Don Geddis wrote: > Richard Riley <rileyrg...@gmail.com> wrote on Thu, 01 Jan 2009: >> Tim Greer <t...@burlyhost.com> writes: >>> That poster has a frequent habit of cross posting to multiple, >>> irrelevant >>> news groups. There's no rhyme or reason to it. >> >> No rhyme nor reason? It's quite clear, to me, why. How is a >> comparison article not relevant when he is trying to stimulate >> discussion about alternative languages for modern development? > > Sometimes crossposting can be useful. But you ought to at least be > aware of some of the possible drawbacks, e.g. expressed here: > http://www.nhplace.com/kent/PFAQ/cross-posting.html > > In particular, the usual hope by the poster is that the content is > relevant to the union of people in the different groups, but the > actual experience is that it is often relevant only to the > intersection of such people. > > And, moreover, that a long cross-posted thread on controversial topics > often winds up with people talking at cross-purposes past each other, > because they don't share enough common values to have a useful > conversation. > > In particular, the poster that started this thread is well known for > adding far more noise than signal to any discussion, and for showing > no interest in the greater good of any of the communities, but only in > his own glorification. > > You labor under the delusion that there is at least good intent here, > and the > poster ought to receive the benefit of the doubt. Long prior > experience shows that this hope is misplaced. > > -- Don
Thank you, Don, for outlining the issue far more eloquently than I was able to. Also, to be clear, I don't think anyone's upset that people find his posts interesting, but it doesn't make it so for everyone else (or assign them any ailment if they don't see it that way) -- especially in regard to the other groups he cross posts to (of which one should have specifically been the ruby group, but I digress.) -- Tim Greer, CEO/Founder/CTO, BurlyHost.com, Inc. Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated & Semi-Dedicated servers and Custom Hosting. 24/7 support, 30 day guarantee, secure servers. Industry's most experienced staff! -- Web Hosting With Muscle! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list