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Re: Newsgroup Etiquette

charles blassberg wrote:
> Can we pls keep on topic within a thread?

Even better, how about not starting a *whole new thread* on the issue!

Sheesh, TWO new threads (neither of which are on the subject of Audi
automobiles) for a meta-discussion.

What next - massive cross-posting? HTML? Binaries?

E.P.

Re: Newsgroup Etiquette

"charles blassberg" <blassberg@email.com> wrote in message
news:3bn87uF6hcd95U1@individual.net...
> Can we pls keep on topic within a thread?

This is usenet, offtopic is part of the fun time, get used to it.

> I'm up for reading about JP's EDL experiment and Suspension recalls but
> dont want that intertwined with newsgroup etiquette.
>
> Meanwhile trying to find out what's wrong with top-posting...

Top posting is an age old taboo, that was written by the elders

> Personally I remove all reply references by default so that only my
> message shows.

Nice, thats helpfull for others I am sure <not>, remember people do search
in Google groups for help in years to come.

I use Mozilla Thunderbird and set newsgroup to View
> Threads With Unread Only. That way I guess 90+% of server space is not
> duplication (if its stored that way...?), i can refer to the original
> thread and can flick through the replies without searching top or bottom
> or inbetween for the new bits.

Ahhhh I get it now, you want to change usenet to suit your browsing style,
and to support a browser that is used by less then 2% of people.

> That i find convenient, not sure if that's what some people are
> referring to as lazy.

Lazy

> If missing out the reply references is difficult for the way others read
> my posts I'll add them back in.

Have you just posted your first post, to complain about other people posts?
if so you are a troll. You know where the door is.....

Re: Newsgroup Etiquette

Ronny wrote:
> "charles blassberg" <blassberg@email.com> wrote in message
> news:3bn87uF6hcd95U1@individual.net...
> > Can we pls keep on topic within a thread?
>
> This is usenet, offtopic is part of the fun time, get used to it.

And what's even more humorous is that the meta-discussion couldn't just
reside in the original thread - no, perish the thought - it had to
spawn TWO new threads, including this one! On-topic, LOL.

Let's all start posting in all-caps, HTML, with attached binaries.
After all, any preference is valid, right?

:roll eyes:

E.P.