Re: Did I just discover a law of usenet spam?

On 3/17/2024 2:24 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 3/16/24 06:49, D wrote:
>> Could this be a discovered "law of usenet"?
> 
> I wouldn't call it a law.
> 
> More something that's long been known by many Usenetizens.
> 
>> "The more cross-posts, the less the value of the message."
>>
>> Maybe?
> 
> The more newsgroups that a message is posted to, the less likely it is 
> to be on topic.
> 
> The rare exception to that is someone asking something like "I don't 
> know where to post this, so I'm asking <here>, <here>, and <here>.  I've 
> set followups to <here>." type thing.
> 
> 
> 

I have to admit I actually post in various newsgroups if something is in 
fact of interest in multiple ones. Although I limit myself to 3 (because 
well, if I didn't my own spam filter would already get rid of it)