Question about double posting?

[retched]

I know the rule about double posting and why it's in place. (People will try to do anything to get into Fan Games including post whoring.)

The question is this:

Currently I'm running a journal thread in Creativity about my Millionaire programming attempts. I normally post up there and very little people post afterward. (They normally give me the nod via "Vote Up/Vote Down".) So at times, my post ended up doubling up over each other (usually hours/days apart). I'm just wondering if this is acceptable behavior or if I should instead go back and edit my would be post for that day into the previous entries thread instead? I know I would be warned/flagged if it was a rule violation but I'm just wondering if this behavior is okay or if I should just constantly keep updating that one thread (until its size limit) instead. All of the posts do provide new content of some kind.

[futuregshost]

I would personally say that if you double post just to bring updates to a project that you're doing, I would say that it's fine. I think the rule only really applies to people who are blatantly running up their post count and providing little to no content.

[RegisFan]

As long as your posts are adding new content to the thread, I don't see any problem with making successive posts of this nature. I would consider that to be a completely separate act from double posting. Double posting occurs when a user posts multiple times without adding value to the conversation.

[roboboy]

I know this is an old thread but I was also wandering if we could get a rough clarification on time gaps to not be considered double posting. I am a moderator on another forum where replying to oneself more than 24 hours later is not generally considered a double post especially when done by a proven sensible user.

[RegisFan]

It's less about time gaps and more about content. If there's a logical reason for the same user to post multiple times in a row (such as providing updates on a project), then it's acceptable. If a user is just shooting off comments that could easily be combined into one post without any loss in meaning, that behavior would be considered a violation of the rules.