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Re: Policy FAQ: cross-posting policy (updated 12/11/98):

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From: Spiro
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:00
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Ramoth@home.net says...
>mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro) wrote:
>>Ramoth@home.net says...
>>>cuchulain@heII-fIame-wars.org (Antaine) wrote:
>>>>Ramoth@home.net wrote:

<...>

>>>>Hmm...in that case the thread going on in AG where people are
>>>>wishing one another a merry Christmas would be off-topic and
>>>>abusive in your opinion? Didn't you participate in that thread?
>>>
>>>Yes I did participate.  And it was directed to the ppl of altnet
>>>general. Not to the ppl participating in karl-malden`s nose.  Don't
>>>rightly know, if I know anyone in karl-malden`s nose???
>>>
>>>You are trying to shift the context of CROSS POSTING, to another
>>>subject.  A Merry Christmas thread in altnet general.
>>>
>>No he's not. He's asking you to define what constitutes "on-topic" or 
>>"off-topic" posting, by using an example.
>>
>Under the context of on or off topic in a threaded message.
>The Subject line.
>I assumed that was a given.
>
>For the example of the Merry Christmas thread referenced,  if
>conversation starts to drift into chatter about New years resolutions;
>then the chatter is starting to get off topic, for the thread.
>
Now lets see if I've got this straight - threads about Xmas are 
on-topic in altnet.general. Threads about New Year resolutions may or 
may not be on-topic depending on the direction of the chatter. But 
threads about Altopia's AUP (that's what I've spent my whole time here 
talking about) are definitely off-topic.

Strange that. 

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Spiro
 
In article <36bdb702.327110520@news.classact.org>, ClassAct@skuz.net
proves he dropped out of skool before they did big words:
>
>Do I detect a certain hint of antipathy towards me?
>
No, just distaste and disgust. 
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From: mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro)
Subject: Re: Policy FAQ: cross-posting policy (updated 12/11/98):
Date: 1998/12/18
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