Could something be set up that doesn't allow two of the exact same URL to be submitted? I know it doesn't stop a different source, but it would alleviate the problem some.
That's already in effect.
Now this is something I haven't thought of or seen in awhile. In a certain way I like this but merging two discussions is really awkward, when I think back to my days on message boards. It would make the topics flow weird and confuse people. Maybe it's not so bad now that we have different discussion strings on sites? I haven't seen it done in a place like this.
As long as they were distinctly separate threads, I don't see what would be too confusing.
Could something be set up that doesn't allow two of the exact same URL to be submitted?
That's already in effect.
That's not so. Identical URLs I've posted get reposted all the time. Not complaining, because it ought to be possible to post the same thing into different contexts at different times.
That's already in effect.
As long as they were distinctly separate threads, I don't see what would be too confusing.
That's not so. Identical URLs I've posted get reposted all the time. Not complaining, because it ought to be possible to post the same thing into different contexts at different times.
Weird. Because I tried posting a link yesterday that came up as "this already exists." I wonder if that's a recent change?
In either case I have no problem with that being taken down as a repost.
No it's not recent.
I get that, too. Somehow, though, these happen frequently if not regularly.
Must be some slight difference in the urls?
Nope, identical URLs.