Posted by jayembee on 04/07/14 11:30

kaboom <kaboomicus@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

>> Even worse, you didn't even crosspost, you posted separate articles.
>
> **Because crossposting is not good netiquette? The TOS for Giganews
> (Comcast) says, "The majority of binary groups and almost all text
> groups, however, discourage any form of crossposting."

I think you're obeying the letter rather than the spirit. Posting the same
message separately in separate newsgroups is really no different than
crossposting. Except in one significant area: if you post the same message
separately to three different groups, there are three separate copies of the
message being passed around the net. If you crosspost to three different
groups, there's only one copy.

> Many posters don't like being surprised that their posts are ending up
> in places other than the original NG that they are answering in.

People who don't pay attention to the header to see where their post
is going have no right to complain.

-- jayembee

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