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Cantsay

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Quote from: acroman08 on May 23, 2024, 05:35:47 PM

edit: I found the thread where the user got called out "@Cantsay - possible abuse of merits + alt accounts", I Know the title of the thread is about a possible merit abuse but if you read the whole thread you'll see what I am talking about.

I knew this was going to happen when I say the title of the thread. At first I thought it was okay to do (because I saw others doing it too) but after those replies and the advice I got from @_acts_ and some other members I realized that it was a stupid practice. Since then I have stopped doing it and if I’m not done with whatever I want to post I won’t click on “post” no matter what.

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Quote from: Nwada001 on May 23, 2024, 05:34:22 PM

The person who might have commented after it might add some relevant information like links that are necessary for the topic, and if the second person also has the same link and content, it might now appear as if the person who commented second copied or repeated the answer of the first member who dropped the comment when it was the other way around, confusing the reader of who honestly dropped a solid explanation to something.

This has happened to me several times.
Someone makes the first reply with a short answer and then I make the second reply to give a more detailed answer to OP. Once I submit my post, I see the first reply has been edited and now it's like that I have repeated the same thing. Sometimes, I decide to delete my post, because it doesn't really add anything to the thread.

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Quote from: acroman08 on May 23, 2024, 05:35:47 PM

you should provide some examples of the posts you have seen.

This thread could also be used as an example:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.64112839

The first guy who dropped a comment later came back to edit and add a link which @BitMaxz have already provided on the second comment, which could have made his own comment look like duplicate but @BitMaxz added a side note to tell notify and clarify exactly what happened.

acroman08

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you should provide some examples of the posts you have seen.

anyway, If I remember correctly there was a forum member who got called out for this kind of behavior, from what I remember the user would post very short sentences on a newly created thread to "reserve" the first comment slot and then would edit them later to add the rest of the post.

edit: I found the thread where the user got called out "@Cantsay - possible abuse of merits + alt accounts", I Know the title of the thread is about a possible merit abuse but if you read the whole thread you'll see what I am talking about.

Nwada001

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To me, it's not really all about the readers coming back to the thread to see if it was edited or not; it makes it look like the person is fast enough to edit the post without the edited warning showing.

The person who might have commented after it might add some relevant information like links that are necessary for the topic, and if the second person also has the same link and content, it might now appear as if the person who commented second copied or repeated the answer of the first member who dropped the comment when it was the other way around, confusing the reader of who honestly dropped a solid explanation to something.

Quote from: Ojima-ojo on May 23, 2024, 05:25:13 PM

This happens mostly with those in signature campaign and I think there is need for readjustment, no need reserving comments space to appear on the first page.

For the record, editing a post and rushing to be in the first comment are not only with those in the signature campaign; they are characters of those who believe the first comment always attracts merit; they might not even be in the signature yet or have enough rank to be in one.

Ojima-ojo

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I have noticed an usual trends lately in the discussions board most especially Bitcoin discussion, gambling discussion etc, members rush to make a short comment just to reserve the first spot on the page, and after a while coming to edit it with the full text, this make no sense to me, and no signature campaign demands that you must be first to comment at least none that I know.

The effects of this is that, it limits readers from seeing your original thoughts on the topic because at first glance you see something like straight forward answer like (really), and when edited to contain the full text the reader may not come back to that thread again.

This happens mostly with those in signature campaign and I think there is need for readjustment, no need reserving comments space to appear on the first page.

If there is any thread on this issue already please let me know to lock this one.

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