What to call a double comment?

October 20, 2001 2:55 PM

Weekend Humdinger: We lack a term to distinguish repeatedly posted comments in a thread, from front page posts which cover already charted links or territory. Any cute, pithy suggestions to tell one "double post" from the other?
posted by MiguelCardoso to MetaFilter-related at 2:55 PM (9 comments total)

double post (front page) vs.
quick draw error (accidental double comment)
Could be shortened to QDE
posted by nprigoda at 3:38 PM on October 20, 2001

And then that could be abbreviated to just 'Q'.
posted by Karl at 4:43 PM on October 20, 2001

And that could be abbreviated to...uh...
posted by fuq at 7:06 PM on October 20, 2001

Ç, maybe? It looks kind of like a half-written Q....
posted by youhas at 7:30 PM on October 20, 2001

Then C and then c and then .
posted by y2karl at 9:23 PM on October 20, 2001

1: RePoCoTh
2: DoFroPaPo

The second one sounds a bit like it might be Portuguese, strangely enough.


posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:52 PM on October 20, 2001

Okay, I guess it was a bit silly.
posted by nprigoda at 5:32 AM on October 21, 2001

Reruns?

Episode: Global Corruption Report 2001 by Transparency International
First run: June 29, 2001 by riley370.
Rerun: October 21, 2001 by scotty

Episode: CNN's six questions for Bin-Laden.
First run: October 16, 2001 by owillis
First rerun: (with 'what would you ask' twist) October 17, 2001
Sloppy seconds: October 21, 2001 by MiguelCardoso

Don't forget to set your TiVo's or code in your VCR+.
posted by tamim at 6:11 AM on October 21, 2001

The second one sounds a bit like it might be Portuguese, strangely enough.

The first could be the name of a second rank deity in Lovecraft's Cthuhlu mythos...

posted by y2karl at 12:18 PM on October 21, 2001