Do people actually check Newest Nodes before they post? I assume not. In fact, probably most people just post a node as they enter and don't bother to check if anyone has posted anything remotely similar to their thoughts. Hmm.. I'm not saying that should be a requirement, but I do think it'd be nice not to have three posts of all the same content and have to comment on all three. Err, I'm just being anal at the moment - but I seriously think - especially on days like this when there's something different that most people will notice - to check to see if anyone else noticed it first and just comment on that one node - instead of creating new nodes with the same content. I just wish ppl. would check first.. I guess it kinda goes with my pet peeve of ppl. not using Super Search first before posting. Anyways, sorry.. just a small rant.

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Re: Super Search anyone?
by mirod (Canon) on Apr 01, 2002 at 19:59 UTC

    You know, I don't think posting as an AM is really smart for such a rant. It means the post is not even important enough for you to take a stand and sign it. Really, a signed post would have carried much more weight.

    BTW, I suppose you posted as an AM thinking it might save you some XP's if people react baddly. I ++'ed the node when I saw its rep was negative and many monks spend votes on nodes they don't think deserve the Worst Nodes list. Especially when those nodes are signed...

    That said I think that redundant posts are inevitable on a system like PerlMonks. Its part of what defines the site actually: a mixture of live dialog and archived knowledge. Throw in the 'xp-bonus' for the first answer and there is no way people are going to check if anyone has posted an answer before them. In any case there are race conditions here that can't be solved ;--)

    And while we are ranting... are you really complaining that 'ppl' are sloppy? ;--)

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