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Weird board error message

Posted: 2002-12-20 02:08am
by Drewcifer
I just got this one from the board, after submitting a post:
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You cannot make another post so soon after your last, please try again in a short while.
Too, I went 'back', waited a bit, hit submit again and voila! a double post was created. Computers are silly.

Posted: 2002-12-20 02:16am
by Coyote
There's been a lot of hiccups lately, threads have vanished and then reappeared, a couple of times I tried to follow my e-mail alert link to a subject only to be told it didn't exist (but it was here when I checked in directly). And lately I had a post in one of the ongoing Israel threads that didn't appear until Darth Wong posted something behind it.

Ghost in the machine? A vengeful Trekkie's spirit who got crushed beneath our treads?

Posted: 2002-12-20 02:17am
by Shinova
I think this board does have a time delay between consecutive posts you can make---just that the actual delay is extremely short compared to other boards'.

Posted: 2002-12-20 02:21am
by Drewcifer
There's also the known issue of the first post on a new page isn't always accessible until another post is added. I had the first post on page 4 of 3 the other night. IIRC, there's a mention of this in the announcements forum.

Posted: 2002-12-20 09:37am
by Darth Wong
It's called a flood delay. The idea is to keep someone from hitting "submit" 50 times in a row just to clog up the board.

Re: Weird board error message

Posted: 2002-12-20 10:20am
by Ted
Drewcifer wrote:I just got this one from the board, after submitting a post:
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You cannot make another post so soon after your last, please try again in a short while.
Too, I went 'back', waited a bit, hit submit again and voila! a double post was created. Computers are silly.
It's because you double clicked the submit button. When you get that warning, it means that you've posted it. Go back to the thread you were replying in and hit refresh, if your post doesn't show, then submit your reply again.

Posted: 2002-12-20 11:15pm
by ArmorPierce
I've had problems but I think the problem has something to do with my computer and not the board.

Re: Weird board error message

Posted: 2002-12-21 01:47am
by Drewcifer
Darth Wong wrote:It's called a flood delay...
Ah, makes sense. Seems obvious in hindsight.
Ted wrote:It's because you double clicked the submit button...
Yeah, I get a little clickety sometimes :)

Posted: 2002-12-21 06:28pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
I think it's wierder when the most recent post in a forum is deleted, and it says "January 1st 1970" under "latest reply".