Multi posting

[ezdays]

On the original subject, it seems to me that restraint and good judgment are admirable qualities. Wasting effort -- a couple of guys wonder how people have the time to put the same post on forum after forum -- isn't really admirable. Saying "lookit MEEEE!" over and over isn't admirable. There are many, many worse things.

I don't think that everyone that posts on multiple forums has the "lookie MEEEE" mentality. There are those people that only frequent one or two and just might miss a post or a conversation if it's only posted on a forum that they don't participate in. For as long as I've been on The-Gauge (think Feb. 2003), it's been my primary train forum. True, for the past five years I've had a vested interest in The-Gauge/Big Blue, but even when I didn't, I still rarely posted or even went to other train forums.

As it stands, who is being hurt by someone posting the same thing on different forums? Why is there even a need to care? We all participate in the hobby differently, some need to talk to different people on different forums, some just stick to one or two. Some like to join clubs, others stay at home. Some like to build, others like to run sessions. Who are we to judge who is right?