Suggestion: New downvote reason - "Duplicate"

[jdan]

I've been seeing a lot of dupe comments lately, and there's no real way to tag them when downvoting.

[jcs]

I think there is a bug causing the duplicate posts, but I can't reproduce it and I'm not sure if it's just people double clicking the Post button.

[jcs]

I think there is a bug causing the duplicate posts, but I can't reproduce it and I'm not sure if it's just people double clicking the Post button.

[jdan]

How about just a quick validator checking if the comment is identical to one within the last 60 seconds or so?

[jdan]

How about just a quick validator checking if the comment is identical to one within the last 60 seconds or so?

[jcs]

Well I'd rather figure out what is causing the actual problem. If it's double clicking the button, I'll just make the button disable itself after clicking.

[jcs]

Well I'd rather figure out what is causing the actual problem. If it's double clicking the button, I'll just make the button disable itself after clicking.

[brycv]

Any chance this is related to the "edit comment" issue I was discussing with you earlier? Would there be any possibility that Safari on iOS handles the "click" differently?

[brycv]

Any chance this is related to the "edit comment" issue I was discussing with you earlier? Would there be any possibility that Safari on iOS handles the "click" differently?

[sesh]

This happened to me earlier while editing a comment in this thread. I'm fairly sure that it wasn't caused by bonus-clicking the submit button.

I disagree that there should be a downvote reason for "Duplicate" though - I'd prefer that duplicate posts are simply flagged for removal by the moderation team, or the user is notified that someone thinks they double-posted so they can rectify it themselves.

[sesh]

This happened to me earlier while editing a comment in this thread. I'm fairly sure that it wasn't caused by bonus-clicking the submit button.

I disagree that there should be a downvote reason for "Duplicate" though - I'd prefer that duplicate posts are simply flagged for removal by the moderation team, or the user is notified that someone thinks they double-posted so they can rectify it themselves.

[mxswd]

@jcs I'm pretty sure it's people with high ping clicking the button twice.

Throw a sleep 1 in the CommentsController#create and spam click it. It will only show the last one (since it replaces), but when you refresh you will see all of them.

We should disable the button on click.

[mxswd]

@jcs I'm pretty sure it's people with high ping clicking the button twice.

Throw a sleep 1 in the CommentsController#create and spam click it. It will only show the last one (since it replaces), but when you refresh you will see all of them.

We should disable the button on click.

[jcs]

@sesh can you list the steps to reproduce your edit? I can't seem to duplicate it.

[jcs]

@sesh can you list the steps to reproduce your edit? I can't seem to duplicate it.

[nexneo]

@jcs I edited comment twice and I see all 3 comments (1 original, 2 edits) so I had to delete two duplicates.

Links to deleted comments.

https://lobste.rs/s/zkm7r6/activity_since_last_viewing_lobste_rs/comments/s2bmff
https://lobste.rs/s/zkm7r6/activity_since_last_viewing_lobste_rs/comments/14mlch

Hope that helps.

[nexneo]

@jcs I edited comment twice and I see all 3 comments (1 original, 2 edits) so I had to delete two duplicates.

Links to deleted comments.

https://lobste.rs/s/zkm7r6/activity_since_last_viewing_lobste_rs/comments/s2bmff
https://lobste.rs/s/zkm7r6/activity_since_last_viewing_lobste_rs/comments/14mlch

Hope that helps.

[jcs]

@nexneo Thanks, can you detail exactly what you did? What browser were you on, how long were the edits after the original submission, did you reload in between posting and editing, etc.

[jcs]

@nexneo Thanks, can you detail exactly what you did? What browser were you on, how long were the edits after the original submission, did you reload in between posting and editing, etc.

[nexneo]

@jcs Probably it was as follow. I was using Safari Version 6.0 (8536.22) on Mountain Lion

• Posted comment
• 2)After comment appeared below, Clicked on "edit" link just after second or two
• 3)Changed comment and click update comment
• Did 2,3 second time
• Comment appeared updated ( no duplicates visible at this point but I didn't refreshed page )
• Moved away from page, visited same story again after 2-3 hours and I see 3 comments.

I tried to do that second time in another story but after page refresh only last edit was visible ( I will check again after few hours if previous edit pop up )

[nexneo]

@jcs Probably it was as follow. I was using Safari Version 6.0 (8536.22) on Mountain Lion

• Posted comment
• 2)After comment appeared below, Clicked on "edit" link just after second or two
• 3)Changed comment and click update comment
• Did 2,3 second time
• Comment appeared updated ( no duplicates visible at this point but I didn't refreshed page )
• Moved away from page, visited same story again after 2-3 hours and I see 3 comments.

I tried to do that second time in another story but after page refresh only last edit was visible ( I will check again after few hours if previous edit pop up )

[jcs]

Thanks, I was able to reproduce the problem with Safari. Hopefully this is now fixed in 17ce13d

[jcs]

Thanks, I was able to reproduce the problem with Safari. Hopefully this is now fixed in 17ce13d