Re: Newsgroup etiquette

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Newsgroup etiquette
Date	2025-04-27 14:40 -0700
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>> On 28/03/2025 18:03, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>> On 27/03/2025 19:31, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> <OT stuff snipped>
>>>>> And this is *way* off-topic.
>>>>
>>>> That didn't stop you having your say first /then/ declaring it
>>>> as way off-topic!
>>>
>>> I agree with the implied criticism here.
>>
>> Fair comment.  OTOH, a wise man once said that posting on-topic
>> articles is like paying pennies into your account, and posting
>> off-topic articles is like taking out dollars.
>>
>> Over the years Keith has posted many thousands of on-topic articles.
>>
>> That doesn't make OT stuff topical, but it does earn Keith a lot of
>> slack.
>
> I have the opposite reaction.  Certainly Keith is well known and
> generally highly regarded in the newsgroup.  But it is precisely
> because of that status that he should hold himself to a higher
> standard than others (and the same is true for other similarly
> situated newsgroup participants).  Casual posters see what leaders
> do and think because a leader does it the behavior is okay.  The
> best people should try to set a good example, not be granted an
> exception for bad behavior.

Looking back at the previous posts, I did post a couple of paragraphs
about something that was clearly off-topic before complaining that
it was off-topic.  That was inconsistent of me, but I decided that
posting yet another followup, either to defend myself or to admit
that I was wrong, would just increase the noise, so I tried to
let it drop.  Posting a month after the thread had died out hardly
seems helpful.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Re: Newsgroup etiquette Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-04-27 12:28 -0700
  Re: Newsgroup etiquette Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 14:40 -0700
  Re: Newsgroup etiquette Ethan Carter <ec1828@somewhere.edu> - 2025-04-28 00:59 -0300

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