Marcel Kilgus wrote:
Tony Firshman wrote:
Usnet use inline so why not here?
My 2 cents: I'm fully with Tony on this one but also think that it's a
battle against windmills and thus cannot be won.
Marcel
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No. People eventually learn that top-posting is wrong (and contrary to
everything, as it destroys all chance of following what has happened in
a thread). They learn, when they notice that no one replies to their
contributions.
The practice is required netiquette, on NNTP newsgroups, as the early
parts of a thread are no longer available. Joining a thread is made
simple, when one can just read the thread, in correct, logical sequence,
from top to bottom of the latest post.
It is no different on a mailing list, where it makes it impossible for a
newcomer to understand what a thread is about, it it has been mangled by
out-of-sequence postings.
I just ignore top-posted contributions, and never reply to them.
Google: top-posting netiquette
(PS. Hi all.)
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