Multi-quote/Double Posting

@rosesforme17 Said

I have a bit of a gripe, and a question. What is the point of the multi-quote button if it is rarely used? I am so beyond frustrated seeing double posting throughout the forums. The whole purpose of the multi-quote feature, or so I thought, was for people to be able to quote more than one person at a time without having to copy and paste and without double posting.

Isn't it even against the rules to double post? What is really getting to me, is that I do not see that rule being enforced. Even mods are double posting. What is so hard about using the multi-quote feature or editing your post?

I know there are greater things to worry about than people double posting. But I get really tired of seeing the same user in back to back posts. It is a major peeve and turns me away from the thread or forum. I have no desire to participate in a discussion when I see such laziness.

My feedback is that the multi-quote feature is useless considering that so few have actually taken advantage of it and also that there is a lack of moderation as far as double posting is concerned.

My suggestion is that the multi-quote feature actually be used and that double posting receives some form of reprimand for repeaters, or at least that the posts are merged.

@plebian_angel Said

And sometimes you quote, reply
Than go back and in the meantime there are new posts you want to quote to

@Ellen Said

Sometimes posts are made while a person is responding to another post. Once they hit the post button they see yet another post has been made that they want to respond to. So you end up seeing consecutive posts by the same member.

@rosesforme17 Said

There is a difference as far as I can tell between double posting on accident or deliberately. If it was an accident, then you could always edit the second post to say so. But 99% of the double posting I see, is deliberate.

@DiscordTiger Said

do you mean double posting as in the same post twice or just two different posts back to back by the same person?

I'm not sure mods have ever punished people for annoying posts like that. That would be kinda hard to enforce as I know that I have two posts back to back, but sometimes, its because someone else posted while I was typing up my first response, and it really would no have made sense to go back and edit a new response into it, for some of the rapid discussions. edits are not noticed by the system as a new post. So the second person, may not even realize they were responded to.

if its an accidental double post we do remove those, when we find them, though none of us read everything immediately. just report them, as double posts but if its not reported it may not get removed right away, I know I do "clean" stuff up like that night when its quiet.