If posting a link to an article, it helps if people keep the same language in of the article title in the post title. It makes it very easy to avoid duplicates. You can add your own two cents or emojis to the post title, but as long as you keep the article title in the post title, it makes it very easy to do a quick search and check to see if its already posted.
When people completely change the post title from the article title, it is much harder to do a search before posting because you literally have to click into the post to read the article to see if its the same.
So my only request is that you keep article titles in your post titles, especially if it is from one of the hot news sources. Everyone typically tries to jump on these hot ones and doing as I described should make it easier to avoid duplicates.
Also, I've made a duplicate in the past and realized after posting that it was a duplicate. Its OKAY to DELETE your own post if you realize this.
It will also save the mods time clearing stuff up.
Its better to delete your post and go make a comment on the original thread so that you can keep the conversation in one place.
I suspect we are going to have lots of breaking news. It's really picked up this week. We can all contribute to keeping things clean by doing a quick search and keep article titles in our posts.
THANK YOU for everyone showing enthusiasm in posting. Let's not lose sight of the fact that this often happens because people are excited and want to contribute.
If posting a link to an article, it helps if people keep the same language in of the article title in the post title. It makes it very easy to avoid duplicates. You can add your own two cents or emojis to the post title, but as long as you keep the article title in the post title, it makes it very easy to do a quick search and check to see if its already posted.
When people completely change the post title from the article title, it is much harder to do a search before posting because you literally have to click into the post to read the article to see if its the same.
So my only request is that you keep article titles in your post titles, especially if it is from one of the hot news sources. Everyone typically tries to jump on these hot ones and doing as I described should make it easier to avoid duplicates.
Also, I've made a duplicate in the past and realized after posting that it was a duplicate. Its OKAY to DELETE your own post if you realize this.
It will also save the mods time clearing stuff up.
Its better to delete your post and go make a comment on the original thread so that you can keep the conversation in one place.
I suspect we are going to have lots of breaking news. It's really picked up this week. We can all contribute to keeping things clean by doing a quick search and keep article titles in our posts.
THANK YOU for everyone showing enthusiasm in posting. Let's not lose sight of the fact that this often happens because people are excited and want to contribute.
Carry on.
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