Swingman wrote:
wrote in message

It is simply a matter of nettiquette to post articles in a
newsgroup
where they are on topic.

Thing about it is, its a complicated world. ... many here are using
filters
that work against crossposting. If you take out the crossposting, you
defeat
the filter.


IOW, those who filter to remove cross-posts don't want to read
the OT articles in the first place, right?

Works for me.

Rec.woodworking is one newsgroup that works as intended. We
have great, flame-free discussions of woodworking and woodworking-
related topics. Most of the off-topic articles are crossposted
here by trolls.

What boggles the mind is that evidently a few of the regular
participants are unhappy about that flame-free environment and
insist on posting off-topic articles with subjects guaranteed to
provoke flame wars. One supposes that results largely from two
factors. First, a profound ignorance of UseNet itself and/or an
attitude that accepted rules of nettiquette are for other people
only.

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FF