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Gary:
You feel that......
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However, I would request that if you feel it's necessary to post to
multiple lists, then do as I did -- ask people to reply directly to
you or to one list, so hundreds/thousands of people don't have to see
multiple copies of your post AND all the replies.
I find it fairly jarring to see the post once (when I receive it
immediately on the Code list), then again later that day or several
days later (when I receive it and eventually read it in the Omega
list digest), then again even later that day or several days later
(when I receive and eventually read the RT digest). There's this
"wait, this seems familiar, haven't I seen this before?" reaction
that takes a minute before I recognize it's a thread I've already
followed. Which isn't a terribly big problem for one post, but it
gets really annoying when a crossposted request spawns a whole series
of crossposted replies, all in disjoint time order on the different
lists! (This would be less of a problem if I went onto immediate
delivery for RT and Omega, but it would still be annoying.)
Maybe I'm being fussy, but I know I'm not the only one. I've already
gotten many responses thanking me for saying what was already on
their minds.
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I cannot say whether or not there are others who feel as you do
about crossposts being a nusance? Perhaps they are if folks
subscribe to more than one or two lists. I would further point out
that asking someone to respond privately has the risk of keeping
those who might otherwise have an interest; out of the information
loop thereby depriving them of hearing useful ideas.
Chas
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