A user, Jagster, experienced an issue where a post was flagged as “too similar” to a previously deleted post. This happened after they copied and pasted text from a mistakenly sent message to the wrong person, then deleted the original message and tried to send the copied text to the correct person.
Jagster wondered how to handle this situation and if waiting for a certain period would allow them to post the same content again. Architect suggested that the “unique post mins” rate limit setting, which defaults to 5 minutes, might be the cause. However, it’s unclear if this setting applies to deleted posts as well.
Architect further explained that deleted posts may still be stored in the database unless fully deleted, which could be contributing to the issue. As a potential workaround, Architect suggested editing the original private message (PM) instead of deleting and recreating it.
I answered to one user and after sending I realized it went to wrong person. So I copy&pasted text, then deleted first try and answered to right person. That didn’t went thru because content was too similar than previous post.
Sure it was, because it was same I reckon that comes because the first try is readable even I deleted it. So, out of curiosity:
how should I handle such user error because it is guaranteed it will happend again
could I post same content after waiting period when it is really deleted from user’s point of view (I don’t remember how many hours that was)
Could be, probably since post would still be in the database unless has been fully deleted.
If that is a PM message you wrote you could remove the person you sent that to by mistake first then add the correct person to the same initial PM topic, then you wouldn’t need to delete/recreate that.
I reckon that comes because the first try is readable even I deleted it. So, out of curiosity: