. Stranger ---
**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 22, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/11 "2006-02-22T06:28:21Z")
[hijack] Abbie, are you from the Johnstown area, or was that just the first Internet reference you found for the place? My family’s from Johnstown, and when I saw your link, I thought “WJAC… Where have I heard that before?”. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/12 "2006-02-22T11:57:04Z")
That feature has been around for a while, but it doesn’t always work. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/13 "2006-02-22T14:02:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [hijack] > Abbie, are you from the Johnstown area, or was that just the first Internet reference you found for the place? My family’s from Johnstown, and when I saw your link, I thought “WJAC… Where have I heard that before?”. > [/hijack] Bingo, you can let your pants back down, the flood is over. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480/14 "2006-02-22T14:18:31Z")
Q: New (whatever) feature on the SDMB? A: Hee.