Don't worry too much about getting downvoted for identical content. The votes are isolated and it won't cost you anything if a post is negative money.
RE: Not having a simple text search can discourage posting of content
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Not having a simple text search can discourage posting of content
You're missing the point. I don't care about the cost of the downvote. I care about avoiding posting duplicate content. And the fact remains that not having a text search on this site is a glaring omission for this and other reasons. How long would it take to add basic text search to the site, all of 5 minutes?
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