Kelly, according to the rules of posting on this mailing list, you should've posted that empty comment at the bottom ;)
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Patrick Wiseman <pwise...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The usual objection to top posting is that it destroys the logical >> flow of the conversation (and no doubt someone will post a >> conversation in reverse order to illustrate the point). But I agree >> with you, and for years read my email in reverse chronological order >> precisely so that I could save time getting to the bottom line (at the >> top), so to speak. >> >> That said, this list's protocol requires inline or bottom posting >> (which I've just violated for obvious reasons), as is the case on most >> technical lists. Every one of the academic lists I have ever been on >> prefers (based on practice, at least) top posting. Go figure. >> >> Patrick >> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Brad Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I'm just curious why so many people get so upset about top posting. To >> my >> > mind, as threads get longer, those keeping up with the thread would not >> want >> > to scroll through messages that they have already read. I know that I >> don't. >> > If they are commenting inline, that is fine, but I think that scrolling >> to >> > the bottom of each and every message is more of a pain than if a >> respondent >> > posts at the top of the message. >> > >> > And please forgive me for starting this. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> >
