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Mark posts as "Duplicate"

1120 points posted to IdeaStorm by thorin_2 02/21/07

Many posts are duplicates. A demote button may help but really you need a "Is duplicate" button. If an item get's tagged "duplicate" a certain number of times it get's dropped. Perhaps only after enough tags that include a link to the source or superior post that is *being* duplicated. The fact that there are so many duplicate posts really muddies up the survey pool and makes the vendor's work all that more difficult to compile poll results.

shooters
05/09/07		 If you are interested in helping clear the clutter from IdeaStorm, visit this idea: 67110: An open community solution to categorization.
josmar52789
10/26/07		 Merged Idea originally posted 05/04/07
Allow Us to Mark Ideas As Duplicates

This would be a great idea, I sometimes browse through pages of this site only to find so many duplicate ideas, then sometimes I find a GREAT idea in the midst of a whole bunch of junk.

Fix IdeaStorm and get rid of all the duplicates...
badblood
10/26/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07
This idea is a DUPLICATE.
josmar52789
10/26/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07
I agree, but THAT IS how ideas get attention - right?
badblood
10/26/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07
Right, so probably best to avoid preventing duplicates don't you think...?
dell_admin1
10/26/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07
Ideas get attention by having the points go up. Best thing to is NOT to duplicate, but to promote and comment on the existing idea you agree with.

Reporting ideas as duplicates on one of the top things on my fix list! Believe me. :) But we're still a few months away from the next release of the site, when fixes like this will go live.

In the mean time, some people are writing "duplicate" in a comment and providing a link to the duplicate idea, and then reporting it as abuse. Not too easy of a process, but it's a start.

Thanks for your commitment to clearing the clutter.
jervis961
10/26/07		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/04/07
I try to report them as abuse and post "duplicate" and a link to the origional idea in the comments. It is a pain so I only do it once in a while now, I think dell_admin1 has enough to do.
kara_k
11/13/07		 Check out the IdeaStorm blog post on how you can report a duplicate idea: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/11/09/33101.aspx
badblood
11/13/07		 How exciting.
 
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