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How to publish to multiple forums

The Mid Continent MicroStation Community is looking to get feedback from multiple places on our agenda this year.

We could post in our forum, but then we have to assume that everyone reads our forum, or will think "Gee, I'll search on MCMC today to see what they are dong."

Because we have tracts that span multiple disciplines, we need to be able to post our query to those in those forums without the Forum Police deleting our posts.

What is the definitive policy on how to accomplish this?

And please don't say "You'll find information at <insert link here>" because while the help on Etiquette is specific about cross posting questions (Post only to the most appropriate area, and Do not post the same inquiry across multiple areas), you're assuming that if I post this in Communities forum that everyone will see it.  We are looking for maximum coverage for ths.

Please advise.

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  • Although the questions may span multiple areas, the underlying "connection" is your community, so that is where they should be posted. Multi- or cross-posts are not considered good Netiquette and will be "cleaned up".

      

  • So is it Ettiquette to post the "main" post in the Community Site, and post in other forums "Please see <insert link> for info on <subject>"

     

    Thanks,

    Shawn

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  • FWIW, I mean I only see one Solutions forum all together called BIM.  If there are more solutions forums covering different topics, I don't see them.

     

    And you've made your point quite clear, I just don't happen to agree with it. :)  I see  the "hey look over there" posts...those posts happen to be by Bentley staff...

    I'm not trying to be petty or anything here, Phil.   We're trying to promote this User Conference in the best way possible across the Community site.

    Thanks,

    Shawn

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  • Phil
    I wouldn't mind seeing Shawns post in a few forums, especially as they have tracts for several disciplines.
     
    I've never seen anything "get out of control" in BE, nor in NNTP discussion.bentley.com. Perhaps because you are an effective watchdog, but  I don't see it necessary for you to bind youself to the mast like an Odysseus.
     
    I see crossposting, as opposed to multiposting, as a good thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting  Sure it can be missused, but nothing I've seen so far. And I think crossposting could be tested for some time.
     
    If it is possible with the software?

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    regards /Thomas Voghera
     

     
    <Phil Chouinard> wrote in message news:48015@communities.bentley.com...
    We are not using the Announcements forum any more in favor of using the blog functionality (to make it possible for members to make comments, etc.) so that might be an option. However, that gets back to the original "problem" where you have to be subscribed to that forum or visit it on a regular basis -- that is something where more and more forums start down a slippery slope that eventually results in the lament "There are too many forums!!!!", which we have already heard. One thing that we want to do is to have an "events calendar" for things like this, but the infrastructure that is currently being used does not support that... yet. IMnsHO, using the "signature" technique (again, tastefully...) that I have personally seen as an effective way to get that sort of information out. The more constructive, informative replies you make, the more "rep" you can make for yourself.

    http://communities.bentley.com/administrators/general/f/9549/t/21692.aspx#48015

    regards / Thomas Voghera

  • Phil,

    I think I may have been appending to mt post during your reply; just checking to see if you read:

    Roy Gallier:
      Could the "Announcements" be made manditory as in if you are a member you recieve the postings to the "Announcements" forum?

    Thanks - Roy

  • I think this sums it up very well:

    crossposting to groups that are irrelevant to the message posted could be considered spamming. Moreover, excessive crossposting is generally considered bad form because it multiplies traffic without adding any new content. In the extreme case, if all messages were crossposted to every group, then every group would look exactly the same. A crossposter can minimize this problem by specifying that all responses be directed to a single group.


    Which is pretty much what has been said -- especially the last sentence. Yes, there have been multi-posts (cross-posting is not supported on the Web interface... for some -- and more -- of the points made previously). Those do get cleaned up pretty quickly, mainly to keep the signal ratio as high as possible.

    This is not meant to invoke an "iron fist" or any other similar analogy. We understand and very much appreciate the efforts regarding getting the word out on subjects like user communities. However, we want to make this site as informational as possible -- one of the ways to do that is to be in-topic. Suggestions have been made as to effective means to do that... if those have not been tried, might I suggest (again :) that they are.

      

  • Could the "Announcements" be made manditory as in if you are a member you recieve the postings to the "Announcements" forum?
    In an "opt-out" manner? Hmmm... almost all of this site is "opt-in", so that would be an exception that could lead to another exception (e.g. mandatory "Everything Else", for example) that could lead to... well... you know.

      

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  • Could the "Announcements" be made manditory as in if you are a member you recieve the postings to the "Announcements" forum?
    In an "opt-out" manner? Hmmm... almost all of this site is "opt-in", so that would be an exception that could lead to another exception (e.g. mandatory "Everything Else", for example) that could lead to... well... you know.

      

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  • I don't see the harm in sending postings from one "Announcements" forum to all email subscribers of other forums. It is not like it would be abused for self promotion or anything, especially if it is managed by Bentley (Phil)  ;^D

    Seriously, I think no one would mind if they also recieved important "Be Community"  related announcements in addition to their subscribed   forums.