message double ups
Oct 18th, 2005, 02:21 AM
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Is it just me or are other folk noticing that a lot of messages are being repeated? I thought it was just one or two but each day it increases. For instance the post about it raining in Ireland features on my list at no. 5 and again at no. 10, exactly the same posting time etc. but with different reponses numbers, ie 5 and then 7 for the second posting.(I think, at least thereabouts if not exact) There are at least 6 messages I have noticed today that are doubled up.
Can anyone throw any light on this please?
Can anyone throw any light on this please?
Oct 18th, 2005, 03:14 AM
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Hi
It's the server, plus impatience or newbie-ness. People are posting their questions twice. They don't see it appear the first time, because the first posting doesn't always appear in the left column for quite some time (several refreshes or minutes have to go by, sometimes). Or, several minutes or an hour go by, and they don't know how to find their first posting by scrolling down or clicking on their name, so they post the question again.
It's the server, plus impatience or newbie-ness. People are posting their questions twice. They don't see it appear the first time, because the first posting doesn't always appear in the left column for quite some time (several refreshes or minutes have to go by, sometimes). Or, several minutes or an hour go by, and they don't know how to find their first posting by scrolling down or clicking on their name, so they post the question again.
Oct 18th, 2005, 03:15 AM
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Doesn't have anything to do with the Fodors server. That peron posted the message twice, just minutes apart, and each of the two threads took on a life of its own.
There are spells where this has been common. New registrants post a message, and then, conclude somehow that their post didn't "take". There are some (relatively) new registrants who still don't know click on your own name (gnerally newbies who nevertheless predate October 9). Little by little, this will get fixed, as newbies get the message from Fodors upon initial registration.
See http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34689740
Best wishes,
Rex
There are spells where this has been common. New registrants post a message, and then, conclude somehow that their post didn't "take". There are some (relatively) new registrants who still don't know click on your own name (gnerally newbies who nevertheless predate October 9). Little by little, this will get fixed, as newbies get the message from Fodors upon initial registration.
See http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34689740
Best wishes,
Rex
Oct 18th, 2005, 04:36 AM
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But there are also duplicate threads.
I post my reply on a thread. Later on when I'm going down the list, I may see the thread I posted on as number 18. It has my earlier response. I go to the next page, and there is the exact same thread at number 62, with my same response (as in number 18) that I only posted once.
Quite disconcerting.
I post my reply on a thread. Later on when I'm going down the list, I may see the thread I posted on as number 18. It has my earlier response. I go to the next page, and there is the exact same thread at number 62, with my same response (as in number 18) that I only posted once.
Quite disconcerting.
Oct 18th, 2005, 06:05 AM
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Good example of one of the problems Rufus, but I'm not sure if that leads to duplicate postings. ?
There's also a posting listed as having 0 responses, but you click on it and there ARE responses.
Or, I see a thread I want to respond to, perhaps it has one or two responses already. I post mine, and then for the first time see that there were several more responses than I had seen before, and I've unwittingly duplicated information that was fine without me. Those responses were not simultaneious with mine, they were before mine, I just wasn't able to see them before I posted.
There's also a posting listed as having 0 responses, but you click on it and there ARE responses.
Or, I see a thread I want to respond to, perhaps it has one or two responses already. I post mine, and then for the first time see that there were several more responses than I had seen before, and I've unwittingly duplicated information that was fine without me. Those responses were not simultaneious with mine, they were before mine, I just wasn't able to see them before I posted.
Oct 18th, 2005, 06:08 AM
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For several days now, when I click the Refresh button, the site doesn't refresh at all - stays with the same posts in the same order for a loooong time. Looks like the whole system has slowed down.
Oct 18th, 2005, 06:11 AM
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Yes StCirq, that drives me crazy.
You can Refresh, you can click again on Europe, you can click again on your bookmark. Sometimes you get a different ordering, but mostly you don't. I've taken to clearing my cookies pretty often, but that doesn't always help, plus it's an extra task.
You can Refresh, you can click again on Europe, you can click again on your bookmark. Sometimes you get a different ordering, but mostly you don't. I've taken to clearing my cookies pretty often, but that doesn't always help, plus it's an extra task.
Oct 18th, 2005, 07:17 AM
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<<One thread in the first 50 and another in the next 50....like the whole thread is listed twice.>>
But it's not - - the listing (left hand column) seems to be "unrefreshed" for many minutes at a time - - thus, my interpretation is that you are seeing a "cache" of the status of the datbase some mintes earlier - - often at the point prior to adding a new reply to it.
But it's not - - the listing (left hand column) seems to be "unrefreshed" for many minutes at a time - - thus, my interpretation is that you are seeing a "cache" of the status of the datbase some mintes earlier - - often at the point prior to adding a new reply to it.
Oct 18th, 2005, 08:37 AM
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The refresh problem has been going on for quite a while, but seems to have gotten worse lately. I can't trust that I'm looking at the most recent entries unless I click 3 or 4 times on my name. Sometimes it continues to toggle back and forth between the last cache (do I sound like I know what I'm talking about?) and the current info. Giant PIA IMHO. 
Oct 18th, 2005, 09:12 AM
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really? very disconcerting? perhaps we differ on what is meant by "very" disconcerting; i'd call it somewhere between a little nuisance and a chuckle.
The strident voices and actions... of those who want to mandate the teaching of "intelligent design" - - now THAT's <i><u>very</u></i> disconcerting!
Best wishes,
Rex
The strident voices and actions... of those who want to mandate the teaching of "intelligent design" - - now THAT's <i><u>very</u></i> disconcerting!
Best wishes,
Rex
Oct 19th, 2005, 07:02 AM
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Lots of crazy stuff. I've noticed what Schnauzer asked about for the past week or so. That is, I'm seeing some of the same thread titles on 51 thru 100 like I saw on 1 thru 50.
Sure sometimes newbies post twice but this isn't that.
This morning when I came on Europe, everything was Paris Paris Paris at the top of my list. As if I'd done a search... but I hadn't.
Sure sometimes newbies post twice but this isn't that.
This morning when I came on Europe, everything was Paris Paris Paris at the top of my list. As if I'd done a search... but I hadn't.
