Internet Forum posting AND YOU!

[auxilary]

http://projectboil.pixel10.co.uk/posting/Posting.html

[akeizm]

Its not there

[DaleMX]

It's been mirrored, just click on the random mirror button.

 

Dale

[akeizm]

O hahah, stupid me.

[strotter]

I found this on another list. I thought is was pretty accurate.

 

 

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....