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Don't cross postDON'T CROSS POST

Either a question is on topic for a site and it gets answers or it's off topic and it gets closed or migrated to a suitable site.

Cross posting just causes more work especially if one of the sites deems it off topic and migrates it to another site where it has been cross posted to. Now you have an exact duplicate possibly with answers to both which requires closure and merging, handling of dupe flags etc.

Don't cross post

Either a question is on topic for a site and it gets answers or it's off topic and it gets closed or migrated to a suitable site.

Cross posting just causes more work especially if one of the sites deems it off topic and migrates it to another site where it has been cross posted to. Now you have an exact duplicate possibly with answers to both which requires closure and merging, handling of dupe flags etc.

DON'T CROSS POST

Either a question is on topic for a site and it gets answers or it's off topic and it gets closed or migrated to a suitable site.

Cross posting just causes more work especially if one of the sites deems it off topic and migrates it to another site where it has been cross posted to. Now you have an exact duplicate possibly with answers to both which requires closure and merging, handling of dupe flags etc.

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user9517 Mod
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Don't cross post

Either a question is on topic for a site and it gets answers or it's off topic and it gets closed or migrated to a suitable site.

Cross posting just causes more work especially if one of the sites deems it off topic and migrates it to another site where it has been cross posted to. Now you have an exact duplicate possibly with answers to both which requires closure and merging, handling of dupe flags etc.