I noticed this question on askubuntu MultiBoot with Multiple Persistent partitions has many nearly identical answers & comments as this UbuntuForums post Thread: Multi Boot with Multiple Persistent Partitions.
Is there some automated cloning mechanism that copies & updates some questions/threads?
Or is it just users answering two sites themselves? I suspect it's this one, but since neither page mentions the other it seemed unusual, thought I'd ask here.
This is the fault of users duplicating things - there's no cloning between here and Ubuntu Forums.
That said, some users just blindly copy things from one site to here without attribution, which is frowned upon - that's why the user here might not match the user on Ubuntu Forums.
I regularly see the same question asked by the same user in both places. I think they believe that it increases the chance for a good answer as more eyes see it. It probably does. I can't blame them for trying.
In fact, in my particular area of limited expertise, there are several users that are frequent answerers at both places as well. Because of this, a question posted at both places may get a few new eyes, but not all new eyes.
If I can answer the question at askubuntu and then see the exact same question at ubuntuforums, I answer there by referring the user to my answer at askubuntu.
