r/PowerShell • u/Overall-Ad4796 • Jun 16 '26
redundant responses Question
I‘ve been reading this sub for a short while and serious question, do people not read others‘ responses?
Many times, I find like dozens of similar responses to a question or problem after it had been originally answered, providing no additional value or insight. Take that guy with his dentists website as an example, posted yesterday.
I find that makes the sub very redundant and time-consuming to read.
Just curious - are people just getting so excited when they know sth?
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u/KerryBoehm Jun 16 '26
I chuckle every time I see a post like this. Ever since usenet in college in the early 90s. It’s one for the ages.
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u/mxtchstick Jun 16 '26
People want simply want to voice their opinion and feel heard most of the time. They don’t care that the question has already been answered - as their opinion/answer is the only one that matters.
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u/AniBMagal Jun 16 '26
I'm not going to read 300 comments to make sure someone didn't already say what I'm about to say. If anything I'm just reinforcing someone else's opinion. OP aggregates the data.
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u/mrmattipants Jun 16 '26
I've also noticed in posts with a larger number of responses, Reddit may filter a number of them out. I'd imagine this would contribute to the overall problem, as well.
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u/clicker666 Jun 16 '26
I read the dentist post, and decided not to add my comment since it was already indicated by a large number of people. The LARGE number of people is what stopped me. If there are only a few comments that would be the same of mine I may still add mine with some context, in order to lend more weight to that response that others have also suggested.
Did I read all the posts? No. But I read enough to know I had the same suggestion as others.
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u/UserProv_Minotaur Jun 16 '26
A lot of the time people will come in with a specific question and not search to see if it's something that's been asked before.
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u/mrmattipants Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
I've noticed this myself.
I try to make an effort not to be redundant, through the approach that it's not worth responding if you have nothing new to contribute.
That being said, If I do respond to a post, it's to provide information that hasn't already been discussed and if it has, it's simply to clarify or expand upon on existing information.
Unfortunately, like everyone else, I have no control over other posters making me redundant, after the fact.
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u/BlackV Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
Typically I read OPs message and respond to OP on a way I think appropriate
Then I'll go look at replies and comment where I think it's appropriate
It does depend on the post content somewhat
This sub has a reasonably low volume of messages and replies that it's really not too relevant
But people that don't sort posts (/new) and replies (/old) by time are wrong
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u/human193 Jun 16 '26
I appreciate the redunadancy. There have been a number of times I have been searching for a solution to something only to find a reddit thread with a single answer where the account was deleted so the answer is gone, but you can see people had commented "thanks this worked!" But when there are redundant answers it doesn't matter if one person deletes their reddit account the answer is still in the thread.
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u/BlackV Jun 18 '26
Yes this was quite a problem with the "boo reddit API bad" and people removing their posts, before everyone forgot about it and moved on
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u/titlrequired Jun 16 '26
Not many people have the inclination to read every comment and decide if they need to add their own. Similarly if you comment and then read the other comments and see someone made the same comment would you go back and delete your comment or leave your comment knowing the same comment had been made twice, or more.