[NTLUG:Discuss] list etiquette

[terry]

Greg Edwards wrote:

> Allen Flick wrote:
>
>>
>> The number one reason I prefer the top posting technique is that there
>> are many, many, folks who will respond with very short comments like
>> "Yeah, man, I agree!"  When those are added to the bottom it becomes
>> an irritation to scroll all the way to the bottom to see it.
>>
>
> I was going to stay out of this BUT ;)
>
> I find that most top posters do not snip the original message down to 
> just the parts they are responding to.  To me it feels more natural to 
> see a couple lines from the post being responded to and then the 
> comments on that.
>
> Kind of like reading any other writing style where the premise for the 
> remaining content is setup first, then the meat and potatoes.  When a 
> top post is read top to bottom you get a comment and the have to go 
> further to find out what the comment was referring to, and then back 
> to where you were.
>
> List etiquette calls for removing the parts of the original that are 
> not related to the response.  That would include headers.  Others have 
> no need to see the addresses that were in the original.  I don't need, 
> or want, a complete copy of any post that I've already seen.  If I see 
> part of an old post and then content, I know that the comments are 
> related to THAT part of the post.
>
...but what about those who want to cut to the chase and just read the 
last post [to see all of the discussion that transpired]?

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