When you started a discussion and found out that it is similar to a previous one
By yammydudes
@yammydudes (865)
Philippines
August 30, 2007 7:18am CST
I was starting a discussion a while ago here in mylot and after submitting the tags, I was surprised to see the same discussion, almost the same in the way it was constructed...I was quite discouraged, but that's ok. Did you have such experience?how did you feel about it?
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9 responses
@yammydudes (865)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
hello rodelsky!seem's your answering my other discussion...
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
It can be disapponting but we have to understand that there has been so many discussion since mylot started,chances are that almost every topic you might thought to post has already been posted, asked and discussed.As long you didn't do it intentionally it's ok.
Last April, I started a discussion, and was surprised after 3 days to see the same discussion posted by a friend,boy I was disapponted but I knew she didn't mean to duplicate mine.
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
31 Aug 07
Hi there. It cant be helped when its like that, and this kind of thing happens all the time, I know Ive accidentally and unintentionally come up with the similar or near same discussion, and not realised until, after I actually posted... Good luck with your posting...
@dbhattji (2506)
• India
6 Sep 07
It is very common, many people think alike and no body is original - but it is always better to search before posting a new discussion to avoid duplication in future.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
31 Aug 07
If it was previously posted by someone else then I make a response to their discussion and apologise. I used to feel bad about it but as long as we have so many users it is inevitable that there could be a couple of discussions about the same topic.
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
30 Aug 07
i also feel as the same as yours. im quite discouraged but it's ok to me. maybe i just didn't saw the same disscussion. for so many members here, it is not impossible to have a same disscussion as anybody else.