J. Roeleveld wrote: > 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
So those "smart" devices are finally catching up. Good for them to finally catch up to the world huh? ROFL Dale :-) :-)
