BreakPoint
Double Posts/Triple Posts?
On other forums, performing a double post is a no-no. A triple post is unheard of. But here I've seen my first 7 posts in row.
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Bit-coin-mining-with-FPGA-Single-board-reo/m-p/2475006#M757254
What is the longest you've seen? Do I hear 9? or 10?
Some other forums do e.g. a MD5 hash of all recent posts, and if the hash of a new posts matches the hash of a recent existing posts, the post is rejected.
This will at least eliminate the duplicate posts due to forum malfunction.
@altenbach wrote:
Some other forums do e.g. a MD5 hash of all recent posts, and if the hash of a new posts matches the hash of a recent existing posts, the post is rejected.
This will at least eliminate the duplicate posts due to forum malfunction.
Okay this I understand and it has happened to me a few times, but what I was more talking about is when someone posts a question, then replies with a semi-related question, and then an update to the first issue, then a third issue, then an update to the first issue, then a post about a forth issue. One of the more difficult things to do in a thread is talk about multiple subjects, or update a particular subject when there are many updates to it that are all one sided conversations.
I feel like after posting you need to give the community time to digest the post before posting again. This is another reason why I hate "Bump" posts just so your topic gets more exposure. It's like nagging someone to call you back. You left a message once, then twice, leaving 4 other messages telling them to call you back isn't going to make it happen any sooner. But I do see these "Bump" posts actually working so I guess that's why people do it.
Your analogy to leaving a message isn't too far off. If you leave a voice mail and the person listens to it, then has a bunch more come in, it will move down the stack, requiring effort to listen to it again. Similarly, a post that isn't immediately responded to will slide down the screen and in a fairly short time be a couple of "pages" down, where it may never see the light of day, unless one of the NI engineers spots it.
