Dear Toribash Forums Users and Administration,

The community stance on users making a double-post (which will herein be referred to as "DP") is entirely too strict. Not being able to DP can cause a thread asking a question to slip by unnoticed if no one else posts in the thread other than the thread maker. Preventing DPs also tends to leave some members uninformed if they read a user's post before they edit the post in order to avoid DPing. Finally, the negative comments made on DPing are generally more of an eyesore than the double posts themselves.

Here are the only situations where I feel that DPs are bad:
- Making a second post within ~2-4 minutes of the first post.
- Making a second post that does not introduce any new information to the thread. Comments like "Wait, I didn't read that right" or "Yeah, you're right" as a second post should be edited into the first post.

Here are the situations where I feel that DPs should be allowed:
- When you introduce new information to a thread after some time has elapsed from your first post. There's a good chance people have already read your post, and won't go read it again. If you want these people to notice that you are trying to say something else important, you should make another post.
- To bump a thread that still requires discussion, that has had no activity in the last 24 hours or so. This includes threads that have questions unanswered and other specific examples, but NOT opinion-based threads (ex: "What do you think of this replay" should NOT be bumped with a DP).
- When you are an admin or mod. For example, if the admin makes a post, then a user makes a post, then the admin deletes the post, should the admin decide to make a post explaining why the user's post was deleted, it should not be looked down on as a DP.

Which is another thing. Deleted posts can make it look like someone DPed. Just because someone's name shows up twice in a row doesn't mean they DPed.

So in short, I think you should:
- DP when you introduce new information to a thread
- DP to bump a thread that is unresolved and has had no activity in the last 24 hours
- NOT DP if you made the first post in the last 5 or less minutes
- NOT DP if you are only looking for attention
- NOT DP to make insignificant comments
- NOT make posts complaining about DPs

Sincerely,
volt

Completely agreed.
All forums I know accept Double Posts that way.
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While I am guilty of complaining about double posts in the past, I never do so when I think the post was appropriate - my conditions of what constitutes an appropriate double post basically matching yours. So, agreed.

Agree anyway..

One of the other games I play.. Thier forum rules are so strict.. they have more bannings then veb could even give in 1 day. You DP.. your banned for a couple days.

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Nice post, volt i try not to complain about DP's.. i just delete/merge when i see them.. If anyone sees DP's PM an admin or mod (like me ) and link them to the thread (most of us) will be happy to take care of it

I agree with this.
I hate it when I need to update my shop, yet cant because it will look like a double post, and I would no doubt get flamed for it.

I agree with this, but its kind of one sided. You cant really expect anyone to vote no with the way its written. But i always though people moaning about double posts were wrong anyway.

I was about to say that even at the risk of sounding a bit flamey, I'd say you could replace all that with "don't be stupid" and "don't be an arse", but I think the risk would really have been too high so maybe I shouldn't say that after all. Tough choices.

VERY Agreed. Thanks for this.

Agreed.
It's kinda funny everytime such stuff comes up EVERYONE(except 1) agrees ... but if everyone would think the same, there would have been no reason to mention it in the first place.