# What the hell is going on?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989>\
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**Created:** [February 13, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989 "2007-02-13T06:02:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/1 "2007-02-13T06:02:36Z")

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I’m trying to reply to someone in a thread in IMHO and it keeps telling me it’s a “duplicate.” It’s really frustrating me. What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/2 "2007-02-13T06:28:12Z")

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I’n having some weird problems too. SQL errors when I try to post or view some pages.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/3 "2007-02-13T06:29:30Z")

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Well that one worked.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/4 "2007-02-13T14:19:58Z")

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Gee, there’s an announcement at the top of the forum page, I wonder what it says. 🙂

We seem to be having technical difficulties. Jerry has been alerted to the problem. We’ll get it fixed as soon as possible.

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/5 "2007-02-13T14:28:07Z")

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[QUOTE=TubaDiva]  
Gee, there’s an announcement at the top of the forum page, I wonder what it says. 🙂  
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The announcement title is a bit non-descriptive (“content-free” doesn’t immediately conjure up images of duplicate threads and SQL errors), so someone with a particular problem might not realize the announcement addresses the issue.

FWIW, I was parsing the title as: “Now more content! Free!” Yay! Who wouldn’t want that?

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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:** [February 13, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-going-on/391989/6 "2007-02-13T14:32:44Z")

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I agree with **zut** – but I’m also guilty of not looking up at the top of the forum for an announcement until it was pointed out.