Note that Posterous is shutting down on 30 April 2013
I use Posterous to host the blog / database where I post information about job vacancies in science communication.
It goes like this - I email a post with an attachment (the job description), it publishes itself at http://scicommjobs.posterous.com and sends a tweet to @ScicommJobs. It's been doing this without incident for just over three years.
Today I realised that for the last couple of days it's been publishing duplicate posts - and sending double tweets as well. I first noticed a problem when I started receiving two 'your post has been published' emails although I didn't think much about it, assuming it to be an email glitch which has happened before.
I've sent a tweet to @Posterous and tried, and failed, to use their online contact form to submit a bug report ('Sorry, we couldn't submit your request' - not sure why).
Googling for info about duplicate Posterous posts isn't particularly illuminating and the problems people have outlined refer to something else entirely.
Is anyone else noticing this with their Posterous blog(s)?
It could well be some setting I've altered in the global 'Spaces' admin bit, although why on earth anyone would want a setting letting them duplicate their posts to the same blog I don't know.
It's also happened on another of my Posterous blogs - http://jodiepedia.posterous.com where I post audio / sound-related information and events.
If anyone has a solution that would be marvellous :) Thanks!
Sunday, 11 November 2012
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Comments written in ALL CAPS LOCK will be deleted and I won't publish any pro-homeopathy comments, that ship has sailed I'm afraid (it's nonsense).
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It's not just you - just set up a new posterous account and it posts everything twice - whether from a single email or from a wordpress plugin . HELP
ReplyDeleteIf I hear of anything I shall post it here :) Alas I can't help yet as I've not found a solution or explanation.
ReplyDeleteHappening to me too. Any resolution for you yet?
ReplyDeleteI posted something today to one of my blogs and it showed up singly but I haven't tried the blog that was being particularly duplicate-y. Hopefully it's fixed itself.
ReplyDeleteSame for me while posting via IFTTT/GMail... Posting directly via GMail doesn't cause the issue!
ReplyDeleteThey might have fixed the glitch then - I'm fairly sure all the posts I sent that duplicated went from my gmail account, but I could be wrong.
DeleteHaven't posted there for a while so haven't checked though.
Me too.
ReplyDeleteme too. still get double post when i send from gmail
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