Possible way to fix the "Double Posting" situation

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  1. Xethorias
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    I was looking through XenForo's resources forum today and I found this. This is a plugin that fixes "Double Postings" and merges them into each other.

    Plugin link:
    [WMTech] Double Post Merge | XenForo community

    What are your guys opinions on this possibly being added?
     
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    Sounds great Benji, Would definitely help post farming! Full support :)
     
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    Support, yeah mods can always merge them for you, but if Cyp is willing to spend the money to add something new to the forums, I don’t see why not.
     
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    I’m neutral on this. We do have sections where there are no post counts and double posts are allowed to some extent so it may be a little frustrating if posts merged when you really didn’t want them to.
    Though it is a simple way to avoid those who post farm using double posts
     
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    The plugin allows you to disable it in some forums/nodes and in ranks.

    It’s a free plugin.
     
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    Full support, if it can be used on certain forums and at no price, I think this can be very useful.
     
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    Support, the only problem I can see is bumping threads and you were the one who last replied. So maybe there could be a time limit on bumping your own threads (such as 5 days or something) because then this would just merge the posts and the thread wouldn’t be bumped.
     
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    It's a nice thought, but I'm not entirely sure it's a necessity here, staff already have the ability to merge posts if it's a problem.

    The places which it would be most needed are in the Off Topic section, or areas which don't account to your post numbers anyway.

    Neutral for now, but this idea has potential.
     
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    This is a great idea, and I think it'd be a great help. Often, my device bugs out and spits out two or even three of the same post. Usually, I'm able to delete the extra copies, but sometimes I don't realize it until later. I've already had one of these bugs mistaken as a post farming attempt, and I'm not eager to repeat that.
     
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    This plugin would be very useful and would help a lot with post farming. Support.
     
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    Support, Make mods lives easier...
     
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    Thanks :)
     
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    Reopened at the request of the thread starter.
     
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    Thank you Lee.
     
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    Support as this would help with double posting as this is a common issue that happens on the forums.
     
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    Support.
    If this can used on certain sections at no cost, this can be very handy and useful.
    Merging member's double post could also save Staff some time.

    I like this idea. ^^^
     
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    Opened on request. :)
     
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    Lots of old players that come back do this no effence. xD
    Total support. :p
     

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