Re: Fixing Dirt Filthy Front Page Code

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 02:00:34 GMT, "Steve Horrillo"
<usenet (AT) stephenhorrillo (DOT) com> wrote:

On 2-Jul-2005, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous (AT) example (DOT) invalid
wrote:

Steve Horrillo wrote:
I read it and didn't see a good answer. As far as cross-posting, I
don't dare cross-post to a FP group and a non FP group. Flame wars
will start.

You have a point. Do not cross-post and include the FP group along
with any of these alt.* groups.

I multi-posted because I know not all the same people
subscribe to all newsgroups. Nor can everyone access every
newsgroup. Common sense tells me that multi-posting increases the
potential readership. Can give me a valid reason this is not true?

Several here:
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost

Shouldn't you be telling people not to multi-subscribe rather than
to not multi-post?

What? You want me to drop *my* subscription to alt.html.critique and
c.i.w.a.h so I won't see your multi-posted message? To be blunt, that
is absurd.

This taboo on multi-posting makes no logical sense to me. I'm not
trying to be contrary. Maybe it's because of the sophitication of
my newsreader (newsrover) that I don't see what the big deal is.
Please explain.

Your particular newsreader would have nothing to do with it. Any
competent newsreader allows cross-posting to more than one group.

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I read the links you referred me to. Thank you. But in practice multi
posting gets the job done. Sure it makes it easier for those who hang out in
a particular group, but the argument for not multi posting sounds like
rationalization to me. For someone who needs an answer quick, multi-posting
is the way. I filter out any thing but direct reply's. So should anyone who
looking for a direct answer to a direct question. If you want to spend your
day bantering back and forth I can understand why cross or multi posting is
frowned upon. It seems that there's a certain percentage of group
participants that think Usenet is their own private forum. I'm sure you
understand that there's other places that are more private and controlled
than Usenet.

Like I said. This is an old taboo that continues in a day in age where
there's alternatives. If you don't like spam or cross/multi-posting join a
moderated Internet forum. At least that's what my take on it is so far.
This is just "sandbox mentality." I can't imagine hanging out on Usenet for
anything but giving or getting information. If you see multiple identical
questions just answer it once and get on with your life. If it's a troll,
don't answer. If it's cross posted strip off the other groups. If it's
multi-posted answer only one time.

As a real life example of multi-posting paying off, I posted to the FP
group. I got a very simple and effective answer. "Right click on the code
and select, "reformat html." I was hoping to get more wisdom outside FP
Groups but if I had followed what was recommended from some of the other
groups I would have wasted tons of time.

Why do people keep cross or muti-posting? Why do people spam? Why are there
still wars? The answer is simple. Because it works. You can make up all the
reasons in the world why it shouldn't, but yet it DOES work. If your
attitude is that you are truly here to help someone, you would look past the
other person's viewpoint and methodology and answer the question. Unless of
course you're just here to show your buddies how smart you are.

It is beyond my imagining that someone would know how to help someone, but
withholds that information just to punish them for not conforming. IIf
that's what these people are made of, I don't want their reply.

But like I said I'm always open changing my mind. But so far if I back up
and try to see this from a neutral point of view, I still can't see the
logic behind wasting hours reading though posts to make sure I'm asking the
right group.

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