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Jargon:
- Posting: putting a message
online.
- Shouting: posting a message
written entirely in CAPITALS.
- Flaming: verbally attacking
other users by posting or sending them messages bearing unfriendly
content.
- Spam: posts that are put
on the ng solely for advertising some product or website (The
term was inspired by the famous Monty Python "Spam"
sketch.)
- Troll: a troll is someone
who makes a post designed to incite flaming or predictable responses.
Derives from the fishing term of "dragging bait along in
the water hoping for a bite".
- Follow-up: a follow-up is
a reply to another message.
- Thread: a number of posts
that are linked together by their subject.
>>> Please do not spam, flame, troll or shout.
Tips for posting and reading messages:
If you're new to Usenet, before you start posting messages, learn
what you can about it's customs and "culture", what is
known as "netiquette". Here are some quick tips:
- Behave as you would in real life when posting messages
or follow-ups to other messages: be polite, respect other people
and their opinions (even if they are different from yours).
- Unless the newsgroup was specifically created with a specific
language in mind, the common language when posting messages on
Usenet newsgroups is English.
- Not everyone has the same grasp of English; many users
- this author included - don't have English as their native tongue.
Keep this in mind when reading messages on Usenet, and don't flame
others if their posts have bad spelling or grammatical errors.
- Commenting on others' typos and bad grammar is always
a bad idea, whatever their mother language(s) may be. It tends
to create unnecessary tension and animosity.
- That said, POSTING ENTIRE MESSAGES IN CAPTITALS IS VERY
ANNOYING (NOT TO MENTION MUCH HARDER TO READ), SO please don't
do that. Try to avoid doing that, even in the subject header.
- Don't quote entire messages (unless you think you have
a very good reason for it), but rather only the parts that are
relevant for your response).
- Try to develop the habit of placing your response underneath
the quoted part, not on top of it. Especially in long threads,
this makes it easier to keep track of what is being written.
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