Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:49 pm, Matt Greer escribió: > > > This list is doing a good job cracking down on html, now if only we > > could do the same for top posters. > > 'top posting' is appropriate sometimes. I use it sometimes when I > need to leave the whole post I'm responding to intact, unlike in this > response where I appropriately only need to include quotes that I'm > addressing. I move my sig up under my response when top posting to > signal that I've not added anything below and to try an' save readers > from scrolling down needlessly. > > What's considered much worse by many is leaving pages of the > original post plus others reponses (often refered to as 'obsolete > quotes'), and then adding your response on the bottom where it's often > out of context to the original subject or even the the last comments > above your response. > > The issue with top posting is that a few people don't like it, and > some over use it. With HTML or anything but plain text, it's nothin > but abuse and/or ignorance of netiquette and net conservation. > -- > Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay > OK - I won't do it anymore. I didn't realize that top posting was a sin; I don't recall seeing a post about it before. Carroll
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