definition of Double Posts ( RANDOM)

[andrew2007]

Multiple posts (or Double posting)

One common faux pas on internet forums is to post the same message twice. Users sometimes post versions of a message that are only slightly different, especially in forums where they aren't allowed to edit their earlier posts. Multiple posting instead of editing prior posts can artificially inflate a user's post count. Multiple posting can be unintentional; a user's browser might display an error message even though the post has been transmitted or a user of a slow forum might become impatient and repeatedly hit the submit button. Multiple posting can also be used as a method of trolling or spreading forum spam. A user may also send the same post to several forums, which is termed crossposting. This problem was inherited from Usenet and is a common complaint in many forums.

In many forums which have editing allowed they have rules asking people not to make multiple posts, and also use a common plug-in to merge double posts (without an administrator/moderator having to manually delete or merge the posts).

[h4x0r]

Very tru!!