arne anka wrote: > imho the number of people adverse to top postings equals more or less the > number of people being annoyed by down-postings. > just recently i got mail over 4 pages (with a screen 19200x1200 and 11px > font!) with just one (and above all rather meaninmgless) sentence below. > > ususally i know from the subject and a short glance a) what the thread was > about or b) if i am inclined to read the mail. > >
Agreed. > this top/down is not going to solve anything ... there are imho two rules > to be observed instead: > - use meaningful subjects > - quote only what is absolutely necessary > > A little common sense and curtsy, go along way. > and btw: for the sake of future generations and the archive: > _never_ do something like "oh! i found a solution! it's here: > http://someoutsideurl. bye" > there is little more annoying but searching the archives for a specific > problem, hitting a "solved"-post and seeing it points to a dead link w/o > citing the solution! > > A third must have rule should be; don't be lazy start a new thread. Top/Bottom might annoy some people, but thread-jacking has a lasting consequence. It really is an irksome practice. Matt _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community