[LINK] Top posting is evil

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:08:11PM +1100, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> 
>>Couldn't agree more with Eleanor! Get a grip, people... There are  
>>times when top-posting makes far more sense - like now.
> 
> 
> no, not like now.
> 
> you've destroyed the context of your reply.  if i, or someone else, replied to
> your message and also top-posted then it would be an annoying pain to have to
> read all the replies BEFORE the quotes before you found out what was being
> discussed.

....my own reasons for top posting...include:

a)assumption that on a mailing list people have already read what the 
other person posted....if not it is available below for future reference.
b)when there is a long detailed posting, I know I often don't read it 
all, but may if someone points out a particular aspect through top posting.
c)I find inline replies promblematic as they get lost.
d) haveing now read the rest of Craig's email, below, we seem to be 
coming from different perspectives...

m

> 
> it gets particularly annoying when some top-post (perhaps deliberately
> to "prove" some stupid "point"), and others do bottom-posting or
> interleaved quoting. that makes it impossible to even see the sequence
> of the discussion, let alone follow it.
> 
> as someone else said, a quick response to a single question in PRIVATE mail
> is about the only time top-posting ever makes sense (and even then, it's not
> hard or time-consuming to quote properly AND delete all the excess quoted
> material).  it NEVER makes sense on a mailing list.
> 
> 
> craig
> 


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