Duplicate post and edits

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AttyPops

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I had a post duplicate after a long delay. I know it's not unheard of. I can't even say if I pushed "Submit" twice. However the results of the following concern me:

I edited the 2nd redundant post to say "duplicate post" or some such... and now... strange things happen. If I'm logged out and viewing the thread, I see the ORIGINAL unedited/duplicated post. If I log in, I see the edited "duplicate post" text message. Also, others looking at it see only the original unedited (duplicated) post...not my edit.

I made other posts and edited them, the others see the edits. So... IDK. Maybe it only happens in a blue moon. What concerns me is that what I see for a post is not what others see. This should not be possible (I mean that it should be designed to be impossible for this to happen, not that it's impossible for a computer to do it). There should be one and only one possible latest version of a post...and everyone should see the same thing.

If I cannot guarantee that what I see is what everyone else sees... that makes me very uncomfortable... even for small infrequent glitches.

Please advise. Here's a link to the 1st of the two posts. The duplicated post immediately follows it. Try it logged out and logged in.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-2012-everybody-welcome-8515.html#post6938525

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AttyPops

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It appears to be a rare glitch. Maybe only associated with the duplicate post issue (conjecture on my part). Other posts I've edited don't seem to do this (tried some after I 1st noticed this). So.....??????? Wonder if cookie handling makes a diff (like if you have a perm cookie/remember me).

Thanks for checking CES and Racehorse :)
 

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Logged out I saw the same post twice. Logged in i saw the edit.

(i wonder if that means i should stop bothering to correct my typos ;) )

Yeah. I correct stuff all the time. I'm too human to be 100% perfect on posts... plus I like to see it in full context and sometimes others post while I'm typing and then you want to extend your comments, etc.

:(

Well, let's hope it's a VERY rare event.
 
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