Why cant we delete our OWN double Postings?

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03-25-2011, 09:04 AM

#31

moreland

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Shelbie

I made my first double post yesterday. As I didn't think to ask Admin to delete it, I went back into the duplicate with the edit button, erased my message and wrote another completely different sentence. I figured that way it would just look like I'd had another idea about the topic and wouldn't appear as a double post. It worked for me.

Good thinking! I commend your creativity!

03-25-2011, 09:10 AM

#32

bearisgray

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I love the PICNIC acroynym!!! :thumbup: :roll: :lol: :lol:

03-25-2011, 10:20 AM

#33

Becky Crafts

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Have you tried going to edit, backing over the whole note, then hitting your backspace button? I've found that works ok for me.

03-25-2011, 10:50 AM

#34

Marysewfun

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I have seen messages (as of late) come up "Locked" -

What is that used for?

Marysewfun

03-25-2011, 11:25 AM

#35

29cathie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by texpat45

I'm the second idiot on this board! I double posted twice in a row a couple of days ago...don't know how it happened. It's my laptop's fault...I think.

My laptop does the same thing to me. 8-)

03-25-2011, 02:59 PM

#36

My time

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Ditto I've double posted several time. It's embarrassing but hey, welcome to my world.lol.

03-25-2011, 04:26 PM

#37

#1piecemaker

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Do it all the time myself. I just get in too big a hurry for it to show up so I hit it again.

03-25-2011, 08:32 PM

#38

yellowsnow55

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Happens sometimes when you leave your finger 4 too long on the send button, no harm done, so don't worry about it. We've all done it at least once.❤

03-25-2011, 10:02 PM

#39

patricej

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Quote:

Originally Posted by matraina

I've double posted a lot. Could never find a way to delete. Will have to try the "edit" suggestion. What happens to me is that, usually the post goes up right away. Sometimes I can't remember whether I hit "send" because I don't see it right away, so I think I didn't hit "send" and hit it again. Then I see both of them there.

an accidental double-post is not a rules violation. it causes no harm at all to the board or to the topic.

please don't worry if it happens to you. we'd rather you left it alone than rush in to delete the words in the extra post.

when they're left alone, we all know what happened. when we encounter self-edited posts that leave nothing but blank space, it looks a lot more strange than two of the same.

we fix the ones we find. we don't worry about the ones we miss. life's too short. :lol:

03-26-2011, 05:45 AM

#40

Linda1

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I think I have done it twice this week. I believe it is because I hit the back arrow button got distracted, saw the message and thought I hadn't hit send. I hit send and there it is, same message posted twice.