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Article #55092Re: Why object to crossposting?
From: Charles Packer
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 10:25
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 10:25
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In article <12889@umd5.umd.edu>, kerry@is-next.umd.edu (Kerry Ogata) writes... >How about not wanting to read about chickens/vegetarianism/eating animals/ >etc on um.general and dc.general, which are sort of inappropriate groups >for all the crap that's been flowing around here on this subject. This response is just the flip side of the impulsiveness that produces a crossposting storm in the first place. I've suggested a rational way around other people's behavior that we can't control -- monitor the subject line while reading news. Consider the future: as net access becomes wider, breaches of decorum are going to be commonplace. Complaining that some crossposting or other is "inappropriate" is like complaining that water is wet.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,c1a6fc69fd933323 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-04-26 03:25:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!kong!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Re: Why object to crossposting? Message-ID: <26APR199206254265@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 26 Apr 92 10:25:00 GMT References: <24APR199207361257@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <12889@umd5.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Organization: Dept. of Independence Lines: 15 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov