In a message dated 3/3/2009 8:39:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, l...@red4est.com writes:
Believe me, I've been received many complaints on list for bottom posting. For me, either top posting or bottom posting is okay, I don't mind scrolling. In line, I may miss comments. Each group has its own conventions. I do try to top post when I remember, but my news reader makes bottom posting much easier. So I tend to do it on posts that may need no scrolling or minimal scrolling. I found this 10x easier to read. Thanks for changing the #. -------------------- Marnie aka Doe :-) It's funny, because your having comments at the bottom makes it a lot harder for me to read. If people top post, at least once I get past their comments, I can just hit tab or 'j' and go to the next post, with your posts, I have to scroll down, making sure I don't scroll to far. And since you don't mark your reply to lines, it's not obvious where the original text was. > Most people only do inline on a long post. Hoo boy! You would not believe how badly I've gotten bitched out on other mailing lists for occasionally top posting. It's one of those netiquette issues that separate the people who have been on the net awhile, from the newcomers. If you want to do some interesting cultural research look up the phrase "eternal September". Mind you, I'm not picking on you because you have an AOL account, it's just an interesting look at how a culture that had developed rules of etiquette over decades was affected by a sudden influx of people who had no idea that there even was such a thing as cultural norms in that context. In short, for most of the 35 or so years of the internet, top posting, or bottom posting, has been considered impolite, that what one should do is trim away anything not relevent and reply in cotext. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000002) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
