Posting Same Message In Different NG's

Ha anyone else noticed a trend in folk posting exactly the same topic in different newgroups but posting them seperately meaning if you want to reply to the messages you need to reply seperately? Is there any reason why these messages can't be crossposted .The ones I have noticed have been to just 2 newsgroups,it's not as if they are posted to more than that.

What, like people posting the same message twice to the same group?

Generally, it is because they are either using poor news software, using poor news server, or maybe they are clueless about how Newsgroups work?

Alan.

In message , Sea Monkey writes

Yeah, some buggers even post the same message twice to the same NG

Why don't you F off to your sad little life in Edinburgh or wherever you are living now.

Because some newsreaders, like aioe.org, will only allow limited cross-posting (two or three I believe) along with only allowing a limited amount of text in a post - which can be interesting when responding to a long, unsnipped posts.

Unbeliever

Tut Tut Don't be so rude

I'm living the dream I live in flat in Glasgow with a R reg mondeo yippee I've made it to the top whoa.

Sometimes I choose to do it if one of the groups has a very high "noise to signal" ratio. Rather than contaminate the "sane" group with all the "crazies" replies, I'll post to the groups separately.

Tim

For people who filter out articles with excessive crossposting, that action has exactly the wrong effect.