It is very difficult to search for a topic before posting a new discussion!
By sbeauty
@sbeauty (5865)
United States
November 10, 2006 1:38pm CST
Just prior to my post about acetaminophen, I searched. There were no discussions that matched my search. So I posted it only to find at the bottom of my new post listings for 3 other discussions of almost the same thing. How can we be sure we're not posting duplicates?
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7 responses
@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
10 Nov 06
Don't worry, I still gave you a positive rating on both posts!!! lol
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
10 Nov 06
Have you noticed that the ratings are not sticking today? I have several times voted plusses and then I look again and they are gone!
@ashutoshgl (1443)
• United States
10 Nov 06
I try to check too... it's because people either don't use good tags, misspell things, or just don't tag things at all. But hey at least you tried. A lot of others just go and post whatever comes to mind
@hellparadiso (358)
• United States
10 Nov 06
I really wish that more people would search before posting new topics. Just a couple of hours ago, I saw a person post a discussion about whether people were lefties or righties, and it had been created just a couple of hours after another question asking the same thing. I'm getting tired of scrolling through the same topics over and over again.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
10 Nov 06
I have the same issue. I use the search feature above and attempt to find a similiar posting. Since people don't always use tags or spell the words correctly, you don't always get a hit. Even if they don't use a tag but spell the word correctly, other posts should appear when you search. Of course you do get alot of junk when you try searching - unfortunately - which can be fustrating. With more people posting new disucssions rather than replying, I have been trying to reply and not post new discussions.
