No no, he's talking about his own mistakes. You're fine
I give myself about 3-4 weeks worth of pages to find a thread before posting a new one. Some mods say 5-6 pages before it's fair game, others say a month. Either way, if you post a thread when there's a thread < 3 weeks old, then prepare for some "duplicate" posts!
Three max? Are you kidding me? I usually look a dozen or two pages back and I also check using a custom Google search engine. Normally as long as I remember a substantially large thread being repeated, I'll revive the old thread. As long as I remember.
I give myself about 3-4 weeks worth of pages to find a thread before posting a new one. Some mods say 5-6 pages before it's fair game, others say a month. Either way, if you post a thread when there's a thread < 3 weeks old, then prepare for some "duplicate" posts!
Three max? Are you kidding me? I usually look a dozen or two pages back and I also check using a custom Google search engine. Normally as long as I remember a substantially large thread being repeated, I'll revive the old thread. As long as I remember.
Lol, this isn't quite what I was asking. I usually do a custom google search ( what I'm looking for site:armorgames.com) when looking for a similar thread to see if my idea is just a duplicate.
I'm asking how many pages of threads/topics do you look back before deciding to post a reply in that topic? Like, how many pages of threads/topics do you look to see if one interests you (and then post in it)?
Now I understand you shouldn't reply to a 2 month old thread. But I find that I won't bother looking more than 3 pages (and rarely 3 pages) back before posting in a thread or seeing there's no thread I want to post in and giving up.
The second page, in the tavern, has topics that are only 1 day old. I couldn't consider replying to one of those as "reviving a dead thread". But, usually, if nothing on the first page interests me I just won't post a reply and will check other areas of the forum.
OH! That's what you were talking about. I was going to reply in that instance, but I wasn't sure.
I definitely look at the OP (opening post), that's a fundamental rule EVERYONE should follow. Then what I try to do is find at least two view points on the subject. If I'm posting in a thread that I haven't read for at least 10 pages, I look at the last two or tree because that's the results of what happened between those 10 pages. Get me so far?
So when I post there, come back, and there's 5 more pages, I go back to where I last posted, see any responses, and reply/quote from there. At least now I understand where the topic is going
Ah crap, I misread. I rarely misread. I usually look back a few days (five pages at most). I remember what and which threads were posted when, so I usually don't go too far back.
I always casually check the first and second page, since threads that have been posted in today also get pushed back there.
I read every single reply. By that time I generally have lost interest and my opinion has usually been voiced. This accounts for my low post count. It also shows why I steer clear of some of the WEPR threads.
For me it depends on the topic. But usually, I will read the first 5-10 pages, and then read the last couple of pages just to see if there is some different, somewhat on topic conversation going on.
