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Ozgirl

Alan wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:10:03 +1100, "Ozgirl"
> > wrote:
>
>>Alan Moorman wrote:
>>>>>>I think you're confusing your being baffled with
meaninglessness
>>>>>>in general.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, how about if I said that I think that 80% of the
people
>>>>> who would read that in this group wouldn't comprehend
it,
>>>>> and would skip the information.
>>>>
>>>>Which group? This is going to 3 groups, most of the
>>>>participants are long term posters and post in all 3
groups
>>>>regularly. I am not saying some won't skip some of the
>>>>posts but a lot participate in these types of threads,
some
>>>>ask for the "English" version from time to time. No big
>>>>deal.
>>>
>>>
>>alt.food.diabetic,misc.health.diabetes,alt.suppo rt.diabete
s
>>>
>>> Are the groups. Sorry I didn't say "news groups".
>>>
>>> I read several diabetic groups and several food groups,
and
>>> many of the posts are cross-posted, so I usually just
say
>>> "news group" or "group". Jeez, I'm sorry.
>>>
>>> Regardless, posting in opaque scientific terminology is
>>> wasted effort unless one is in a professional group,
perhaps
>>> one of the "sci." groups.
>>>
>>> Alan Moorman
>>
>>misc.health.diabetes is a "scientific" group by their
>>charter, asd is obvious - "support" and the food group is
>>used for posting recipes mainly to keep that out of the
>>other two groups.
>
> So you read the charter of every new news group you have
an
> interest in?
>
> I would never guess that a "misc" category was scientific
> and/or professional.
>
> I wonder why they didn't get a "sci" designation, which
> would indicate that without anyone having to read the
> charter.
>
> Alan Moorman

One of the first things you will read in basic netiquette is
to read the charter (if they have one) of a group so you can
keep in "sync" with the original aim of the group.