But: I AGREE ABOUT BOTTOM-POSTING! Who wants to read anything written
on this list more than once? And if you do, shouldn't YOU be the one
who has to scroll, since you have all that time to waste, anyway?
Actually, the practice seems to be a special subset of netiquette for
technical support, and perhaps customer service. I've corresponded
with a few of these professionals, and from that correspondence, infer
the following:
When receiving 200+ selfish cries for help daily, there is no hope of
organizing threads (RE: My busted computer) nor any choice in whether
to reply or not -- it's your job. To get it done in the most efficient
manner, you hit Reply straight from the Inbox list, read the quote, and
type immediately upon finishing.
What you came up with MIGHT actually work: :) so, you delete the
original message, and immediately forget the whole thing. If it
*doesn't* work, then the burden is on the person with the problem to
refresh your memory . . . and the best way to do THAT is to start from
the beginning.
Now, a listserv like this one, dedicated to a type of computer, might
be construed as technical support. However, I would not agree on that
point, and thus, am not in favor of bottom-posting. In fact, the most
common and natural use of listservs is ARGUING! Comprehensive
quotations are not appropriate when helping people "think different."
Correspondents should expound the truth, or find the common ground,
rather than respond at length to every mistaken opinion.
--
Thad Launderville
On Jun 2, 2005, at 11:36 PM, john coz wrote:
Is it my imagination or are folk's responses suddenly
appearing at the bottom rather than the top of the
window? Is this annoying to anyone other than your
faithful narrator? Wonder where this will appear!?
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