Redundant Topics

@24Champ (465)
July 6, 2009 6:54am CST
I noticed that there are some Pinoy mylotters who have this "habit" of posting topics that have been discussed already in the past e.g., Jollibee vs. McDo, Kapamilya vs. Kapuso, Favorite Pinoy Food, Tourist Destination, etc. Worse still, there are some who "repeat" posting a topic that he/she himself/herself posted sometime ago (yet still getting responses as if it is brand "new"). Instead of cluttering mylot with old or rehashed topics, let's come up with new ones. Let us not abuse the system just to earn those cents. More importantly, please do a "search" first before posting a topic to avoid redundancy.
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jules67
@jules67 (2788)
• Philippines
10 Jul 09
It seems that we are running out of topics to open up in here. I myself have not been starting a new discussion now. I myself could not think of a new topic. That I think is the reason why. I will try to do searching first before posting.
24Champ
@24Champ (465)
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10 Jul 09
That's right but we don't need to post a new topic all the time. Responding to old topics will also make you an active mylotter. But if you prefer posting new topics, then there are always "news" items that you can get ideas from.
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
10 Jul 09
I understand that there are redundancies or duplication of topics. However, for some, we cannot blame them for they are still new here and don't know how to search for the topics discussed before. I do understand them because it happened to me also when I was still new here and had no idea how to search being computer illiterate.
24Champ
@24Champ (465)
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10 Jul 09
Thanks for your response (incidentally, Doris Day is one of my fave singers; I like old songs). Doing a search is the most basic "skill" when you access the internet. Joining mylot is an indication that the person already has such skill. Also, before signing in to mylot, we were supposed to read the "terms", right? So, pardon me, but I don't think computer illiteracy is the issue here. Some posters simply just don't do a search before starting a topic. Likewise, there are those who only like to generate responses (and cents) by posting (rehashed) topics that have been popularly responded to in the past.
rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
6 Jul 09
That is right about how things should be done in here. One thing we can do is to stop patronizing those posts anymore since they are not helping Mylot at all. And maybe if you can report that to the admin so that they can do something about it.
marites31
@marites31 (267)
• Philippines
7 Jul 09
please include also what is the best internet connection... i was able to read that SEVERAL times!!1
24Champ
@24Champ (465)
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7 Jul 09
Hahaha. You're right. Maybe their "internet connections" are so slow that they often miss seeing the original topics.