Double Posting

[JustStuit]

I think the forum should have a time limit to posting, maybe even like 5 seconds. This could eliminate the accidental embarassing double post and spamming.

[Sashatheman]

i cant even delete my double posts

[ydoaPs]

it does have a time limit.

[RyanJ]

Yes, 30 seconds I believe...

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[5614]

It does have a time limit, I know it does because it's stopped me posting in seperate threads if I try to do it twice within 30secs... but then how can you double post? If I've ever double posted then it was because I double clicked on the "post quick reply" button, that should be stopped by the time limit...

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

I think the code that handles quick replies isn't smart enough to register two quick replies in the same thread in a short period of time, as no page reloading is actually involved (AJAX and such).

 

There are vB modifications that force double posts to be merged together into one post.

[Sashatheman]

all the other forums i visit prevbent double posting, surely the code is not that difficult

[Dave]

I'll look into it. Although I really don't think that it's such a big deal myself.

[pcs]

I'll look into it. Although I really don't think that it's such a big deal myself.

 

Neither do I, but if it bugs people I'd like a way to at least make me think about double posting. In fact, I think I just double posted this morning.

[Dak]

i cant even delete my double posts

 

I doubt that the mods would mind if you used the 'report bad post' button to flag your accidental double-post for deletion.

 

[edit]Oh ok, just noticed that you can't report your own posts.

 

hmm... maybe a delete button with a time-out of about 30 seconds would be useful for double/accidental/stupid posts [/edit]

[ecoli]

yeah, that's a good idea.