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In .loc.uk it was said ...
> On Lugnet we spread ourselves among the themes we are interested in,
> occasionally cross-posting to loc.uk too (unlike the Australians who seem
> always to cross-post which explains the huge traffic in loc.au).
I must say I was a bit surprised by the assertion that we Aussies have some
unusual cross-posting fetish.
So, research was called for ...
For messages posted in June 2002 in .loc.au I found that:
91 were exclusively in .loc.au
3 were cross-posted but only to other Australians groups (e.g. .org.au)
11 were cross-posted to other LUGnet groups
For messages posted in June 2002 in .loc.uk I found that:
55 were exclusively in .loc.uk
0 were cross-posted to other UK groups (or so it appeared to me)
13 were cross-posted to other LUGnet groups
While this is a somewhat rough-and-ready experiment, it does seem to suggest
that Australians are not "always" cross-posting, and that the huge levels of
Australian traffic reflect the fact that we genuinely have more to say to one
another. But being good sports, we are happy to come over and do our bit for
Blighty in .loc.uk if you need us!
Kerry, who couldn't resist a cross-posting on this particular occasion
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| "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:Gxtuqp.4xG@lugnet.com... (...) [...] (...) Ah, but of those 11, how many were initially posted by Ben Whytcross? ;-) -- Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) In fact, its the reverse of the usual assertion - "Australians seem to have a general distaste with the mainly American-centric organization of lugnet and TLC. Thus they have diverged as a group, many of their posters post very rarely in other (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Er. That proves that impressions can be misleading, perhaps that things have changed since I noticed (thought I noticed) it, and certainly that I should make sure, before I say something, that my foot is nowhere near my mouth. So, I offer a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Check out the links at the bottom of the sidebar - apart from the 10th of August there is a NBLTC meeting coming up and Lawrence Wilkes has mentioned another Thames Valley Lego Fest in passing (probably September, Lawrence?) (...) On Lugnet we (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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