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Old July 19th 08, 08:30 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,aus.photo,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default 40D CAUGHT IN A STAREDOWN!

Annika1980 wrote:
On Jul 19, 12:34 pm, John McWilliams wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
Who will blink first?
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100386480/original

Those who are getting tired of you crossposting and trying to generate
hits to your site.


I don't understand. You and Noons go ape**** when I crosspost to 3
different Newsgroups. But if I make 3 identical individual posts to
each Newsgroup, that is somehow better?

I say it makes it tougher to see the replies when you have to visit
the same thread on all 3 groups.

And if anyone is getting tired of anything it is probably your endless
whining and bitching about people crossposting. In case you haven't
heard, D-Mac invented the whole Newsgroup thingy and he didn't put you
in charge. So STFU!

FU GAME, SET, MATCH.


The real problem with cross posting on the scale you and a couple of
others are doing is that the groups lose their individuality. Most
people will subscribe (or not) to a group because it offers some unique
quality they like.

Wether or not you do this on purpose or whether it is a by product of
your quest for popularity is immaterial. You are actually diminishing
the usefulness of each group by cross posting. Take out your posts and
those of Mark Thomas and Troy Piggins and there is hardly enough
sustainable traffic to support visiting a group.

Certainly anyone seeking to participate in a camera hardware forum would
steer well clear of RPE.35mm and aus.photo. In fact the only remaining
newsgroup offering any useful information is Alan Browne's creation: RPD
..slr-systems and even that is being destroyed by spammers.

Me and big squid.