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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
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D <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

[...]

> not everyone reading in one newsgroup is necessarily reading in another;
> cross-posting is anathema to common sense--and to netiquette in general!
> better to post articles to only one newsgroup at a time but never xpost*
>  
> some readers, especially the younger generation, do not use anything but
> smartphones; whereas many seniors (e.g. myself) have never used anything
> but desktop/laptop computers since the xt, trs-80, etc., were in diapers
>     
> *hint: to satisfy "net-cop" trolls, make each seperately posted message
> slightly different as with this reply e.g. by adding a few extra spaces
> and/or actually note to where it was also posted...(comp.mobile.android)
>     

Rubbish.  This advice is wrong and goes against long-standing custom 
and usage on Usenet.  To follow the above advice is itself a breach of
netiquette.
 
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