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Re: Excessive Cross Posting
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 02:12:29 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
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> > I mostly concur, I just sometimes wonder if it might be the best
> > solution (of course the counter to that is that you get the jerks who
> > work around the cross posting rules by posting individually to each
> > group - but they can be TOSed).
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> Again, I am not trying to be argumentative, but I don't see this problem as
> one of maliciousness. That is, it isn't "jerks" who are multiposting
> individual groups, or not setting followups correctly. Just lazy people and
> people who know better, (arguably somewhat jerkish, I guess, on their part)
> but mostly, newbies who haven't been taught how to do it right. I don't
> think we should come down hard on them, just educate them..
I guess I should have clarified that I don't think the current round of
excessive cross posting is jerks, I'm just pointing out that trivial
things like requiring a follow-up header when cross posting doesn't
remove the possibility of jerks just casually getting around the
"restriction", it would force the rest of us to not be lazy though
(though the nntp and mail interfaces would also be somewhat unfriendly).
> However I had an interaction with one multiposter and he honestly had no
> idea that there was another way to do it. Nice guy, and someone I wouldn't
> want to come down hard on, we have problems with perceived exclusivity as it
> is. Maybe the posting sign up needs to have a link to standard netiquette or
> something and a check that you've read it?
That's probably a good idea. One question is can one make a decent one
pageish document which covers the most important netiquette and TOS
rules? Much more and it isn't necessarily going to be read carefully.
I'm probably overreacting, though it was a little frustrating to see one
person start a new excessively cross posted thread after you posted a
"does this need to be cross posted?" on an earlier thread.
Frank
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| (...) Thanks for the clarification, I think we're in total agreement. I think it WOULD be nice to have some automation that helped people remember not to excessively cross post (and the place to put the one page netiquette FAQ link for people to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Again, I am not trying to be argumentative, but I don't see this problem as one of maliciousness. That is, it isn't "jerks" who are multiposting individual groups, or not setting followups correctly. Just lazy people and people who know (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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