Re: Does Iron Tom have no shame?

incomplete citation - here is one that addresses your habits:

"Crossposting is the act of posting the same message to multiple forums,
mailing lists, or newsgroups.
This is distinct from multiposting, which involves posting multiple
identical messages, each to a single forum, newsgroup, or topic area.

Excessive crossposting is considered bad form because it multiplies
traffic without adding any new content.

In the extreme case, if all messages were crossposted to every group,
then every group would look exactly the same.

A crossposter can minimize this problem by specifying that all responses
be directed to a single group.

Crossposting can be helpful if the message is of interest to a larger
audience. However, crossposting to groups that are irrelevant to the
message posted could be considered spamming."

also:

"Crossposting to more than a small number of newsgroups is likely to be
counterproductive. A commonly suggested limit is three newsgroups."



ironjustice wrote:

On Aug 7, 12:44 pm, Chuck <ShorThi...@xxxxxxx> wrote: snip <<

You should learn how to .. usenet .. there .. chuck .. you annoy
people.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/

"Making separate postings of your article for each newsgroup you wish
to reach tends to annoy readers rather than emphasize the message
content as well as waste computational resources."

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