[NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting HAHAHA

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On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:20 PM, MadHat Unspecific
<madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:
> Robert Citek wrote:
>> Yup.  We should all be using blogs instead.
>>
>> 1) the issue of top/bottom/in-line posting disappears.
>> 2) the issue of replying to the list vs the individual goes away.
>> 3) the issue of having archives unavailable for search engines like
>> Google vaporizes.
>> 4) the issue of spam fades away.
>
> and a whole new set of issues appear...  I'll stick with this ancient
> form of group communication known as a mailing list.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Robert
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:35 PM, MadHat Unspecific
>> <madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:
>>> Richard Geoffrion wrote:
>>>> MadHat Unspecific wrote:
>>>>> A3: Please.
>>>>> Q3: Should I avoid top posting on this mailing list?
>>>>>
>>>>> A2: Because, by reversing the order of a conversation, it leaves the
>>>>>      reader without much context, and makes them read a message in an
>>>>>      unnatural order.
>>>>> Q2: Why is top posting irritating?
>>>>>
>>>>> A1: It is the practice of putting your reply to a message before the
>>>>>      quoted message, instead of after the (trimmed) message.
>>>>> Q1: What is top posting?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> TOO FUNNY, Madhat! That is my favorite method of answering the question
>>>> of top posting.
>>>>
>>>> I think I saw a signature like that once.  something like....
>>>
>>> I stole it from a cryptography list I am on... ;^)
>>>
>>>
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>>> MadHat (at) Unspecific.com
>>> "The true man wants two things: danger and play.
>>>  For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."
>>>                           - Friedrich Nietzsche
>>>
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> --
> MadHat (at) Unspecific.com
> "The true man wants two things: danger and play.
>  For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."
>                           - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Thanks for waking me up.
I found a plugin for FF/Gmail that allows bottom posting.

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