Same again, Lorraine

No matter how many times my big astronomy pal, Brain May, tells me that there is no chance of Pluto and Uranus colliding, I still feel alarmed. Bandwidth is another of my worries. It was only recently that Bearsy issued a warning concerning over-sized photographs and the Galactusian space they were filling. Since then I’ve not posted a photo as I’m unsure of my sizing/formatting/cutting skills. In my opinion I think Bearsy was over-reacting because if this place does get bloated, unleash the beast that will be Boadicea’s Chariot Two Redux.

Anyway this isn’t about photos or planets it’s about double posters. You know what I’m talking about. You’re surfing away, reading at your leisure and it feels like Groundhog Day. Did I just read that article somewhere else? That story sounds familiar? I’ve read all this before, I’m sure? These are the double posters I’m talking about.

Some bloggers see fit to publish, willy-nilly, on every site they come across with the same material. I don’t see the reason for this at all. It’s always been horses for courses for me. So why do they do it? More exposure, perhaps? There’s so many personal blogs and bloggers trying to break into the mainstream. This saddens me as cult figures might not have the same audience; at least they haven’t sold out.

Maybe they try and stretch the limited amount of material they posses over as many networks as possible so as not to give the impression they’re not having writer’s block. Site A might not know you in Site B or Site C but sooner or later someone from Site Q will go for a wander and find your leaden old stuff on …Site AA, for example. These doublers, treblers and worse are nothing more than spam merchants using up precious bandwidth. Sooner or later the establishment will find and inquisition the anonymous wikileaks hackers, the double posters will be next on their list.

Now I must admit to dabbling in a bit of double posting in my past, although this would only have been three or four times. Further to my defence, all the blogs were amended in the different websites. In some instances the House of Lords severely modified the posted bill beyond all recognition. As a born again single poster I can sleep sound in bed, unlike the double posters. A great German philosopher once said.

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a double poster to repent.” Matthaus 21:3:61

43 thoughts on “Same again, Lorraine”

  1. JW. You may have a point. Just occasionally I am conflicted; do I comment on the post here, or Elsewhere?

    I occasionally do both, but generally speaking, I prefer to comment here. I will not bore you with the reasons for this choice. 🙂

    I don’t count my own WordPress site; it’s very quiet, I doubt many people look at it, and I regard it as an archive.

  3. I cannot see the point. Soutie and that other chap whose name escapes me do it regularly. 15 comments on MyT already, so why would I bother commenting here on the latest manifestation?

  5. Evening Ara,

    “I don’t count my own WordPress site”

    Well us here at the Inquistion do. As you were quite apologetic, myself and fellow Witchfinder Generals will let you off with a caution. Though, mark my words, before we’re through, heads will roll.

    “I am conflicted; do I comment on the post here, or Elsewhere?”

    Here’s quite fine. We don’t want to add double comments to the list of misdemeanours. 🙂

  6. G’day Bearsy,

    My concerns are for the finite space. For instance, would you write the same story twice on paper? Of course, you wouldn’t. Save the trees and all that.

    In this blogging market I know Boa’s site is competing with competitors (poor grammar, I know, double compete thingys)though post in one place, I say. Drat! it looks as if a heavily sanitised version of this is…elsewhere. Copiers are just as bad as repeaters. 🙂

  7. Post your photos – they make the site more interesting! While it is nice if people keep pictures to a manageable size, one does not have to be a qualified techie to blog here. If we run out of space I’ll remove the earlier ones.

    I’m not going to make any comments about double-posting… 🙂

  9. Thanks for the go ahead to print, Boa, I’m completely non-tech. All I need now are some interesting photos. 🙂

    Hi again, Bearsy.
    Who is that Wilson guy? He doesn’t look very Royal.

    Yeah, that is the real me, The Royalist name change is a long story. If you’ve got eight and a half hours…

  11. I’m sorry, Bearsy, but the subject of this post was double posting on this site and MyT, or so I thought.

    I have never denied that I post on MyT, but frankly I prefer this site.

    So what is your point, exactly?

  14. Now don’t go all sulky on me Araminta. It seemed in keeping with TR’s thread. I’ll remove the comment if you’re offended.

  20. I have just received a warrant for my arrest on charges of sexual misbehaviour in Sweden – your contacts work remarkably quickly, Araminta!

  21. Bearsy :

    I have just received a warrant for my arrest on charges of sexual misbehaviour in Sweden – your contacts work remarkably quickly, Araminta!

    Aha, well, best remember this, Bearsy. Be afraid, be very afraid: stutter and etc. 🙂

  26. My apologies, JW.

    I am positive that your post was not intended to provoke quite this response.

    Thank your for your humorous response; it was much appreciated.

  27. My goodness, you really have had a sense of humour failure, Ara. Lighten up, there’s a dear; I removed my tease as soon as you asked. What more can I do? 😥

  28. Bearsy.

    Not a problem.

    My sense of humour failure will no doubt disappear soon.

    I’m dealing with my good friend Toc, with slightly gritting teeth, but I can cope. 😉

  32. Araminta :

    Bearsy.

    Not a problem.

    My sense of humour failure will no doubt disappear soon.

    I’m dealing with my good friend Toc, with slightly gritting teeth, but I can cope. ;)

    Really, how are you dealing with me?

  33. This flipping is wearing me out, I don’t know how the MP’s managed it. Anyway, I enjoyed the handbags ping-pong battle. Conflict is the essence of drama, said someone, don’t know who.

    Must dash and clear all the empty beer cans/take away wrappers etc. before the boss appears.
    ’til we meet again. Valete.

  36. Now to answer your question.

    In my very own case I never do it, well I hadn’t up until 5 days ago. The ‘honeymoon murder’ case had created quite a lot of interest over on MyT and I had posted comments on various posts answering questions posed, I then posted my own bit which attracted a couple of comments then the whole lot was deleted

    In my first ‘doubler’ I stated “This Max Clifford must have a lot of connections, every time I try and post something on this case on MyT it’s quickly deleted.”

    So, it’s more a question of self preservation and reading the lines themselves and not what’s between them!
    😉

  37. I make no bones about, I’m in this blogging/posting milarky for one reason and one reason alone, the glory.

  39. Dear Soutie,

    All bloggers have their own rules about blogs and comments. One of the rules I remember you stating way back when you were featured blogger on our Distinguished Competition ( © Stan Lee) was that you don’t answer every comment. I try to reply though sometimes some comments stand better alone.

    By writing this post I’ve broken one of my own unwritten rules and that is not to blog about blogging. More alarming than that, in a previous post of yours you broke my Golden rule and I almost reported you to word press. I am referring, of course, to the c word you used frequently. Please refrain in future; I have a list of words you can use as substitute. As for double blogging, it is entirely up to the individual and I’m not here to police. I was only having a gentle dig and wasn’t serious. Along with just about everybody else, Max Clifford included, I’m intrigued by the “Honeymoon murder” case and I’m following your posts with great interest.

  40. My policy re Double Posting is quite simply that I don’t care.

    I can quite understand people wanting to write for a larger audience elsewhere – I happen to think that the audience here is somewhat more intelligent… 🙂

  41. boadicea :

    My policy re Double Posting is quite simply that I don’t care.

    I can quite understand people wanting to write for a larger audience elsewhere – I happen to think that the audience here is somewhat more intelligent… :-)

    Hear, Hear and ditto etc etc etc. 🙂

  43. Good morning TR, thank you

    ‘C’ words can be quite confusing I agree.

    Did you know that there is no ‘c’ in the Afrikaans language?
    🙂

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