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Originally posted by Kaifan
I'm out, I searched but.. could not find a thread about this , so here's mine
Kai
1. Lots and lots of people are posting threads which always start with "I searched but...", and is always a thread that has been posted a thousand times, a video or something that is all over the place in the internet, what's the deal with that, if by quickly scanning the current threads i can find at least two or one of the same, i don't even need to use the search box, just look at the threads in the front page and there it is, waiting for you! but..
2. If someone posts a duplicated thread, these 'new' members are the first ones to post one of:
- There's already a thread about this, thanks for wasting my time!
- Someone (who is not a mod, and hopefully will never be) says something like "This thread is a duplicate, you should post on the original thread, please post anything you want to say there, because i want it that way"
- Someone just goes and posts into the thread bitching about having more than one thread for the same subject
- I hate everything and i want to make your life as bad as mine!
Is always as if they were just constantly scanning every forum waiting for a thread, remembering each and every thread's name in case someone posts a duplicate by chance, and just a few seconds or a minute or so after posting the duplicated thread they come out and post their "duplicated thread" notice, what's the deal?
So i just wanted to ask, is there something that can be done, like for people who post a "duplicated thread" notice without them being a mod, maybe a warning, take out points, remove post or something? just stop the madness please :-D
I think i said this before, not sure, but it would be nice if all duplicated threads could be merged into the first one, otherwise good posts may be lost because of being posted on a secondary thread that gets killed, what if we could have a "Report Duplicate" button, and once a mod gets to see the duplicated and the original thread, he or she can merge both threads? am i complaining about something insignificant here? is this thread a duplicate and will be deleted without mercy and no one will know about my suffering? ever?
And probably it would be nice if the search feature was improved, i have used it before and it didn't work too well, but i guess that's something not easy to do, anyway.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by Kaifan
I'm out, I searched but.. could not find a thread about this , so here's mine
Kai
There is a thread on this already...
Thread Closed vs Merged
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Why the fuss over the others you've just done so yourself?
Its called taking initiative my friend, if everybody just sits around complaining that there's a problem but nobody acts upon it you'll end up in a situation like the world we live in today.
Originally posted by Kaifan
reply to post by _R4t_
Not really, i'm half joking on the OP, i don't actually expect anything out of it because i've seen in the past that usually nothing happens.
What I've seen is a lot of people just looking for a reason to put everyone else down, and the OP usually replies to the troll and the thread gets derailed, i think most people missed my true intent with this thread, but that's ok, it was not a serious attempt and not a serious problem, this is just a forum in the end.
Originally posted by JoshF
1. ATS search is horrible
2. Is having more than one thread about something really so bad?
Originally posted by JoshF
1. ATS search is horrible
2. Is having more than one thread about something really so bad?
Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
reply to post by Kaifan
There is no point bringing up new and valid points of discussion in a 3 year old thread with 200 pages that nobody is going to read through.
That sounds like people trying to hide something.
New threads are what keep this website alive. How do you not see that.
I get bored of this site and stop coming here when it's the same old stuff and nothing new and just 30 100 page threads about stuff from 4 years ago.
New is good.
Originally posted by Frogs
2. It depends. If there was a thread on it last year, last month or even last week that is basically dead its not a bad thing at all in my view to have another thread. Others views may differ. But, there are also times when I come to ATS and see 3 or more threads about the same thing under the "recent posts" section. That just makes it hard to keep track of if you want to participate and there really isn't a need for it IMO.