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¿Question #5021?
beakermyers: Should GeekQuestions have a feature that highlights similar questions? I just always answer "Been there done that" to any repeats. What other solutions are there? Is this a repeat? Is it inevitable that all questions will be repeated?

DarrellKH: Don't be rhetorical.
ColonelPanic: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Zeshio: That would be a good idea, but with each new population of board game geeks questions will invariably be asked again. Look at any forum board to see this.
coyotelaughs: sure, why not
daveroswell: Yes. Everything repeats.
GrimJester: No, been there done that, this is a repeat, it's not inevitable for all, but some.
cgund: Repeats don't bother me much. Idiotic questions/rhetorical "aren't I clever" questions are way worse.
Zarion of Arabel: no, none, no, yes
dagny21: Been there, done that.
scriptorum: I post the link to the original question. It is inevitable, yes, unless we institute some flagging system. You can click "hide" but I don't think that achieves the same effect.
Phil68: Yes
DHEK: Yeah, similar questions should be avoided. Perhaps some moderation will help curb this problem. And yes, I think I've seen questions like yours too. No, not all questions will be repeated if people put more thought to them.
aleo09: yes.
william_henshaw: As history seems too repeat so do innane questions.
Geosmores: Yes, no other solutions, yes, and yes
rootbeer: Why bother?
woodjh: Been there done that.
Justin77: This is actually a pretty good idea. I think if more people vote to eliminate a question, rather than those who answer it, it should go away.
Chris Page: For a finite letter limit on questions, then there is a finite number of questions that can be posed.
SisyphusX: A) Tolerance. B) It probably is. C) Not inevitable, but there's a bell curve to ride.
AngieBaby: could you repeat the question?
brainrob: Questioners should take more care before posting a question
puffinge: How about an error message that says "you are a moron"?
MisterCranky: Was this question posed prior to the 'search questions' feature?
RyFitz13: Nah, it's just bound to happen
Blacknightjj: yes, just like history.
ralpheous: Should someone be limited to asking one question at a time?
kroxldyphivc: Nah.
Karlsen: Possibly...
PopeBrain: Since the questions come up randomly, you may be flipping the bird to the wrong loser.
djlg: That'd be good. Don't know. Probably. Yes.
bigbadsteve: that would be nice. i just answer em regardless. it could be. sure
Tim Synge: Coke or pepsi?
Loquutus: Make me the questions admin. The first thing I would do is erase about half of my questions, and then get rid of reapeats and insulting questions.
Tushratta: A question will repeat until it achieves perfection.
Excalabur: Yes. Some geek will come up with one. Got me. Yes.
red turtle: been there done that
skelebone: Meh. I usually point out the repeats in an answer, but it's not something to get too worked up over, despite my previous outbursts.
jttm: Boy, this has been asked so many times, its not funny.
CDRodeffer: Been there, done that. Search the questions before asking.
chaddyboy_2000: It doesn't really matter too much, unless of course it's an annoying question that keeps getting repeated.
Lord_Prussian: I think we should do a search before we ask a question to try and limit the number of duplicates. Otherwise, I am not aware of any good way to avoid repeats. It is probably inevitable that there are some. It might be nice to be able to delete questions, but I understand that involves deleting answers, i.e. other people's content, so maybe better to leave well enough alone.
heli: delete all questions that get a large number of never answers
CortexBomb: No. Repeat yourself. I'm not sure. No.