# Why do some posts have the thread title in the post title?

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**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-posts-have-the-thread-title-in-the-post-title/700237 "2014-10-03T03:40:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-posts-have-the-thread-title-in-the-post-title/700237/7 "2014-10-03T05:35:43Z")

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Aha. I searched for IvoryTowerDenizen’s posts to check if they’re usually like this, and found the following

> [@Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/542587/5):
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> I am testing the Taptalk- I do like it, except it drives me insane that it copies the thread title and my sig on every post. I hate cluttering up the threads with that stuff.
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> Other than that it’s good!
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> I use it to read, but I won’t post because of that.

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