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> People keep asking the same questions or repeating the same stuff again and again Trying to police this destroys the usefulness of a forum too. There is one
by whywhywhywhy 6y ago
> People keep asking the same questions or repeating the same stuff again and again
Trying to police this destroys the usefulness of a forum too. There is one major forum for a piece of software I use so I had this issue Google lead me to the forum, the thread is old and because it's old it's locked but it doesn't answer the question. I post a new thread after waiting 12 hours for my account to be approved by a mod, the overly zealous mod locks it with a link to the old thread saying there is already a thread about it.
Yeah I know there is, but it doesn't answer the problem and I can't post it in to keep it on topic. I now dread when that url shows up in my searches.
Building a good useful community and being a good host has some crossover with being a moderator but honestly they're completely different skillsets.
- skinnymuch 6y agoI meant all in the same thread. It’s hard to go through it all when threads get longer. Say a dozen or two pages. The same question might be asked 5-10 times. Then answered that many times too, but with varying correctness. — On what you wrote about, a good point too, just not what I was thinking of, I am cool with topics repeating. It makes sense for then reasons you gave. I don’t remember any forum I used to go to that was really tight and strict with not allowing duplicates. Stackoveflow is what I think of for a place that really hurts the community with its strictness.