Recently there has been a massive amount of multiple posts for videos... and some of them have been ancient viral videos that the majority would have seen. Here are some steps to take before posting a new video in here to try to minimize the amount of repeat threads:

1. use the search function to try and find out if its previously been posted.
(the search tool is located to the upper right of the CG website sidebar)

2. use a bit of common sense. if a video is made by someone like the lonely island guys and its months old... high chance that its been posted before.

3. also take note of the amount of views on the video... if its got a large amount = most likely seen by many.

4. if you notice people have screen captures from the video as their avatar then again there is a high chance its been seen by most people.

edit: added in superiors point.

Edited 3 times, last edited 5/2/10 - 12:47pm.

thank you...also people look at the amount of views on the vid. that is all.

Good stuff. The only mistake in which a video that has been posted, is posted again, should only be if it was titled something else and couldn't be found using the search function. That's understandable, but no excuses if it is indeed old (A popular vid from last year and older.)

bit hard to use this when people post in under "OMG EPIC SHIT AYYE CHECK IT" ETC
you know what i mean...

Yehh good thread mate.
Been alot of posted ones already.
Sticky?

i am boxxy you see

Agreed. No need to give more scrubs +1's with "old" "made before god" etc calls.

make a forum tutorial for the new comers

lol Troy. But that is actually a good idea.

I reckon if you limit the amount of threads new users can make for the first few months, it would stop alot of the pointless shit clogging up the forums.

nice to see so many of our forum goers are on the ball. thanks for pointing out my mistake.

Also should add to the rulebook - No posting of vids that have already appeared in RayWilliamJohnson videos...i say this after the video of the little girl being hit by the closet door being posted just before.

Yeah people need to learn how to name their thread something that has something to do with whats in the the like "OMG ROFL" or "OMG MUST WATCH" so the search feature actually works.

Note: with version 3.0 its upper right now.

fixed thanks for the notice