On March 28, 2017 5:32:04 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >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 > >:-) :-)
I use multiple devices. All modern phones have apps that allow bottom posting as default. Inline is more difficult, which is why I leave those replies for when I have a real PC. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
