Netiquette in this newsgroup

[William Ryan eMVP]

Agreed. However i know I've screwed up more than a few times on the
netiquette , feeding the trolls being the worst. I try to correct stuff as I
find it. I know that maniuplating the date so your message stays up top
(which I used to see done primarly by spammers or trolls) is uncool. But
like you said, many do it accidentally annd in such cases I've just pointed
it out gently if no else did already. To point this out though you need to
respond and starting a separate thread seems like a faux pas too so the
whole thing is confusing.

Thanks again for your reply though, it definitely makes sense.

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[Tom Shelton]

I agree but I did it in COLA a few times and you'd have thought i was bill
gates by the way they responded. I've been chastised a few other times too,
although I can't imagine any posting style being that big of a deal. I also
find top posting much easier to read ...

COLA is full of psycho-paths...

 

[Peter van der Goes]

I agree but I did it in COLA a few times and you'd have thought i was bill
gates by the way they responded. I've been chastised a few other times too,
although I can't imagine any posting style being that big of a deal. I also
find top posting much easier to read ...

Hi, Bill.
Just so I don't wander there inadvertently, what's COLA?

 

[Tom Shelton]

Hi, Bill.
Just so I don't wander there inadvertently, what's COLA?

comp.os.linux.advocacy

 

[Peter van der Goes]

comp.os.linux.advocacy

Thanks, Tom. Using 20-20 hindsight, I can see that I *should* have been able
to figure it out

 

[William Ryan eMVP]

Thanks Sven, I appreciate it.

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[Paul Clement]

¤ Hallo,
¤
¤ One of the netiquettes is not to answer newsgroup questions, which are
¤ placed in future.
¤
¤ This behaviour is well known because in this case the message stays in most
¤ newsreaders in top op the reader.
¤
¤ The netiquette says not to answer those questions.
¤
¤ For those who are new can have the excuse that they did not see it, however
¤ strange is that those messages are mostly especially answered by people who
¤ should know that in my opinion.
¤
¤ No answer needed, would only make even more dirt.

I've never head of such a thing. I can very easily delete them from my news reader if I prefer.

Frankly I'm more annoyed by idle chit chat, if you know what I mean, and replies that give a poster
the name of person who can answer their question. ;-)


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)