shefter-bret@CS.YALE.EDU (Bret A. Shefter) (05/14/88)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MEmunch, munch, smack gulp <burp> In article <439@bacchus.DEC.COM> reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes: >I think that if you took a poll of the rank and file of the network, you >would find most people in support of a rule that talk.bizarre should not be >allowed to crosspost to ANYTHING. In general crossposting is a bad idea. 1) As almost anyone in talk.bizarre will no doubt verify, most cross- posting "from" t.b actually originates outside the group (the recent startrek unpleasantness is but one example). People who think, "Well, this ought to appeal to anyone with a weird sense of humour" or "Gee, maybe this is just strange enough that one of *them* will know/want to know about it" just sort of tack on the extra group without really thinking. >Crossposting from talk.bizarre is an especially bad idea. 2) The most common cross-post from talk.bizarre is to alt.flame, which in my opinion is perfectly permissible. Alt.flame is a forum for people to vent their spleens in a soft, padded environment. If someone's flaming in talk. bizarre, or anywhere else for that matter, they will often cross-post to alt. flame. This is acceptable as long as they *direct*follow-ups*. If it's going to be a flame war, leave it there. If it's going to be strange and funny, leave it in talk.bizarre. If it's a serious followup, the person doing the following up can change the newsgroups line (it's not that hard, guys! Really!). Shadow -- From the only slightly twisted mind of... shefter-bret@yale.ARPA * DISCLAIMER * shefter@yalecs.BITNET It's not my fault! ...!ihnp4!hsi!yale!shefter ...!decvax!yale!shefter "Elementary, my dear Riker...sir."