Newsvine seeding etiquette: dealing with the "red banner page" and other miscellaneous bogarts

Bogarts.

Not curing cancer today, but here's a topic that I've been forced to think about on several occasions during the short time I've been on Newsvine. What do you do when you are attempting to seed an article and you get the dreaded "red banner page" stating that the article has already been seeded?

I've been on both sides of these things. There have been several situations (which I'll discuss if anyone wants) in which I've reseeded over the top of the "red banner" warning. Also, some folks seem to totally ignore the already-been-seeded warning and just go ahead anyway. I had one seed recently that three other Viners reseeded after I did.

Of course, there is always the chance the "red banner" never showed up for them in the first place. And that has happened to me also. I found out after the fact that someone had already seeded the article and that both of us were on the Front Page top seeds listing....with exactly the same headline! It seems that warning function does not work on New York Times articles and possibly other sites as well. Plus, sometimes that function seems to be just on the fritz.

So, what do you do if your seed you seeded first in line has been hijacked? Or what do you do if you inadvertantly hijack another's seed and then it already has multiple comments on it when you find out?

It seems to me there are no firm and fast rules here, as different situations call for different strategies and actions. I'd be interested in other's reactions and takes on the subject.

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