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Corey Richardson[_2_] Corey Richardson[_2_] is offline
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Default Sort of OT - Multiposting vs Crossposting

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:01 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Corey Richardson wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:04:33 GMT, "Graham" > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Corey Richardson" > wrote in message
...
>>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:39:42 +0100, June Hughes
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You want me to break usenet convention and my NSP's TOS and multi-post?
>>>>
>>>But you won't be!!
>>>Multi-posting on your scale is OK. The multi-posting that gets everyones
>>>knickers in a twist is called spamming!!

>>
>> People *really* don't seem to realise just how bad multi-posting is and
>> that there's never a reason why it should *ever be done.
>>
>> [and yes, this is crossposted to rec.food.cooking for clarity in both
>> groups]

>
>Many don't even understand that crossposting and multiposting are
>different practices...


Maybe if they took a little time out for usenet education...

It's no wonder usenet is dying, Blinky