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   David Johnston to bliss@california.com   
   Re: Host Club vs. Wallflower!   
   13 Nov 07 20:07:36   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:51:13 -0800, bobbie sellers   
    wrote:   
      
   >David Johnston wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 (CET), Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In rec.arts.anime.misc Phil  wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:32:23 +0100, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:   
   >>>>> And please post stuff like this in rec.arts.manga as that would be   
   >>>>> the appropriate group. X-post & f'up.   
   >>>> There are more manga posts in rec.arts.anime.misc than in   
   >>>> rec.arts.manga.   
   >>> And that's a reason for people to keep posting to the inappropriate   
   >>> group instead of the appropriate one how?   
   >>>   
   >>>> Rec.arts.manga is an extremely low volume group   
   >>> Because people keep posting manga-related stuff to the inappropriate   
   >>> group instead of the appropriate one.   
   >>   
   >> Nah.  Even if every single manga post on raam was instead posted to   
   >> ram, it would still be an extremely low volume group.   
   >   
   >	Yes but it would have that many more posts if the raam material   
   >re:manga was merely crossposted to the ram group.   
      
   Still well below the viability threshold.   
      
   >	Maybe posting to the correct group is too much to ask in these   
   >Modern Times?   
      
   Excessive subdivision is the bane of usenet's declining years.   
      
   >	Surely not.   And whether a group is low volume or not the frequenters   
   >of that group surely deserve to see the material to which they may have   
   >some input or interest.   
      
   Yes, that's true.  Both of them deserve the consideration of a   
   crosspost.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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