OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being debated AGAIN?
On Jun 13, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > On 6/13/09 4:21 PM, "Kyle Hansen" <[email protected]> Broadcast > into the > ether: > > And page 2 of why bottom posting is considered the polite way to > handle > things, especially in a back and forth forum: > > Top-posting forces your reader to work > > A top-posted message is easy to write; since, it doesn't require the > writer > to edit any of the original message. As a consequence, a top-posted > message > makes the message reader do the work of understanding what was said. > Anyone > new to a top-posted conversation has to read a message unnaturally > from > bottom to top. A reader may have to skip over the new top-posted > comment at > the top of the message and scroll down to the bottom of the message > to see > the context for the comment, then scroll back up, message by > message, to > read the added comments in an unnatural bottom-to-top reverse order. > No > editing has been done by the top-posting writers; so, each message > contains > redundant signatures and irrelevant material. > > And a few more links: > > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > > http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/bottom-posting.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00178.html > > > Kyle Hansen > -- > This is the way the world ends...not with a bang, but a twitter. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
