Re: What's with the hit-n-run posters here


EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>
> Since AOL stopped providing access to Usenet newsgroups,
> many of these people are posting through Google Groups,
> which may not HAVE a "reply" function! It evidently lacks
> the option of quoting the message to which the poster is
> replying, which is why the number of incomprehensible
> responses has multiplied. (Apparently one must "cut and
> paste" to quote the original message, and not everyone knows
> how to do that, or realizes it's neccesary.)

I am also using Google Groups and I assure you it has a reply and quote
system.

This post is given as a kind example :)


J.

PD. Of course, I've been in usenet for long before using this, so I
know about the usual conventions, which new posters may not :)

.

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