RfD: Cross-posting to comp.ai

Dear all,

Apropos of a recent comment from someone here whose article had been 
automatically rejected for cross-posting, I thought I'd initiate an 
informal Request for Discussion (RfD) on the topic of cross-posting to 
comp.ai.

While cross-posting isn't explicitly forbidden by the comp.ai. charter 
[1], "inappropriate cross-posting" is specifically mentioned in the 
rationale for it.  Since I took over as moderator from David Kinny in 
November 2020, I've had the moderation software configured to 
automatically reject all cross-posted articles.  (I'm not sure how David 
had his software configured.  My memory is hazy but I don't recall 
seeing any cross-posted articles during his tenure.)

Given the relatively low traffic of the group, and the relatively high 
signal-to-noise ratio of submissions, I'm willing to entertain 
reconfiguring how the software deals with cross-posts.  There are 
basically two options:

Option #1: Have the system continue to automatically reject all 
cross-posted articles.

Option #2: Have the system automatically reject only those articles that 
are cross-posted to more than a certain number of groups.  Messages that 
are not cross-posted, or that are cross-posted to a number of groups 
below this limit, would enter the moderation queue to be manually 
approved or rejected by the moderator.

Do posters here have any preference as to which of these two options 
should be used in the future?  If Option #2 is preferred, is there any 
preference as to the limit on the number of cross-posted groups?

Regards,
Tristan
comp.ai moderator

[1] https://ftp.isc.org/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/comp/comp.ai

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