Re: OT Crossposting... [was] WELCOME SCREEN

I think that you will find that people don't usually complain much about crossposting, the complaints are almost always about multi-posting. If you read the multiple replies to the OP's post in the multiple groups to where he posted no one said to not crosspost, all the respondents told him to learn the difference between the two posting methods. Multi-posting wastes everybody's time, including that of the one who does the multi-posting.

John

Mickey Mouse wrote:
Steve, I've never seen or as you say been paying much attention.
all I've ever noticed is people telling others not to crosspost.
I've never read a post telling someone off for Multiposting.
Or the differences of Cross Vs Multi posting.
Multiposting, sure this is bad and should never be done,
especially if you guys are paying by the second. But crossposting, well I don't see the problem. sometimes you may
not know which group to post in so you post in a couple of similar groups hoping to strike oil.
If they don't know the difference then they should be told and if they do know the difference then they should be allowed to make their own choice. But how do you determine if they know or not?
Answering a post only to tell a person not to crosspost is NO
guarantee they are going to take any notice of you.





"Steve McGarrett" <smcgarret@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:hr3rs4565d1s3silo04mq6112je0b8r4dm@xxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:32:58 GMT, "Mickey Mouse" <out
there@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I bet that most people think that cross posting is posting the same
message in a number of newsgroups. While this may or may not
be correct strictly speaking. It is the way it is perceived.
You obviously, have bothered to find a definition, I seriously
doubt that most people go the trouble you have.
You haven't been in these groups that long. That, and you apparently
haven't been paying much attention.

Newbs are constantly being reminded by many separate individuals of
the benefits of cross-posting as opposed to multi-posting. And one of
the best ways of curtailing the annoying practice of multi-posting
includes telling the newbs the difference.


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