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Pyong Kawaguchi
July 29th, 2008, 11:15 AM
Basically, whenever someone multi posts (double triple, etc), they automatically get merged with eachother, seamlessly, to prevent multiple posting, and other annoying things.

Heathen
July 29th, 2008, 11:18 AM
Wouldn't that take alot of work?

If its possible then I am all for it. Have it formatted like with the time next to it or something because this might happen:



Hey guys I was just popping in to say that I love this map. I think its incredibly rad. It makes me cream like a little girl. On second thought I hate this map. It gave me aids and raped my mother and father.

And with folks that type like this:


O hi i just wantd too say taht this is teh koolest map evar i love it and I always play it it is the best

Blending two of those posts with no notification might be a bit confusing.


And also, it would have to be able to recognise not to blend two posts which had a post between them and got deleted. Because it might look like this:


Well does anyone have any ideas?

Thats a horrible idea






Just my thoughts on the situation.

TheGhost
July 29th, 2008, 01:40 PM
Sometimes multiple posts can be good, if you are responding to multiple people, etc.

LinkandKvel
July 29th, 2008, 03:53 PM
Sometimes multiple posts can be good, if you are responding to multiple people, etc.

Which brings me to a suggestion. How bout the Quote within a Quote when you quote somebody........wow alotta quotes just happened.

Sever
July 29th, 2008, 04:00 PM
Sometimes multiple posts can be good, if you are responding to multiple people, etc.Which brings me to a suggestion. How bout the Quote within a Quote when you quote somebody........wow alotta quotes just happened.We already have it, as you can see.

SnaFuBAR
July 29th, 2008, 04:14 PM
Bumping your own topic for an update would be useless. I think it's a pointless suggestion.

ExAm
July 29th, 2008, 10:35 PM
We already have it, as you can see.You just have to do it manually, since too many can widen the page.

StankBacon
July 29th, 2008, 11:27 PM
Bumping your own topic for an update would be useless. I think it's a pointless suggestion.


all the mods ive seen that do this, only merge double posts within a time period that is configurable in the acp.

Con
July 29th, 2008, 11:59 PM
I think we should have gold rep bars instead :|

SnaFuBAR
July 30th, 2008, 12:46 AM
yeah all us elitist pricks deserve them :glare:

Heathen
July 30th, 2008, 12:56 AM
Second Cons thing. Even if it was a joke.

E: Gah snaf.

n00b1n8R
July 30th, 2008, 01:57 AM
I think we should have gold rep bars instead :|
I thought everyone was just too unpopular to have them yet >_>

E: @Heathen, I've seen golds on several other VB forums.

Bodzilla
July 30th, 2008, 04:50 AM
Bumping your own topic for an update would be useless. I think it's a pointless suggestion.
needs a 10 minute Timer on it.

where you can double post, but after an extended period.
I've seen it done on other forums, it works alright. You cna still double post, but you cant Spam double post

Bodzilla
July 30th, 2008, 04:51 AM
yeah all us elitist pricks deserve them :glare:
hey i'm on of you guys now.

:highfive:

PlasbianX
August 1st, 2008, 06:57 PM
This is what happens on another forum im on when you double post:
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5161/doublevb6.png

It merges the posts, and then adds the "'User' added 'X' minutes and 'Y' seconds later..." message between the two merged posts.

Heathen
August 1st, 2008, 07:07 PM
:/ then I say go for it.

Got my vote.

Disaster
August 1st, 2008, 07:34 PM
:/ then I say go for it.

Got my vote.
This

ultama121
August 1st, 2008, 10:11 PM
*Agrees*

Hotrod
August 1st, 2008, 11:03 PM
I agree, this would really help make the forums cleaner.

n00b1n8R
August 2nd, 2008, 01:37 AM
Agree + 1

Reaper Man
August 2nd, 2008, 05:09 AM
But does it bump the topic? Because if it doesn't, it's kinda irritating for people who update their threads (my photography thread is an example of this, since you guys don't comment in it much :phonegonk:)

Pyong Kawaguchi
August 2nd, 2008, 11:02 AM
Maybe It would be an option to choose.

PlasbianX
August 2nd, 2008, 11:32 AM
But does it bump the topic? Because if it doesn't, it's kinda irritating for people who update their threads (my photography thread is an example of this, since you guys don't comment in it much :phonegonk:)

If you double post within the set time it doesn't bump. Like you could have it set where if you double post within 1 hour it merges, but if its later than 1 hour it bumps.

Heathen
August 2nd, 2008, 12:16 PM
That works for me.

n00b1n8R
August 4th, 2008, 07:13 AM
GOGOGO!!!

SnaFuBAR
August 4th, 2008, 10:10 PM
Double and triple posting isn't even a big enough problem to bother polar with implementing this. It's seriously just pointless.

n00b1n8R
August 5th, 2008, 01:20 AM
Perhaps, but it's a neat feature to have.

Bodzilla
August 9th, 2008, 11:53 PM
Double and triple posting isn't even a big enough problem to bother polar with implementing this. It's seriously just pointless.
Lul

Bodzilla
August 9th, 2008, 11:53 PM
Perhaps, but it's a neat feature to have.
wut

Zeph
August 10th, 2008, 12:06 AM
We've heard the pros and cons.