What's wrong with cross posting?
Nov 26, 2002 | 8:27 am
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What's wrong with cross posting?
I read this response to a recent post...
<<<Please see my response to your identical query in "Miles Buzz." Under the Terms and Conditions of FlyerTalk, such "cross posting" as this is highly disfavored.>>>
Guess I didn't know this was such a sin. I don't think I'm guilty, but what's the problem with this? Many questions that arise cut across several topics...NW and CO and KL for example all have their own boards but not all of us have the time to read everything and as partners the questions pertain to more than one carrier. What's the harm...are we overloading the system or do some folks simply find it annoying that someone asked the same question in several places in an attempt to get more answers?
<<<Please see my response to your identical query in "Miles Buzz." Under the Terms and Conditions of FlyerTalk, such "cross posting" as this is highly disfavored.>>>
Guess I didn't know this was such a sin. I don't think I'm guilty, but what's the problem with this? Many questions that arise cut across several topics...NW and CO and KL for example all have their own boards but not all of us have the time to read everything and as partners the questions pertain to more than one carrier. What's the harm...are we overloading the system or do some folks simply find it annoying that someone asked the same question in several places in an attempt to get more answers?
Nov 26, 2002 | 8:50 am
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Probably has something to do with following the rules in some posters opinions.
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Identical posts placed on more than one discussion thread. Many participants in our community are very frequent visitors and weeding through the same message in multiple locations can be frustrating, and downright annoying. Good online manners dictate that you don't post the same message more than once. The online word for posting the same message in multiple locations is "spamming." We don't allow that.
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Identical posts placed on more than one discussion thread. Many participants in our community are very frequent visitors and weeding through the same message in multiple locations can be frustrating, and downright annoying. Good online manners dictate that you don't post the same message more than once. The online word for posting the same message in multiple locations is "spamming." We don't allow that.
Accidental duplicate posts in a single discussion thread. We do understand that, due to occasional server lag, duplicate posts may not be your fault. To request that accidental duplicate posts be deleted, contact any TalkAssist member who will see that the duplicate post in question is cleaned up.</font>
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Nov 26, 2002 | 12:10 pm
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The problem with not doing that is some of the catagories you post in aren't read by many people...if I have a question about a destination that many NW flyers go I would probably get a much higher response rate if I posted that question in the NW forum.
If you want to get technical, the NW forum that we use is really only for NW Worlperks and related mileage issues...
So I have no problem with someone posting non mileage issues here.
thoughts?
If you want to get technical, the NW forum that we use is really only for NW Worlperks and related mileage issues...
So I have no problem with someone posting non mileage issues here.
thoughts?
Nov 26, 2002 | 12:27 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">So I have no problem with someone posting non mileage issues here.
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Nov 26, 2002 | 5:15 pm
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Cross posting is generally not a good idea. If you feel an issue warrants it, do it by posting your new thread in the most relevant forum. Then copy the link and paste it into a new thread in the other forum with a synopsis of what's going on.
To answer your question, the problem with cross posting is that it divides the discussion. Some people say some things on one thread, which may or may not repeated in the other thread. It can be very difficult to follow.
To answer your question, the problem with cross posting is that it divides the discussion. Some people say some things on one thread, which may or may not repeated in the other thread. It can be very difficult to follow.
Nov 27, 2002 | 10:30 pm
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It would be easier if we could search all of "FlyerTalk Miles", instead of each board.... I've duplicated a post just because I wasn't aware it was on another board...