Re: OT crossposting

From: Eric Moors (scare.crow_at_oz.land)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:33:57 +0200

>> > See the response you got in another newsgroup, and don't
>> > multipost. If you want to post to more than one newsgroup, put all
>> > the newsgroups you want to post to on the Newsgroups: line,
>> > separated by commas. That way you don't waste other people's
>> > resources, and you can see responses without having to search each
>> > individual newsgroup.
>> >
>> > Joe
>>
>> Hi Joe. I did that one time years ago, and I got my ass chewed out
>> and flamed by a dozen people saying that I shouldn't cross-post -
>> and all the NGs were relevant to the topic.

and you'd get flamed again, if you post to more than 3 three groups
at once. There's no subject that deserves so many crossposts.

> Well, maybe your choice of newsgroups was less than
> optimal. Nevertheless, crossposting is better than multiposting, both
> for you and everyone else.

Yeah sure, but only to a limited number of groups. (ie. 2)

> I you crosspost you don't have to go to
> multiple newsgroups individually to see if someone responded. Everyone
> else gets to see all the responses, so they can correct erroneous
> answers. News servers don't have to maintain multiple copies of
> questions and responses.
>
> Usenet was designed to use crossposting, and people do it all the
> time. The only time I've seen people criticized for doing it is when
> they include inappropriate groups in the Newsgroups: line.

Or if a crosspost goes to way too many groups.
 
> If you only did it once years ago, I'd guess your idea of appropriate
> newsgroups might not have been accurate. In any case, you're going to
> get responses like that for posting to inappropriate newsgroups
> whether you crosspost or multipost, so why not do it the right way?

To summarize: the right way is to select one group and post there.
If you really can't choose, select two at most.

Eric

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