"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

"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

"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:20:17 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

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

Although you are amusing at times, you suffer from a self-importance
psychosis.

Changing your nick constantly, showing pictures of an average paint job
on an el-cheapo boat, bragging about fixing things with electrical tape
and Home Depot pipe, pontificating about places and things you have
never experienced, whining about boats with engines when you have an
engine, comparing a sailboat bottom to a whale and myriad other examples
would support my theory.

Individual posting to one group at a time is the courteous thing to do.
Cross-posting is for the ignorant or arrogant. Pick one or both.




Spoken like a nice little net nanny!


Wilbur Hubbard