[Air-L] Why do people apologize for cross-posting?

Deborah Elizabeth Finn deborah_elizabeth_finn at post.harvard.edu
Mon Dec 10 15:44:39 PST 2012


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>wrote:
>>How else do you get the word out to multiple lists.
>>Please be proud of yourself.


Dear Barry,

My theory is that it dates back to the day of Usenet.  If you cross-posted
to multiple Usenet groups, the members of all those groups would see all
responses.  This meant that folks from alt.fan.kirk-rules would have to be
contaminated with content written by members of alt.fan.picard-rules.  Oh,
the humanity!

;-)

Best regards from Deborah

P.S.  Read "Purity and Danger" by Mary Douglas for more about this sort of
category-mixing can constitute an unspeakable defilement in certain
cultures.

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