atw: Re: OT: A lesson in posting
- From: "bja" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:28:10 +1100
Me too.
:)
Bruce Ashley
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> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gail Hodgson
> Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2004 9:21 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: OT: A lesson in posting
>
>
> I sure this doesn't just apply to tech-writers! :-)
> Gail
>
>
> A lesson in Posting:
>
> How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?
>
>
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
> changed
>
> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
> light bulb could have been changed differently
>
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
>
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
> bulbs
>
> 53 to flame the spell checkers
>
> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
>
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
>
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
>
> 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is
> "lamp"
>
> 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light
> bulb" is perfectly correct
>
> 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in
> violation of their "acceptable use policy"
>
> 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
> please take
> this discussion to a lightbulb group
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
> forum, and
> lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light
> bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is
> superior, where to
> buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
> technique and what brands are faulty
>
> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
> corrected URL's
>
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to
> this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
>
> 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
> including all
> headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
>
> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
> cannot handle the light bulb controversy
>
> 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
>
> 44 to ask what is a "FAQ"
>
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
>
> 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions
> about light bulbs"
>
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
> start it all over again....
>
>
>
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