1.2-> Basic Netiquette (alt.fan.winona-ryder)
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This article is from the Winona Ryder FAQ, by C. Scott Duprey duprey@panix.com with numerous contributions by others.
1.2-> Basic Netiquette (alt.fan.winona-ryder)
Here are some good guidelines to follow when reading not only this
newsgroup,
but any Usenet group.
Read the newsgroup for at least a month before posting.
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Reading what other people post for a while gives you a basic idea of
what regular readers of the group are interested in discussing. An
example is the recent Winona vs. Pam Anderson thread. The general
consensus has been to
let the thread die, but it hasn't because a newbie will come along,
see the thread, and innocently post his/her two cents. Reading for a
month before posting can help avoid this.
Reading for a while before posting also can let you know which topics
have been discussed to death. Posting a message asking for any and
all nudes of Winona, for example, is a great way to announce your
newbie status.
The one month time frame is used because FAQs are often posted on a
monthly basis, so you should wait and see if the newsgroup has a FAQ
before posting a question that has most likely already been answered.
A list of Winona's film credits is a popular request that has already
been covered (in another section of this FAQ).
Avoid excessive cross-posting.
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Cross-posting is when an identical message is posted to two or more
newsgroups. Sometimes a cross-post is appropriate and can create
interesting discussion between readers of several newsgroups. An
appropriate cross-post is the aforementioned Winona vs. Pam Anderson
thread which was cross-posted to alt.fan.winona-ryder and
alt.fan.pam-anderson. Excessive and irrelevant cross-posts include
the recent Nazi Alert! and Are you Christian? threads.
Also be aware of the message headings, which include information about
which groups the message is being posted to. If you reply to a
message that has been cross-posted, your reply is automatically
cross-posted to the same groups as the original post, unless you edit
the message header.
Don't spam.
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Spamming is different from cross-posting in that spamming involves
posting the same message to a zillion newsgroups for the purposes of
advertising. Ask a 'net-savvy friend to tell you the story of The
Green Card Lawyers. Spamming is kind of like junk mail. It's
intrusive and you generally don't want to read it. Anyone who's
spamming is most likely not reading this anyway, but hey, you can't
say I didn't try.
Respect others as you'd like to be respected.
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The Internet is the ultimate forum for free speech: you can say what
you like to a potential audience of millions all over the world. Just
be aware that not everyone wants to hear what you have to say. And
for those of you who want to tell everyone what's acceptable speech
and what's not, don't. We're all adults, and if we're not, we should
be supervised. If you feel the need to insult someone for something
they posted (I recommend you don't), there's always e-mail.
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