cross posters

[jim mcnamara]

Other than telling people not to cross-post the same question to 10 different forums is there any practical solution?

We have one poster who hits about 5-10 forums with each question. He/she keeps doing it.

[chrisjk]

burn them at the stake!

[beachbum]

mmm steak ...

[beachbum]

Am i the only one that couldnt give a rat's arse about the post count???? i dont get it... U dont win anything, get any acclaim (apart from chris's knighthood ) , get smarter, increase ur ability to pick up etc etc etc... I also dont give a toss where it is posted... people come here to get help and there is a risk of ppl becoming overbearing with new people and ruining the fun nature of the forum.

PS 2 things
1) where is Jim Brown.. do u guys realise that he hasnt been back since that awful suicide thread some weeks ago
2) Where is Nucleus? I miss aggravating him
3) Why wont Flibbert go out and play?
oops thats three

[beachbum]

hey!!!
I was replying to HB's post and all of a sudden it disappeared !!!!
BAH!!!

Oh well, back to mmm steak

[honeybee]

Originally posted by jim mcnamara
Other than telling people not to cross-post the same question to 10 different forums is there any practical solution?

We have one poster who hits about 5-10 forums with each question. He/she keeps doing it.

Here is some evidence just found.

I guess we can launch a new user education programme and simultaneously start bugging the mods to delete the extra threads in the irrelevant forums.

The problem is if a user posted the same thread in both the General section and the Database section, and if I replied to the General one and say Jim replied to the Database one, and if one of the threads was deleted, one of us will lose a post and also some advice / solution.

So that leaves us with only one sensible option: Educate the members.

Put all these things in your sigs so you are sure the new members get them.

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