From: usteen@asdf.fi   
      
   Jon Gearhart  wrote:   
   > Debra wrote:   
      
   [I wrote]   
   > >> And a newsreader's killfile or score file can make   
   > >> someone who floods the group invisible without anyone needing to   
   > >> report the offender for breaking terms of service on multi-posting   
   > >> etc.   
   [...]   
      
   > > In the above text Anna uses the term "multi-posting", and seems to   
   > > suggest not only that this has occurred at alt.anagrams but that   
   > > anyone could have and should have reported "the offender" for   
   > > their breakage of terms of service.   
      
   My comments were general ones on the situation referred to upthread   
   (flooding, which often invovles multi-posting).  The suggestion is   
   simply that the newsreader software provides an easier* way   
   of making a user disappear from view than resorting to getting that   
   user to go away.  This applies to any poster whose material one would   
   rather not read, whether the posts are off-topic or on-topic, whether   
   they are unique and concise or lengthy and identical / substantially   
   identical.   
      
   * Whether it's a _better_ way in any given case is another kettle of   
   fish.   
      
   As to you specifically, I have indeed noticed several duplicate posts   
   from you but also cases of more than two copies (I haven't looked   
   recently).  If this isn't intentional, I should mention that   
     - Google Groups* may not make it clear whether one is directing a   
   cancel request at news servers all over the world or instead just   
   asking for a duplicate, triplicate, etc. post to be removed from   
   Google's own memory   
     - even if one issues a cancel message immediately, not all news   
   servers honour these, so some people will still see multiple copies in   
   their newsreader   
      
   * Obligatory note: Google Groups sucks.   
      
      
   [snip some opinions on thresholds for considering multi-posting   
   problematic]   
      
      
   > Constructive criticism=   
   > Victim counters critics   
      
   Nice anagram, even with the 'critics'/'criticism' semi-repetition.   
   That wasn't a criticism. ;)   
      
   I'll use a different phrase for my 'ObAnag', since I seem to recall   
   looking at 'constructive criticism' in the past and not finding   
   anything I considered worth posting.   
      
     Harsh criticism =   
     Charm hit crisis.   
      
      
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