Been there, done that.

July 6, 2006 8:28 AM

My first double post. To err is human, to forgive divine?
posted by geoff. to MetaFilter-Related at 8:28 AM (21 comments total)

I'm not entirely clear on the need for the self-call-out, geoff.. Everybody does it once in a while; hell, mathowie has been known to accidentally double-post. It'll be flagged, it'll be deleted, life and MeFi will go on. Sorry, kiddo, you're no unique snowflake.

(And you've been here since '01. You'd think you'd know this.)
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:31 AM on July 6, 2006

Thanks in advance. Usual penance? 5 Hail Marys, 2 Our Fathers and an hour at Common Dreams?
posted by geoff. at 8:32 AM on July 6, 2006

Right, I'm not calling myself out. I'm drawing it to Matt's attention that there's a double post he needs to delete.
posted by geoff. at 8:32 AM on July 6, 2006

I flagged your post as a double, and now I've flagged this thread as noise.
posted by orange swan at 8:34 AM on July 6, 2006

Send him an email, geoff. old boy, or flag your post, or both. The double is a bit of a faux pas, but it ain't urgent. See the above snowflake comment—would you want every double post to be called out in Meta? No harm, no foul, just not necessary.
posted by cortex at 8:35 AM on July 6, 2006

Grab an orange vest, pick up a pole, and clear all the litter just outside the infobahn.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:28 AM on July 6, 2006

oh, hell, i've done it, too ... just chalk it up to experience and vow to do better next time
posted by pyramid termite at 9:55 AM on July 6, 2006

I'm drawing it to Matt's attention that there's a double post he needs to delete.

Matt made the flagging system so people wouldn't have to make posts like this.
posted by puke & cry at 10:52 AM on July 6, 2006

Yeah, or, y'know, he has an e-mail address too.
posted by graventy at 10:55 AM on July 6, 2006

You want forgiveness for bringing extra attention to Ann Coulter...twice?
posted by liam at 11:15 AM on July 6, 2006

Flag it as a double. Comments matt & jessamyn have made in the past have lead me to believe that if the poster flags something, they're more inclined to remove it quickly. I could be wrong, but that's the impression I'm under.

Either way, this is what flagging is for.
posted by raedyn at 2:12 PM on July 6, 2006

Hell, I think I've made more doubleposts than original ones.

I usually just flog myself with whatever's handy. But I do that anyway, so I guess it's not really punishment.
posted by loquacious at 2:40 PM on July 6, 2006

we've all done it--no biggie. It gets funny, tho, when it's a triple/quad or better (a la vibrating brooms, or when the first post about something is written very obliquely)
posted by amberglow at 4:33 PM on July 6, 2006

Oddly enough, I think the original post of this got MeTa'd and flagged, too. The vicious circle.
posted by absalom at 5:56 PM on July 6, 2006

Would you want every double post to be called out in Meta?

Ooh, yes, please. More opportunity for people to post interesting GIFs.

Please, let's have some of those now, OK?
posted by Meatbomb at 7:05 PM on July 6, 2006

All the new gifs I have are nsfw. well except this one.

posted by puke & cry at 7:41 PM on July 6, 2006

Why is that kitten humping the ground? WHY ARE YOU POSTING KITTY PORN!?@

fuck. i just got fired.
posted by loquacious at 8:11 PM on July 6, 2006

posted by puke & cry at 8:27 PM on July 6, 2006

posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:12 PM on July 6, 2006

OMG that's some fine pussy.
posted by loquacious at 10:41 PM on July 6, 2006

Oh, crap. It's going to be one of those days.

posted by absalom at 9:01 AM on July 7, 2006