Not in the long run.

But who am I to say.

It is all love and war in the techies corner, that what makes it good reading.

hi all. No it doesn't matter at all in the scheme of things.
just my thoughts
enjoy life

Nope.

I love this forum as it is. Always have and always will. I learn heaps by reading threads and asking. I also help others if I can.

So all good this end.

It certainly does matter, duplicate posting confuses the heck out of search engines, fills the site with confusing and repeated content and ultimately if allowed to go unchecked will turn a forum into a chat room.

This forum has been the subject of a lot of duplication of late, I'm unsure why people have so much trouble working out exactly where to post, it's a simple and sensible thing to post in the appropriate place.

Think about an alphabetical home filing/computer system designed to keep your affairs in order, file things incorrectly and when you want the info it ain't where you expected it to be.

I'm willing to bet that the random posters among us also have a a devil of a job locating computer files when they need them, I can see em now, tearing their hair out looking for that important document they know is somewhere on the hard drive.

Post titles also matter, as in the title of this thread (does it really matter) gives no clue to the content of the thread, if the title reflects the content it makes life so much easier for the search engine.

http://moz.com/learn/seo/duplicate-content

Common Mistakes with Filing Systems

Filing systems can fail to operate effectively for a number of reasons such as:

• no file guide or list of all files and locations;
• overloading - too many filing locations and users;
• files are too far from users;
• filing and retrieval takes too much time;
• documents are misfiled or lost;
• obsolete/non-relevant information;
• too many duplicates;
• folders, drawers, shelves, cabinets too full;
• lack of understanding how to use electronic files;
• no plan for storage or disposal of inactive files;
• disorganization of paper and electronic files;
• lack of security or inappropriate equipment or software;
• no checkout system (who, what, where, when);
• no individual or group is in charge;
• lack of orientation or training on use; and
• not treated as an important link with decision making or communications.

 

 

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It certainly does matter, duplicate posting confuses the heck out of search engines, fills the site with confusing and repeated content and ultimately if allowed to go unchecked will turn a forum into a chat room.

This forum has been the subject of a lot of duplication of late, I'm unsure why people have so much trouble working out exactly where to post, it's a simple and sensible thing to post in the appropriate place.

Think about an alphabetical home filing/computer system designed to keep your affairs in order, file things incorrectly and when you want the info it ain't where you expected it to be.

I'm willing to bet that the random posters among us also have a a devil of a job locating computer files when they need them, I can see em now, tearing their hair out looking for that important document they know is somewhere on the hard drive.

Post titles also matter, as in the title of this thread (does it really matter) gives no clue to the content of the thread, if the title reflects the content it makes life so much easier for the search engine.

http://moz.com/learn/seo/duplicate-content

Common Mistakes with Filing Systems

Filing systems can fail to operate effectively for a number of reasons such as:

• no file guide or list of all files and locations;
• overloading - too many filing locations and users;
• files are too far from users;
• filing and retrieval takes too much time;
• documents are misfiled or lost;
• obsolete/non-relevant information;
• too many duplicates;
• folders, drawers, shelves, cabinets too full;
• lack of understanding how to use electronic files;
• no plan for storage or disposal of inactive files;
• disorganization of paper and electronic files;
• lack of security or inappropriate equipment or software;
• no checkout system (who, what, where, when);
• no individual or group is in charge;
• lack of orientation or training on use; and
• not treated as an important link with decision making or communications.

 

 

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 what he said!!!!!!  Lol

Nope
and what they said
Take Care

The idea of not reposting is to have all the information in one place. If you are looking for info on WDH for example it would be good to have all that in one continuous thread as opposed to having any number of threads essentially saying the same thing. Waste of space and resources and yes you end up with a forum looking more like a chat room. Information needs to be such that it is easily available and informative. I suspect the main reason why we have many posts about the same subject is because people are too lazy to do the research and the master allows the subject to be discussed in an infinitive number of threads as opposed to collated that in one place. Let face it, how would you all feel if there was more then one 'Greynomads' forum? Or the same post in General Forum, Techie's Corner, I digress. Applying the same logic, you would be reposting your say as many times as there are forums.

Larry

deverall11 wrote:

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The idea of not reposting is to have all the information in one place. If you are looking for info on WDH for example it would be good to have all that in one continuous thread as opposed to having any number of threads essentially saying the same thing. Waste of space and resources and yes you end up with a forum looking more like a chat room. Information needs to be such that it is easily available and informative. I suspect the main reason why we have many posts about the same subject is because people are too lazy to do the research and the master allows the subject to be discussed in an infinitive number of threads as opposed to collated that in one place. Let face it, how would you all feel if there was more then one 'Greynomads' forum? Or the same post in General Forum, Techie's Corner, I digress. Applying the same logic, you would be reposting your say as many times as there are forums.

Larry

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 Yep, I agree with Larry. If you really use the forum for help and technical knowledge it helps if it is all logically grouped, to make it easier to find what you're looking for. Makes it easier to search rather than just post without searching too. But if you just treat the whole forum like a free for all chat room (like you can do in the i digress subforum) then I guess it doesn't matter.

The following was pointed out to me because I did a duplicate post:

"The majority of forum members would be quite aware of the shortcomings of the search function and probably, like me, rarely use it."

A forum is only as good as its tools, and the search function here needs work.  I can tell you that is an easy fix because it's mostly settings in the Admin Panel.

My duplication post was because the search function doesn't search or display the topics title nor does it search text's in links.

Fix the SEARCH TOOL and most of the duplications will be a thing of the past.

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The search tool works just fine.

It's the indiscriminate posting and poor spelling that confuses the heck out of it.

 

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 You think??? Search the term "Gibb River"  and you won't find my post or the one that Vic posted.  Why???? Because it doesn't search or display the Title of the post.  I rest my case!

Santa wrote:

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madaboutled wrote:

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Santa wrote:

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Try Remote Gibb River, it's there, as I said it works if you know how to use it.

I REST MY CASE

 

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 That's great you found MY POST, WHERE'S VIC's.

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 No idea! who the heck is Vic, does he have a user name?

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 Far be it for me to tell an expert like yourself how to find it.

Lesley F wrote:

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It doesn't matter.

The majority are "doing their best", not necessarily computer experts, like myself, can't be bothered reading hours of threads to check duplications, not obsessed by the forums, and are mostly casual on-lookers.

We're all different, and view this forum in many different ways, instead of obsessing about words on a computer, go and enjoy nature, and chill with some wine.

 

 

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