Im constantly seeing the message.
"you've already posted this, duplicate, refresh".
Yet its false, when I refresh, my post is not there.
Refresh your browser and paste the content, post it. Sometimes you get that message but it's not big problem.
Im a genuine user trying to contribute to the forums, but feel its a pointless waste of time as my posts and threads dont show, or I get a message like above or "wait 360 seconds", only to wait and then get a message "already posted"
360 seconds equal to 6 minutes that is not too long waiting time.
For a newbie, they don't have much knowledge and idea (most of them) so 6 minutes in waiting time is not too long.
It is forum limit on posting.
waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);
Surely you are losing many users over this?
No, it works just fine.