"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:19:16 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"WaIIy" wrote in message
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Is it necessary to cross-post your silly post?


Yes, it's necessary in order to expose it to the largest possible audience
who might be interested in on-topic postings.

Cross-posting to related groups is not considered bad netiquette.


Wilbur Hubbard


It most definitely is.



Wrong! To wit. . .

http://www.newsdemon.com/usenet_term_cross-posting.php

"Cross-Posting can be beneficial to users who wish to reach a larger usenet
audience of a topic that spreads across multiple newsgroups."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

"Crossposting is usually practiced when material is relevant and of interest
to the readers of more than one newsgroup"

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

"Crossposting is easier than sending separate postings. You don't really
need any other reason. The following discussion is here to tell you why
failure to crosspost really disturbs people. "

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/

"Usually, it is sufficient to post any article to a single newsgroup; the
one that's most relevant to the subject of your article. If the article
is really relevant to multiple newsgroups, then "cross-post" to the
relevant newsgroups by posting the article only once with all newsgroups
named on the "Newsgroups" header line. For example:

Newsgroups: comp.fish,misc.sheep,talk.ketchup"


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Get a clue, d00d! Bottom line is if you don't thing cross-posting is OK then
don't you cross-post but stop your net nannying of others who don't agree
with your control fetish.


Wilbur Hubbard