On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 05:40:14PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Some days ago I cross-posted, apologized and warned! It's anyway not the > best idea to do so. > > Excepted of some announcements cross-posting isn't a good idea, > sometimes it's just less work for the person who does the post, but it > e.g. very often leads to dead threads etc..
Cross posting is way better than multi-posting though. The reasons should be obvious, and if you have ever tried to have a conversation between two or more people in different rooms you will have an understanding of what I mean. Bring them all into the one room, and problem solved. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120812162806.GA20343@tal