Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 09:05:04 Dale wrote: >> Danny YUE wrote: >>> Just curious: why is top-posting forbidden here? >>> I have never found any reference for that. >>> >>> I would appreciate it if you could tell me something about that. >>> >>> Danny >> Here is one but there are tons of others. >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/etiquette.html#idp5 >> 5147880 >> >> >> Also, on this list, html is frowned upon as well. Plain text is >> requested, although some devices may not have the option. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > I thought the original joke went like this: > > A. Top posters > Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? > > A: Because it upsets the logical flow of the thread. > Q: Why is top posting a bad idea? > > > Anyway, Gentoo users often ask multifaceted questions which require more than > a single answer. With top posting we would need to send many response emails > to respond with clarity to all points the OP may have raised. With inline > responses we can interlace the answers in the OP's message and the logical > flow of the conversation is retained within a single response email. >
I have actually seen that in people's sig before. I can't recall who it was and haven't seen it in a while. I bottom post if it is somewhat a single subject or inline post if it has more than one topic. As you say, it makes it easier to know what one is talking about. I use what I feel will work best. Top posting tho, as your example/joke points out, makes it hard to figure out what is going on, even if one is following the thread. Of course, I also realize that some devices make that hard or impossible. Most who use those devices say they are. Dale :-) :-)
