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Article #55094Re: Why object to crossposting?
From: Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 17:32
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 17:32
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Charles Packer: 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. Monitoring the subject line is fine. But "complaining that some crossposting or other in 'inappropriate'" is more like complaining that someone spilled water on the carpet -- it's not going to do anything about the carpet already being wet, but it might cut down on the frequency of such wettings. This is useful even if everyone does go out and buys rubber boots. -- Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>
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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 10:32:21 PST Newsgroups: dc.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!socrates!socrates!rockwell From: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell) Subject: Re: Why object to crossposting? In-Reply-To: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 26 Apr 92 10:25:00 GMT Message-ID: <ROCKWELL.92Apr26123221@socrates.umd.edu> Sender: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell) Organization: Traveller References: <24APR199207361257@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <12889@umd5.umd.edu> <26APR199206254265@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 17:32:21 GMT Lines: 18