[NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting

[Joe Torma]

HERE HERE!  I generally post to the bottom on this list because it seems to
be a touchy subject.  You could not have summed up my sentiments any
clearer, tough.  Home, end, page up, page down.  Catching up on a thread is
not tedious work.  Another annoyance is the lack of time based information
in threads.  I am sure there is some profound reason for failing to include
date and time information in email posts but what that is definitely is so
far above my head that I do not care to know what it is...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve Baker
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:21 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting
> 
> I'm unashamedly a top poster.  Why?
> 
> In most situations, I'm reading my email in chronological order.  So,
> if
> there is post A, and reply B, then comes another reply, C
> then I've almost certainly read A and B when C shows up.  So I need C
> to
> be at the top so I don't have to keep scrolling to the bottom all the
> time.
> 
> On the VERY rare occasion where I've missed A or B, I can still scroll
> to the bottom and read them - but 99% of the time I don't have to.
> 
> OTOH, if people bottom post then EVERY SINGLE BLOODY TIME - I have to
> scroll to the bottom - except for the uber-rare case where I missed
> something along the way.
> 
> On the grounds of efficiency and minimal scrolling effort - top posting
> wins every time.
> 
>    -- Steve
> 
> 
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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