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Do you check if the question has been asked before on Fluther?

Asked by imrainmaker (8380points) March 4th, 2018

If yes for what reason?

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SergeantQueen's avatar

Nope. Literally never. Some of my questions are so stupid I’m pretty sure no one has asked them.

imrainmaker's avatar

^lol..I don’t think they are stupid..)

johnpowell's avatar

I think it is so slow that you shouldn’t really need to check. 7 years ago it was fast enough you could get pretty much the same question a few hours apart.

janbb's avatar

It should come up when you enter a question. It will tell you that the question has been asked before and you can decide then whether to post or not.

imrainmaker's avatar

^I haven’t seen that happening on mobile.

janbb's avatar

Might just be on desktop. IDK

Patty_Melt's avatar

Yes, that feature is on desktop only. It also shows how old the question is. Very old ones are sometimes worth asking again.
That feature has sometimes led me to classics.

janbb's avatar

I didn’t know that it doesn’t come up automatically on mobile. That does make it harder.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Well, if it shows a question has been asked in the last 6 months I won’t ask. But any older than that I’ll ask away.

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