Searching and Bandwidth

May 26, 2001 1:34 PM

Regarding the bandwidth concerns: Which uses less bandwidth?

—The occasional double post? And the obligatory flames? And the use of the search function to justify thse flames?

—Or using the search function prior to posting at all?

Please check.
posted by o2b to etiquette/policy at 1:34 PM (5 comments total)

well, if you forget, it's no big deal. i search for previous entries when i think i've got an idea, but i didn't one time and i double posted. oops, but no big deal
posted by moz at 1:39 PM on May 26, 2001

Considering the amount of double posts today, I'd say people are trying to conserve bandwidth by recycling.
posted by Doug at 1:45 PM on May 26, 2001

When Matt goes away, you really get to see how much work he puts into this site.

I think I'll go make another donation to the paypal account now.
posted by capt.crackpipe at 3:46 PM on May 26, 2001

er, a donation.


posted by capt.crackpipe at 3:47 PM on May 26, 2001

Ignoring the obvious snark thing here: we're talking about bandwidth, not CPU cycles. One search takes next to nothing compared to hundreds of page loads.
posted by rodii at 7:24 PM on May 26, 2001