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- From: o.benschop@info.curtin.edu.au (Onno Benschop)
- Newsgroups: alt.best.of.internet
- Subject: ABOI frequently answered questions (fun!)
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 10:19:59 +0800
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology, Bently, Western Australia (Down Under-Woop Woop)
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- alt.best.of.internet frequently answered questions: Modified 9 September, 1994
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-
- This is the regularly posted FAQ for this newsgroup. If you wish to
- contribute, you are most welcome to do so if you follow the following
- guidelines...
-
- From a post by net.goddess:
-
- [1] Do not post original articles to ABOI. Repost other articles.
-
- ABOI is alt.best.of.internet. Like all newsgroups, it was created
- to address a specific need.
-
- For your information: alt.best.of.internet is a group that has been
- created to contain articles that people have read in other newsgroups
- and which could be of interest to other people who don't read *every*
- group available.
-
- Here's how to participate:
-
- [a] find a newsgroup other than ABOI;
- [b] find an article that is funny, entertaining, intelligent,
- thought-provoking, or otherwise interesting;
- [c] pretend you are going to 'follow-up' but instead of leaving
- the "Newsgroups:" line as you find it, you delete all of the
- groups and add "alt.best.of.internet" and instead of leaving the
- "Follow-ups To:" line alone, forward it to the appropriate
- groups.
-
- You should not post new articles here, just post *copies* of
- articles with their source, so people can follow-up to the
- source. For that reason, it is polite to note clearly where you
- found the article.
-
-
- [2] Do not use ABOI as your personal flame forum. Go to "alt.flame"
-
- ABOI only contains *copies* of posts. If you want to comment on the
- post: follow-up to the original post, or mail the poster. If you
- enjoy arguing and insulting others for fun, go to "alt.flame" If
- you want to insult one flamer in particular, send them a
- nasty e-mail by replying directly to their post, NOT by
- following-up. (My address is o.benschop@info.curtin.edu.au :-)
-
-
- [3] Do not use ABOI or other inappropriate groups for adverts.
-
- I cannot say this enough: alt.best.of.internet is for REPOSTING
- articles of interest to other people on the net. ABOI, like most
- Internet newsgroups, is not for advertising ANYTHING. Go to
- groups with "biz", "for-sale", "marketplace", or "wanted".
-
- Do not even think of posting the infamous chain-letter thread
- called "MAKE.MONEY.FAST". It is a fraud and has gotten many
- people in trouble. At least one person lost their net.access for
- posting it.
-
-
- [4] Do not create a huge irrelevant thread on ABOI to annoy others.
-
- Post a follow-up to the original group or mail the person who
- posted the article. Irrelevant threads, called cascades, are
- usually one-line posts that continue a rhyme or a theme. Most
- people resent having to deal with cascades. Those who DO like
- cascades read alt.cascade and alt.humor.
-
-
- [5] Do not post tests, personal mail, or personal messages to ABOI.
-
- Test messages can be posted to "alt.test", "alt.test.test" or
- "misc.test"
-
- These test messages will result in e-mail responses directly to
- you from all over the globe. If you would prefer NOT to get these
- e-mail responses, post to the test groups with "ignore" in the
- "Subject:" line.
-
- Personal mail or messages for one person, not the entire readership
- of alt.best.of.internet, belong in your friend's personal mailbox
- (or enemy's...see [2] above), *not* in ABOI.
-
- If you are lonely and want to post a personal ad, do it in
- "alt.personals"
-
- Incidentally, it would behoove you to read a newsgroup before
- posting to it. If you read newsgroups prior to posting to them, you
- will most likely avoid making embarrassing (for you) or annoying
- (for everyone else) mistakes.
-
-
- [6] Remember everyone IS allowed to use the Internet.
-
- The Internet consists of the people using it. It exists by the
- grace of many volunteers and a few paid staff scattered around
- the globe. No one type of access, server, computer, et cetera is
- superior to any other.
-
- If you wish to argue about the moral superiority of one type of
- site (example: .edu, .mil, .gov) over other types of sites
- (examples: aol.com, bbs.com, compuserve.com, delphi.com) then
- take it elsewhere.
-
- Asking where to get access is a meritable question, but it should
- be directed elsewhere. If you're new to the net, have a gander
- in news.answers and news.newusers.questions.
-
- Don't be a twit and annoy everyone with your rudeness.
-
-
- [7] Please remember to be courteous of others...use Netiquette.
-
- The Internet and News are means of communicating.
- "Do onto others as you would have them do to you."
-
-
- [8] Do not use your computer to abuse others, you *will* get caught.
-
- In order to make error-checking possible, every post and e-mail
- message contains an identifier. Even if you change your name and
- your reply address, you can be traced. Remailers won't hide you.
- Hacking your address won't hide you. Using a "deeptht" account
- won't hide you. Using "chfn" won't hide you. So you might as well
- be an adult and treat people nicely.
-
-
- [9] E-mail is the only fool-proof way to communicate with others.
-
- Wanna talk to someone? Mail them.
- Wanna tell lots of people what you just read? Post it.
-
-
- [10] Is there an archive for alt.best.of.internet?
-
- No, not at present. If you have any disk-space and you think that
- it's worth your while to fill it with the best of the internet,
- let me know and I'll get people to ftp to your site.
-
-
- [11] Always fasten your seatbelt on the Information Highway.
-
- It moves fast. Sit down, sit tight and enjoy. Take time to help
- others and swallow your pride and allow others with more
- experience help YOU if necessary.
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