cross-post vi.
[Usenet; very common] To post a single
article simultaneously to several newsgroups. Distinguished from
posting the article repeatedly, once to each newsgroup, which
causes people to see it multiple times (which is very bad form).
Gratuitous cross-posting without a Followup-To line directing
responses to a single followup group is frowned upon, as it tends
to cause followup articles to go to inappropriate newsgroups
when people respond to only one part of the original posting.
[Usenet; very common] To post a single
article simultaneously to several newsgroups. Distinguished from
posting the article repeatedly, once to each newsgroup, which
causes people to see it multiple times (which is very bad form).
Gratuitous cross-posting without a Followup-To line directing
responses to a single followup group is frowned upon, as it tends
to cause followup articles to go to inappropriate newsgroups
when people respond to only one part of the original posting.
Related:
- cross-post: [USENET] vi. To post a single article simultaneously to
several newsgroups.
Distinguished from posting the article repeatedly... - spam vt.,vi.,n.
[from "Monty Python's Flying
Circus"] 1.
To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer... - Dear Emily:
I'm still confused as to what groups articles should be posted
to.
How about an example? -- Still Confused Dear Still... - newsgroup: [USENET] n. One of {USENET}'s huge collection of
topic groups or {fora}.
Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post)... - newsgroup n.
[Usenet] One of Usenet's huge collection of
topic groups or fora.
Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post)... - Dear Emily:
How can I choose what groups to post in?
Confused Dear Confused: Pick as many as you can,... - Breidbart Index /bri:d'bart ind*ks/
A measurement of the
severity of spam invented by long-time hacker Seth Breidbart,
used for programming cancelbots. The Breidbart Index... - followup n.
[common] On Usenet, a posting
generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a
reply,
which goes by email rather than being broadcast). ... - dogpile v.
[Usenet: prob. fr. mainstream "puppy pile"]
When many people post unfriendly responses in short order to a
single posting,
they are sometimes said to "dogpile" or "dogpile ...
