Posters bombarding forums
Jun 28, 2003 | 3:30 am
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Have to agree with gleff pretty much.
The FT TOS specifically says there is no limit upon how many posts anyone can make.
Randy has posted doc provides a valuable service to FT in his opinion. That is surely the only person whose opinion will count in this matter. Anyone who wants to set up their own BB in parallel to FT is clearly free to do so.
I can think of two such boards set up by active FT'ers that have basically died from lack of interest. Tells us all a story perhaps? But it is a free world out there.
doc's threads all have very specific headings that make them easy to not click on if one does not wish to. I find that easy to do.
Others that do not might like to start their own board write their own TOS for it, and invite their friends to join.
And while doing that, FT can steam ahead as always - and log up its two millionth post. A milestone Randy seems very proud of.
The FT TOS specifically says there is no limit upon how many posts anyone can make.
Randy has posted doc provides a valuable service to FT in his opinion. That is surely the only person whose opinion will count in this matter. Anyone who wants to set up their own BB in parallel to FT is clearly free to do so.
I can think of two such boards set up by active FT'ers that have basically died from lack of interest. Tells us all a story perhaps? But it is a free world out there.
doc's threads all have very specific headings that make them easy to not click on if one does not wish to. I find that easy to do.
Others that do not might like to start their own board write their own TOS for it, and invite their friends to join.
And while doing that, FT can steam ahead as always - and log up its two millionth post. A milestone Randy seems very proud of.
Jun 29, 2003 | 12:51 pm
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"Posters bombarding forums"
I know these are different kind of posts, and well meaning in fact, but I was taken aback nonetheless to see this 200 post long series today for the first time.
I know these are different kind of posts, and well meaning in fact, but I was taken aback nonetheless to see this 200 post long series today for the first time.
Jul 1, 2003 | 10:14 am
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All of this is an attack on doc. What some of you have against someone who puts newslinks in FT is beyond my understanding. I'm glad to see that Randy has been silent on this bizarre attack as voicing even a word would somehow give attention and credence to those who have nothing else better to do than to besmirch doc.
Keep posting the news, doc. Many of us like it.
From ozstamps:
Seems evident to me too.
[This message has been edited by Analise (edited 07-01-2003).]
Keep posting the news, doc. Many of us like it.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Randy has posted doc provides a valuable service to FT in his opinion. That is surely the only person whose opinion will count in this matter. Anyone who wants to set up their own BB in parallel to FT is clearly free to do so. </font>
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Jul 1, 2003 | 12:33 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Analise:
All of this is an attack on doc. What some of you have against someone who puts newslinks in FT is beyond my understanding. I'm glad to see that Randy has been silent on this bizarre attack as voicing even a word would somehow give attention and credence to those who have nothing else better to do than to besmirch doc.
Keep posting the news, doc. Many of us like it.</font>
All of this is an attack on doc. What some of you have against someone who puts newslinks in FT is beyond my understanding. I'm glad to see that Randy has been silent on this bizarre attack as voicing even a word would somehow give attention and credence to those who have nothing else better to do than to besmirch doc.
Keep posting the news, doc. Many of us like it.
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What on earth was attacking about this calm, clear question?
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">What is the FT policy regarding posters that bombard a forum with hundreds of crossposts from news websites? It's not a question of on-topic or not, it's just that other threads are difficult to find because the bombardment of new ones is so rapid.</font>
How nice of you to add your charactrization of an "attack" and that you find these people "bizarre" and accusing people of "besmirch[ing]" innocent doc.
The question you ask has been asked and answered so many times, that you really must be avoiding seeing the answer, or you really just want to launch another attack on doc's critics. I have posted that I disagree with the separate forum proposal, but I'll still come back and defend the innocent against attacks like this.
Jul 14, 2003 | 4:45 pm
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Wow...I had forgotten that I started this thread.
My original query was related to news articles posted in forums other than In The News. In this case, I'm pretty sure the forum was OMNI, and I don't think it matters who the poster was.
I don't have anything against news cross-posts. I find many of the news posts interesting and frequently participate in those threads. My only question was whether there was a policy about hitting the same board with MANY news posts in rapid succession. It now seems clear to me that there is not a specific rule against this.
I still hold that it's poor etiquette, and am still of the opinion that Randy should discourage this type of posting, but hey...that's just an opinion and it's Randy's board.
We all know how to use the Search function, we all know how to avoid topics that don't interest us, and we all know how to dig through Pages 2 and beyond to get what we need. We do all of those things regularly as a normal part of using the boards: I'm simply proposing that good etiquette with regards to cross-posts might allow everyone to do it a bit less.
My original query was related to news articles posted in forums other than In The News. In this case, I'm pretty sure the forum was OMNI, and I don't think it matters who the poster was.
I don't have anything against news cross-posts. I find many of the news posts interesting and frequently participate in those threads. My only question was whether there was a policy about hitting the same board with MANY news posts in rapid succession. It now seems clear to me that there is not a specific rule against this.
I still hold that it's poor etiquette, and am still of the opinion that Randy should discourage this type of posting, but hey...that's just an opinion and it's Randy's board.
We all know how to use the Search function, we all know how to avoid topics that don't interest us, and we all know how to dig through Pages 2 and beyond to get what we need. We do all of those things regularly as a normal part of using the boards: I'm simply proposing that good etiquette with regards to cross-posts might allow everyone to do it a bit less.