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Re: Too much FUT??? (Was re:Villager Mini-Figs)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:38:02 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Smallbeck wrote:
> How much FUT do we want? It seems that using FUT has become the thing to do
> as soon as any fragment of a message is off-topic. We then end up with
> several threads as one continues on with the main thrust of the message
> while one or more additional threads in different groups expound on the side
> item. In the past it seemed that the thread would stay in its original
> location until it became completely off-topic to that group and then it was
> shipped off to its proper home (usually lugnet.off-topic).
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> As an NNTP user it is easier to keep everything clean if the threads develop
> in their original location. Perhaps I am seeing this more than normal due
> to the current increase in ADMIN posts and FUT's.
I personally don't care much about moving threads. Half the time, when
a thread is moved, it dies out quickly. And if it isn't moved, it
continues to grow, staying off-topic. Half of one, six dozen of the
other.
BUT, anytime anyone ever cross-posts (ie, puts more than a single ng in
the Newsgroups header), I appreciate having the Followup-to header set
as well. With the followup-to set, the growing thread is directed to a
single group, instead of being echoed to multiple locations. When
Followup-to isn't set, once the thread gets going, it's hard to cut it
down to a single group.
Steve
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