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Cross-posting to ARBR
As many of you on ARBR well know, I have always been very much opposed to
cross-posting, but I am having lots of second thoughts about that. I now think it is the one thing that will save ARBR from dying and going to the Google graveyard. ARBR was always a very small newsgroup and it was virtually destroyed by a criminal vandal troll by the name of Ed Gin last winter. It is being revived at long last by all the cross-posting. I am in favor of it as there are now lots of interesting posts for everyone on ARBR to read and respond to. There is a grave danger in being too recumbent specific. I think we are saved from ourselves thanks to the other newsgroups. RBM I think is compatible with ARBR and I suspect the other cycling newsgroups are also. I am not sure about the racing group. Maybe Mr. Sherman could advise us on that. However, I do note that Mr. Sherman is no longer trimming the newsgroups, so I think he has come around to the idea of cross-posting too. I reference Mr. Sherman because he has been the main stay of ARBR ever since I have been here, something like three years I believe. We should of course use some discretion concerning what threads we drag over to ARBR. Frankly, I am amazed at how one poster, NYC, has single handedly sparked the newsgroups. All newsgroups need newbies. Otherwise we just end up cussing and swearing at one another to no good end. I am encouraged by what I see happening here on ARBR. I do not think we ever want to be a small group again. It is too easy for a criminal vandal troll to take you down when you are a small group. The one thing I do know for sure is that it is not healthy to be a small group. ARBR has enough in common with the other cycling newsgroups so that we should welcome their posting here. We should not bother them with recumbent specific messages though. The other groups are large enough and do not need us, but we need them. I think it is either that or we perish. I am fairly new to newsgroups and so I may not be aware of all the dangers of cross-posting. I am curious to know what others more experienced than I may think. Regards, Ed Dolan - Minnesota |
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Cross-posting to ARBR
Edward Dolan wrote: ... RBM I think is compatible with ARBR and I suspect the other cycling newsgroups are also. I am not sure about the racing group. Maybe Mr. Sherman could advise us on that.... The last time I checked the standard salutation on rec.bicycles.racing (RBR) was "Dumbass" - this group is also the source of the Tom Kunich/Roger Bratton flame war that was recently cross-posted across all the cycling newsgroups. Flaming is standard, civilized discussion is not, on RBR. Posting links to pictures of sexually explicit acts is also relatively common. Need I say more? -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley (For a bit) |
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Cross-posting to ARBR
"Johnny Sunset" wrote in message oups.com... Edward Dolan wrote: ... RBM I think is compatible with ARBR and I suspect the other cycling newsgroups are also. I am not sure about the racing group. Maybe Mr. Sherman could advise us on that.... The last time I checked the standard salutation on rec.bicycles.racing (RBR) was "Dumbass" - this group is also the source of the Tom Kunich/Roger Bratton flame war that was recently cross-posted across all the cycling newsgroups. Flaming is standard, civilized discussion is not, on RBR. Posting links to pictures of sexually explicit acts is also relatively common. Need I say more? -- Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley (For a bit) OK, thanks Tom. I am sure you are right and we should avoid that group like the plague. They obviously are still into teenage testosterone and we do not need any of that here. I will be careful what I drag over to ARBR and I hope you will be too. Regards, Ed Dolan - Minnesota |
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