On image boards, there's enough traffic that you can't just notice a post number and then get dubs really easily. There's an element of luck in it, although strategic timing does play a role as well. On text-only boards like progrider (or others), there tend to be fewer posters, and old threads aren't deleted after they get pushed back to a certain position in the thread list. You can have days, weeks, or even months to notice when there's an opportunity to post dubs. It's too easy. When you can determine with nearly 100% certainty that you're going to get dubs, it's no fun.
But that's wrong. Nobody can guarantee dubs. you can make considered decisions about when to post to increase your chances of achieving dubs, but to say it is possible to near 100% certainty in dubsposting attainment? That's folly.
>>1 Are you kidding? I can't count the number of times I've seen people attempt dubs and failed on this board. It's always the same: some amateur lucks out and achieves dubs semi-randomly and without effort once, and then assumes dubs are always easy to get and anybody can do it every time they try. Which is NOT true.
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Anonymous2015-06-16 3:55
The purpose of dubs is either to 1) annoy people, 2) derail conversations, 3) acknowledge something about a post that isn't actually related to the post.
Purposes 1 and 2 apply only to the posters of dubs. Porpoise 3 applies to the people that check dubs.