Well, it happened again. I spent my five minutes typing a post and another 15 or 20 editing it to make sense, and when I clicked 'post quick reply' it took an awfully long time for the system to post it ...
twice. (Not so quick, eh?) Of course, sometimes the 'back' button tricks one into thinking their message didn't go through and they try to say it again, worded as closely as they can remember. Not this time and I suspect
not often for anyone else, being sure host server traffic is the usual culprit vs member mistakes. :scratchchin:
If you've been around for a while, you likely realize that 'vBulletin' software and most servers allow you to 'edit' for ~ten minutes without showing the 'edited' note at the bottom of the post. If you look around the page when editing you can see an option to 'delete' post, and that's how I've been dealing with the issue of doubles by axing the second one. I'm not sure exactly which of several tabs etc are sufficient, and may have clicked every one, but it gets the job done for me.
I'm sure I wasn't the first to spot this quick fix avenue, but wanted to share the idea since TBN is really 'hopping' lately :thumbsup: and I suspect that's what increases double posts. btw, I apologize for just another move to raise my post count.
tog
