XPost: rec.games.video.nintendo, alt.games.video.sega-dreamcast
From: weaponx013@yahoo.com
Miles Bader wrote:
> BelPowerslave writes:
>>> Filtering out crossposts in general is just as stupid.
>> It's actually one of the best ideas that has ever come about.
>
> No. There are many valid uses of crossposts, and it's both more
> efficient and much more user-friendly than simply posting multiple
> times.
It may be useful, but it has been considered a violation of
netiquette since the advent of Usenet. Surely if you have a topic that
you want multiple groups of people to take the time to address, you
should take the time to modify the post to suit each audience.
> Many asshats crosspost too, but the right solution is to ignore the
> asshats. This is something that _can't be automated_, because only the
> readers can actually judge who they think is an asshat. Indeed, for
> readers, crossposting _helps_, because it offers more information -- if
> a troll crossposts to rec.body-building (or whatever that sllly group
> is), I know I probably don't want to read it, but if crossposts are
> filtered, the trolls will simply continue posting without crossposts.
> As for spam, killing crossposts, is simply not a solution, because
> spammers can spam just as easily without crossposting. A far better
> solution is to simply use a good spam filtering packages that filters
> soley on content (the one my work uses, and the one gmail uses seem to
> be about 99.9% accurate).
>
> -Miles
I agree that filters work well in elimination troll posts and spam. But
regular posters with any respect for the regular members of these groups
should not OP cross posts unless each group is literally about the same
topic (which is very rare).
-
Scott
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