[NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting
brian at pongonova.net
brian at pongonova.net
Sat Jul 12 20:28:20 CDT 2008
Amen. I'm not sure who died and was appointed King of the Bottom
Posters, but it's time that us top posters have fair representation
too!
It's like reading a novel: When I'm done for the evening, I put the
book down, and pick it up the next day. I don't start from the
beginning and re-read everything I've already read, because I have a
good idea what the story is. Same thing with top posting: I rarely
need to re-read an entire thread to get an idea of what is going on.
On those rare occassions my memory fails me (becoming more common with
age, I'm afraid), I'll glance down for the important info.
Top posters of the world, unite and rise against the oppressors! I
believe we have a new King of the Top Posters in our midst...
--Brian
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 08:20:54PM -0500, Steve Baker wrote:
> 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.
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