Re: Apologies offered (regarding x-posting)

Solo Thesailor <notforspamsailmail@xxxxxxxxx> had it:

Would you please explain why x-posting is a breach of aue netiquette? I
read up on general netiquette and found that "x-posting" to multiple
groups that have, or are genuinely thought to have, common interest on
the topic discussed is ok (that is why Google provides such facility)
and there's some software that highlight the topic as read when the
reader happens to come across it in another listed group; whereas
"multi-posting" ie posting the same message individually to multiple
groups is not nice because the software cannot pick that up therefore
cannot label the topic as read by the reader therefore the reader can
waste time re-reading again.

It's my view that thoughtful cross-posting is better than reposting
the same question to several groups so that all the replies get
repeated. Other opinions are available.

Oh dear, I have committed a crime by writing such a long sentence -to
the aue group!

There are no laws here, only culture. Those who can adapt to the
culture often stay. Those who try to behave in a way alien to the
culture seem to disappear.

Also, for a visitor new to the group, how can one find out what the
specific rules are? Do members agree to the rules?

No rules, no members (although there are Respected Regulars). This
isn't a dictatorship or even a democracy. It's a sort of anarcho-
syndicalist collective (I don't know what that means but I like the
sound it makes). There are FAQs which suggest ways to behave if you
want to get on with us, but nobody using Usenet agrees to anything.
http://alt-usage-english.org/fast_faq.shtml

BTW, you are posting via Google Groups. The vast majority of old-
time Usenet users do not use Google Groups and some hate it with a
vengeance (hi James). Google do not own these groups but merely
provide an inferior interface to allow you to use them from the WWW -
Usenet has been around since long before the WWW was a twinkle in the
eye of Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

It just seems odd
that asking more than one group the same question is somehow frowned
upon.

Frowned upon by some.

Scary. Do you say hello to one group of people and not another?
Do you say 'fire' to one side of the street and not another, when it is
thought to be of common interest? I am open-minded to the explanation.

"fire"?

--
David
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