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Re: web forums and the old hierarchy idea

From Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: web forums and the old hierarchy idea
Date 2026-06-21 14:53 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <1118qca$qu0r$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <rbnote-40a0e8449ef07b3eebf37733@example.invalid>

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On 2026-06-21, Mara Vale wrote:

> Small web projects keep rediscovering the same thing Usenet already knew:
> putting discussion into named places helps people find the right audience.
>
> I have been helping test RootBadger:
>
[...]
> The site has a posting-etiquette idea called BurrowCraft. It is mostly old good
> sense: write a real subject line, pick the right group, keep replies tied to the
> thread, trim quotes, proofread, and make the post useful enough that somebody
> can answer it.

It may make sense to include there "check for similar subjects in the
past few days/weeks" in order to avoid repeating something, and to try
to keep things in a single thread :-P

(cf. <news://news.blueworldhosting.com/1102b55$3h691$1@paganini.bofh.team>)

Does it refer to RFC 1855, BTW?

-- 
Nuno Silva

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web forums and the old hierarchy idea Mara Vale <mara.vale@example.invalid> - 2026-06-21 12:24 +0000
  Re: web forums and the old hierarchy idea Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-21 14:53 +0100
  Re: web forums and the old hierarchy idea Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-21 23:47 +0000
  Re: web forums and the old hierarchy idea Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> - 2026-06-23 00:03 -0700

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