On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 22:06 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: --snip-- > PS Have you noticed that there aren't many people who are top posting > zealots? I wonder why. Maybe tops posters are just more relaxed and > chilled out people. :o)
I would argue that top-posters fall into the same category as most users of proprietary software. They are too lazy expend a bit of effort to benefit their fellow man. Bottom-posting makes reading easier for those who haven't followed an entire thread. Much in the same way that users of proprietary software are too lazy to find, support, or write a free alternative that would benefit all of mankind. As a side note, since I got on the subject of users of proprietary software, I've noticed that there's an interesting distinction between people who use free (As in speech) software and people who use proprietary software. People who use proprietary software have a view of the world which stresses "Me! Me! Me!". People who use free software generally view the world in terms of "We!". So a top-poster is concerned about him or herself not doing extra work. A bottom-poster is concerned with improving the quality of reading for others. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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