RBW wrote: > Wade Curry wrote: > > >Although, I do think that quoted text should all be part of the > >current point being made (i.e.: it should be left in the e-mail > >because it is supposed to be read again). In the end, the issue is > >whether a poster is the kind of person who understands that > >presenting ideas in writing is a discipline that entails choice of > >vocabulary, format, an understanding of how the medium affects > >communication and comprehension, and a certain degree of respect for the > >sensibilities of the reader, whom you hoped to influence with those > >ideas in the first place. > > We might be able to generally distinguish "top" posters and "bottom" > posters between top posters being used to corresponding only on a > "one-to-one" or "one to very few" basis where the context of the > communication is personal and specifically followed by the recipient(s) > and therefore all previous exchanges are assumed known in full thus not > needing review nor "trimming". In contrast "bottom" posters are, by a > more diverse e-mail experience, used to and familiar with the "list" > model where none of the "one on one" assumptions of the "top" posters > regarding recipients is in effect thus demanding, for clarity, review > and "trimming"...
Where does this put the author that bottom posts, but fails to trim? -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
