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Cross Posting????

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  • 17-10-2011 9:39pm
    #1
    Frowzy
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭


    What does cross posting mean?

    I see someone got banned for it.... What could it mean? :p


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    #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    posting the same topic in more than one forum. you should pick the most suitable forum and then just post in that one.


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    Frowzy
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭Frowzy


    Random wrote: »
    posting the same topic in more than one forum. you should pick the most suitable forum and then just post in that one.

    Excuse my jargon ignorance but is that not the same as spamming?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    No, spamming is just advertising effectively.

    Cross-posting is fairly rare in these modern times, but it's when the same topic is posted to a couple of forums all of which are usually relevant to the topic. So starting a thread about a child's school problem in both the parenting and education forums, for example.

    Spam is posted to many random forums indiscriminately and usually in a short space of time.


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    #5
    Frowzy
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭Frowzy


    Well I think that's cleared that up! ;)

    Thanks x


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