# Gah! The cross-poster followed me over here! Deepest apologies to fellow Dopers!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 5, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693 "2001-10-05T23:21:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/1 "2001-10-05T23:21:39Z")
I patronize several hobbyist MBs, and I will just say that they fit under the broad general category of “arts ‘n’ crafts”, okay? So there’s this–_person_–who during the summer registered at ALL of the boards, with the same user name, and has been posting identical “Can I do this?” questions to ALL the boards. Copy and pasted, no pretense of being a different person.
Now, I dunno how many of you post on hobbyist MBs, but the general feeling is that it’s kind of an insult to post a question on MB #1–“can I do this?”–and when the answer is, “Um, no, you can’t”, to then go find _another_ MB and post the identical question over _there_. “Can I do this?”
“Um, no.” And then the next day she pops up at MB #3, and then MB #4. Same user name, same Copy and Paste question.
Now, what does she think is going to happen? Is she just asking until she finds someone who will tell her, “Sure, honey, go ahead and do X, it’ll be fine”. Which it won’t, but she won’t listen to us.
And let me make it clear, it’s not a general sort of “advice” question, like “what do you guys think?”, it’s always a very specific question, something dumb and obvious like, “Can I put sugar in my gas tank to get better mileage?” (extrapolate that to arts ‘n’ crafts). We tell her, “Um, no,” and then there she is the next day, at MB #2, asking _them_/us (because there are a number of us who also post on the same boards), “Can I put sugar in my gas tank to get better mileage?”
And she will also put the same question in several forums, like she’ll put it in the “Gasoline Mileage” forum AND in the “101 Uses for Granulated Sugar” forum.
So, anyway, earlier in the summer I evidently was unwise enough to post a link to something on the SDMB in GQ that answered a question she had, and now this week I see that she’s registered over here.
So here’s a personal message for you, Ms. Can-I-Do-This? Cross-posting is not welcome here on this message board. Just because we have umpteen forums does not mean that we want you to post the same question in all the forums. Please read the forum descriptions and post your threads appropriately.
'Cause, baby, these folks over here got _teeth_.
[sub]looking forward to her first encounter with manhattan[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/2 "2001-10-05T23:25:10Z")
Is it possible to cross post to many different forums at once?
If you don’t think so, I’ll ask again in “About This Message Board”.
Have a nice day.
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/3 "2001-10-06T02:11:51Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Avumede \*
> **Is it possible to cross post to many different forums at once?**
It is not possible in vBulletin, nor is it recommended that you do it the manual way either here.
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/4 "2001-10-06T03:06:16Z")
No you’ve got me all curious. What does she want to do?
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/5 "2001-10-06T03:17:15Z")
And what’s her name so we can gossip about you with her behind your back?
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### Author:  [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/6 "2001-10-06T04:47:21Z")
Was it the fly larvae person ? huh ? Was it ? Tell us or we will post threads holding our breath untill we turn purple. 😛
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/7 "2001-10-06T04:55:55Z")
Now, now, children… 😃
[sub]no, it wasn’t the fly larvae person, but no fair guessing, I’m not trying to be deliberately tantalizing, I’m just hoping she’ll wander into the Pit and take a hint[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/8 "2001-10-06T05:28:14Z")
Tease!
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### Author:  [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/9 "2001-10-06T08:13:47Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Avumede \*
> \*\*Is it possible to cross post to many different forums at once?
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> If you don’t think so, I’ll ask again in “About This Message Board”.
> \*\*
Well, I got it, at least.
**Avumede** , you are VERY NAUGHTY! More please.
[sub]To make sure you get this message, I’ll it again in all forums here and at Opal’s site and Una’s and on Snopes and…[/sub]
Redboss
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### Author:  [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/10 "2001-10-06T16:34:44Z")
I bet it’s the “Can I coat a mountain with mashed potatoes and go skiing on it?” person.
mischievous
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### Author:  [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/11 "2001-10-06T16:54:09Z")
Posting a link to these boards probably was a bad idea, but since cross-posting her will surely get her kicked out I’m sure you haven’t done much harm.
Maybe it’s just me, but I would’ve replied to her with something along the lines of “Sure, you can get up to 37% more mileage by putting sugar in your tank, but it’s gotta be a perfect 35/65 mix of dark muscavado to pink confectioners’ sugar. Best wishes and good luck.” That’d teach her 🙂
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by mischievous \*
> I bet it’s the “Can I coat a mountain with mashed potatoes and go skiing on it?” person.
I’m sure I’ve been on a dry ski slope where they did just that.
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/12 "2001-10-06T17:06:11Z")
You could always tell her about the neat way to speed up your computer:
/Start/Run/type in “FORMAT C:” 😃
[SUB]To the humor impaired:[/SUB]
**DON’T DO THIS!**
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### Author:  [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/13 "2001-10-06T17:19:20Z")
Don’t worry, **Polycarp** , you won’t get any complaints from people who did it 🙂
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### Author:  [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/14 "2001-10-06T21:02:43Z")
**DDG** , exactly what hobbyist message boards do you hang out at? Care to share some links?
😉
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### Author:  [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/15 "2001-10-06T22:38:46Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Polycarp \*
> \*\*You could always tell her about the neat way to speed up your computer:
>
> /Start/Run/type in “FORMAT C:” \*\*
Utterly gullible and also not very smart about computers, Cranky carefully writes this procedure down, opens her Start Menu, and begins typing…
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### Author:  [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-the-cross-poster-followed-me-over-here-deepest-apologies-to-fellow-dopers/85693/16 "2001-10-06T23:25:14Z")
Polycarp you forgot the most important part of that command.
To do it right its Format C:/U, that way the tech won’t be able to unformat the drive and recover the disc.
Peace
LIONsob