"Stan Brown" <th************@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
(snip of irrelevant passage)
Here ya go:
http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html
Mr. Brown please learn to snip. And as a courtesy to the thread, it would
be *nice* if you changed the subject heading when not responding with
relevant words because it clouds the original post.
Here ya go:
"Avoid posting to multiple newsgroups.
Few things annoy Usenet readers as much as multiple copies of a posting
appearing in multiple newsgroups (called "spamming"). A posting that is
cross-posted (i.e. lists multiple newsgroups on the Newsgroups: header line)
to a few appropriate newsgroups is fine, but even with cross-posts,
restraint is advised."
source:
http://groups.google.com/googlegroup...ing_style.html
Do not and avoid mean two different things!
Posting to one group and then realizing that it was the WRONG group - I
meant to send it to the CSS group - is NOT spamming! Furthermore, I only
had one newsgroup in the header of each post because of that MISTAKE, not
because I was trying to avoid appearing like a SPAMMER! lol
I considered apologizing for the INCORRECT cross-post but I didn't because I
thought it would ADD noise but instead we were faced with NOISE anyway. lol
In the end, I did nothing WRONG so I won't be apologizing for cross posting
to TWO relevant newsgroups (Even though one newsgroup was more relevant than
the other and even though the less relevant one was a mistake.). If you
have a preference for posting in ONE newsgroup (instead of two or more with
the same post), fine, but I'm NOT ignoring Usenet etiquette. And I believe
that my duplicate post doesn't warrant such noise.
Also, crack the whip elsewhere - your (and anyone else's) ignorance and
self-righteous speech is amusing at best. You are better to serve, Usenet
and this newsgroup, in other ways and to other people. Go get a badge or
something and then be useful.
As an aside:
"Never forget that the person on the other side is human.
Because your interaction is through a computer it is easy to forget that
there are people "out there." Situations arise in which emotions erupt into
a verbal free-for-all that can lead to hurt feelings. Please remember that
people all over the world are reading your words. Do not attack people if
you cannot persuade them with your presentation of the facts. If you are
upset at something or someone, wait until you have had a chance to calm down
and think about it. Try not to say anything to others you would not say to
them in person in a room full of people. "
This piece of etiquette is one of the most underused _don'ts_ mentioned on
Usenet.
I see a lot of people flipping off about cross-posting and spamming but why
doesn't anyone cite the inappropriateness of flaming and rude language. Ah,
this world IS beautiful. :-)
