Do you see if there is a similar discussion before starting a new one?

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There are som many discussions, old and new, on myLot!!!! Have you ever thought about that! I find it hard sometimes to know what to write about because it seems that every topic has been dealt with before. The first few discussions I started, I didn't think about the fact that there is plenty of discussions already (it seems that they aren't really "archived" away at all) and then after I hadwritten and started a discussion I saw below it discussions on similar topics. Sometimes there has been similar topics already discussed! Now I try to search a bit before starting a discussion, but sometimes that doesn't help. Just before I started a discussion about favourite month of the year, I searched on month, but didn't find anything relevant. But then after I started it it came up the exact same topic, for a discussion about nine months ago. How could I know that!? So do you try to search before you start a discussion, just to see that there is not a similar one already, or do you just start one? Do you ever think that if you start a discussion similar as to one that is there already, people might think you are "cheating". Maybe people think you are just stealing topics to start new discussions? Do you think that about people when you see that their discussions are similar to old topics? If you find an old discussion about "your" topic, how old does it have to be for you not to worry and start a similar one again? Are there any "ethics" that you go by in the posting of new discussions!