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Multipost vs Crosspost - What's the difference?

multipost | crosspost |

As verbs the difference between multipost and crosspost

is that multipost is to post several copies of (a message) to different newsgroups while crosspost is to post (a message) to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.

As a noun crosspost is

an electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.

multipost

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (computing, ambitransitive) To post several copies of (a message) to different newsgroups.
  • It makes more sense to crosspost than to multipost : that way, replies will all appear together in a single thread.

    See also

    * crosspost

    crosspost

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.
  • (computing) An act of crossposting.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To post (a message) to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.
  • (computing) To make a crosspost.
  • See also

    * multipost