Cross-Posting

Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets? What
positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it properly.

In article , -ED says...

Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets? What
positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it properly.

Back in the day, USENET was all there was. Gov and University
researchers colaborated accross the earth, they all had diff domains,
cross posting allowed teams to comunicate with one message.

--
Jim Anderson
( 8(|) To eMail me, just pull "my_finger"

"Jim Anderson" wrote in message
et...
In article , -ED says...

Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets? What
positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it properly.

Back in the day, USENET was all there was. Gov and University
researchers colaborated accross the earth, they all had diff domains,
cross posting allowed teams to comunicate with one message.

I remember that, as well--although I didn't participate in the newsgroups
then...I'm new at this form of research. .It would only have made sense to
revamp the usenets' programming and addressing domains to curtail the
otherwise abusive behaviors employed today. Thanks for clearing that up for
me....-ED

"Jim Anderson" wrote in message
et...

Back in the day, USENET was all there was. Gov and University
researchers colaborated accross the earth, they all had diff domains,
cross posting allowed teams to comunicate with one message.

I remember that, as well--although I didn't participate in the newsgroups
then...I'm new at this form of research. .It would only have made sense to
revamp the usenets' programming and addressing domains to curtail the
otherwise abusive behaviors employed today. Thanks for clearing that up for
me....-ED

sorry for the repost....still getting a handle on the proper format...

Then why are you going backwards in technology and ways to use the
internet....Perhaps you would rather have the old BBS systems brought
back instead of images as well..........and then we can always revert
back to the 1200 or lower BPS modems, and old 8087 or Tandy 99
computers.

On Wed, 03 May 2006 16:04:04 GMT, "-ED" wrote:

"Jim Anderson" wrote in message
et.net...
In article , -ED says...

Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets? What
positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it properly.

Back in the day, USENET was all there was. Gov and University
researchers colaborated accross the earth, they all had diff domains,
cross posting allowed teams to comunicate with one message.

I remember that, as well--although I didn't participate in the newsgroups
then...I'm new at this form of research. .It would only have made sense to
revamp the usenets' programming and addressing domains to curtail the
otherwise abusive behaviors employed today. Thanks for clearing that up for
me....-ED


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"-ED" wrote in message
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Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets? What
positive purpose could it possible serve?

It made it easier to cover several NGs on the same subject. The person
didn't have to repost the same message on several groups. Now it's used by
trolls to destroy NGs for their own satisfaction.

Seems like it just bogs the
system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless generation for
sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline to use it properly.

ISPs used to do something about abusive posters and off-topic cross-posters
on Usenet. Those days are gone.
--
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Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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-ED wrote:
Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets?
What positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just
bogs the system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless
generation for sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline
to use it properly.

Au contraire, mon ami.
Crosspostings are actually a _single_ posting that appears in multiple
groups. Virtually no bandwidth consumes and any decend newsreader will know
not to show you the same message again in another NG.
The real evil postings are multi-postings where the same text is spammed in
individual messages into multiple NGs.

Of course, for spammers and trolls cross-postings are more effective because
people in different NGs jump at each others throats more easily.

jue

On Fri, 05 May 2006 02:41:39 GMT, "Jürgen Exner"
wrote:

-ED wrote:
Who had the brilliant idea of allowing cross-postings on usenets?
What positive purpose could it possible serve? Seems like it just
bogs the system down...consuming bandwidth.....this is a senseless
generation for sure...Technology abounds and we lack the discipline
to use it properly.

Au contraire, mon ami.
Crosspostings are actually a _single_ posting that appears in multiple
groups. Virtually no bandwidth consumes and any decend newsreader will know
not to show you the same message again in another NG.
The real evil postings are multi-postings where the same text is spammed in
individual messages into multiple NGs.

Of course, for spammers and trolls cross-postings are more effective because
people in different NGs jump at each others throats more easily.

jue

I noticed yesterday that my isp home page has added direct access to
the newsgroups via Supernews. They have a click here to learn about
Usenet link, so I clicked, curious about how newbies learn about
newsgroups. The learn about page popped up and it was wall to wall,
ceiling to floor obscenity and hate - I sent my isp an email, asked
them if they've checked their own link lately, got a response in an
hour. They're going to have their tech guys reconfigure in the
morning.

-- Mister Gardener
-- Pull the WEED to email me

"Steven Schneider" wrote in message
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* -ED [2006-05-03]:

In my newsreader's (slrn) score file I have:

Sco =-9999
Xref: telusplanet.*\C[a-z]:.*\C[a-z]:.*\C[a-z]:.*\C[a-z]:.* *$

This kills crossposts that are posted in over three newsgroups.
Some newsreaders do this automatically.

HTH

--
W. Steven Schneider

thank you steven, that's helpful to know
Nik