Does anyone even read posts here anymore?

[grumpyduck]

Been noticing it more and more... more and more new posts keep appearing and keep getting pushed down the page. So many of them have only a few replies because they don't stick around long enough to get read.

And then there are the duplicate posts: the same subject matter, on the same page, covered in posts by different people.

Are we just that much into writing, or are we being hacked?

[scheming daemons]

1. tl;dr

Just kidding!

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. It would be sweet if no one answered your post

to prove your point, but DAYUM, I've already farked that up.

[grumpyduck]

5. Yeah, I know.

I was kinda expecting it.

[gopiscrap]

38. welcome to DU!

[Shell_Seas]

4. I read them!

[bearsfootball516]

6. Lol. The best is when a breaking news event actually happens.

And over the course of the first hour, 10 different "BREAKING NEWS" threads are created with the same link from the same source from different posters who didn't bother to look to see if someone had already posted it.

[grumpyduck]

7. Yeah, just look at the time stamps

on some of them.

[demmiblue]

16. If it is breaking news, I sort GD by start time...

and kick the one that was posted first.

[2naSalit]

30. I try to do that too.

[demmiblue]

8. I always check for dupes before posting, but a lot of people don't.

If I dupe a post, I self-delete (I may not always see them, though, if the person is on ignore).

It has gotten worse, imo.

[bearsfootball516]

15. Same. I think it's a good practice.

When I'm making a breaking news thread, before I press post, I open a new tab and look at DU real quick to make sure there's nothing up yet so I'm not posting a duplicate thread.

[demmiblue]

21. Years ago, the admins encouraged "good citizens check for dupes."

Iirc, they even tried a system kind of similar to the one in LBN, but listed the ten most recent posts.

[NurseJackie]

9. I'll bet there are a lot of posts that are "trashed" and never seen again.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. I'm sorry; did you say something?

Anyway, regarding dupe threads, the search engine at DU seems to miss a lot. On many occasions, I've started a thread in LBN, only to have it locked as a dupe. Yes, I did search before posting, but the search failed to find the earlier thread.

[mucifer]

11. You sure are a grumpy duck :) But, I do agree I do think it's because

things are so crazy in our country that a lot of people are anxious and posting the same things. Also, I think we are getting worse and worse with our attention spans. I know I am.

[grumpyduck]

17. I sure do agree about attention spans.

I just don't have a clue why that's happening. Too much input?

[klook]

12. Dupe. (nt)

[octoberlib]

13. It's always been like this.

[MrGrieves]

14. if we had moderators and admins for

if we had moderators and admins for these types of functions that would help. Don’t get me wrong I like the system here overall.

[ecstatic]

18. Maybe check views?

Which I think show up on the full website version of the site.

The daily news related to trump and the damage he's inflicting on the country is overwhelming. Some topics are too painful to even contemplate at times; other topics slip through the cracks because we're so focused on trump.

[grumpyduck]

24. Yes we are.

Geez, the other day I had to scroll down three pages to find the Sunday LOL Cats, and this was in the morning.

[2naSalit]

33. If you just go to the Lounge

you can find it near the top of the list most Sundays instead.

[lark]

19. I am retired so have plenty of time on my hands.

I read almost every post on the greatest page and then check out Latest and read all "interesting" posts, but no dupes. I skip posts that cover something I've already read about or that seem uninteresting, or that asks questions that I don't know the answer to, like technical or deep legal issues. I probably read at least 80% of the threads on the first page of Latest as well. It seems like we have more people asking questions and posting dupes than ever before. Last night one person posted their post 4x, lol.

[grumpyduck]

20. It kinda reminds me of the old Superman comic books

when the reporters were always talking about getting scoops and beating the other papers.

[LuckyCharms]

22. I only read my own posts. n/t

[True Dough]

26. But do you read them

forwards or backwards?

[LuckyCharms]

42. Yes.

[DesertRat]

23. I think the problem is that news moves so fast these days

There's always something new, especially with the current WH resident. I think that's what contributes to more posts, and older posts getting pushed off the front page.

[grumpyduck]

25. You're right, but like someone said above,

a lot of people seem to rush to post something without looking to see if it's already been posted.

[DesertRat]

29. A quick scan of the GD forum proves you're right

I always try to check to see if the topic is already posted before I start a new post. One problem that I've seen is that the OP title doesn't always describe the content of the post.

Your post has encouraged me to stop and read more posts instead of just scrolling through like I do on Twitter.

[tblue37]

32. My post #37 was meant for you, DesertRat, but I clicked "reply" to the wrong post. nt

[tblue37]

31. Back before 2004, when I posted regularly on smirkingchimp.com, there was a regular,

knowledgeable posted with the name DesertRat. Every time I see your name I think of him.

[DesertRat]

35. It's a fairly common nickname

for those of us from the desert southwest.

[tblue37]

36. You are only the second ever I've seen online. nt

[manor321]

27. I don't know why there are so many duplicates.

If juries could eliminate duplicates it might help.

[grumpyduck]

28. Yeah, but I don't know that we should

put it all on juries or mods. Members can help by just seeing what's already posted before posting.

[tblue37]

37. Right now there seems to be no GD thread on any subject other than Peoosi's

disinfecting Trump from giving a SOTU address.

[2naSalit]

34. I don't post OPs very much

because I'm usually busy reading everyone else's posts and comments. But I agree that there are so many dupes and then there are some who cross-post things that end up on the Latest page as that takes up a lot of space.

[LakeSuperiorView]

39. Nope, never read any posts...

I think that some are overly concerned about being the person to break the news. They covet the OP. One can see posts where people say "I brought that up yesterday/last week/last month/been saying that for years"

[msongs]

40. tons of posts have no actual content except "link to tweet" nt

[LAS14]

41. I think posts get pushed down mostly because there are so many of us with...

... thoughts we want to discuss. Look at the time stamps to see why posts get pushed down the page. I never look past page 1. Do the rest of you?