But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK.
-------Original Message------- From: Sean Miller Date: 05/11/2006 05:10:03 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-UK] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) Ian wrote: > You have and its appalling bad taste in my language. > Just to explain for a moment, Ian, why people feel so passionately at Times about top posting in an e-mail list and as a result sometimes we Can end up with situations like this where one person feels "victimised" Or the like... Imagine yourself as a "Digest" subscriber to the list. You will get one E-mail daily with all the posts in. Imagine then that there is a big Issue going on and many posts are on one thread. If we take a Conversation thus... Mike: "Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it." Bob: "Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck?" Mike: "Oh, definitely. What time?" Bob: "Midday?" Mike: "Great! Seeya there" Easy enough isn't it? Right... let's imagine they all top post... what's The digest going to look like? 10:15am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 10.20am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? Mike wrote: >Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 10.25am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, definitely. What time? Bob wrote: >Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > >Mike wrote: >>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 10.26am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Midday? Mike wrote: >Oh, definitely. What time? > >Bob wrote: >>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? >> >>Mike wrote: >>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 10.28am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great, Seeya there! Bob wrote: >Midday? > >Mike wrote: >>Oh, definitely. What time? >> >>Bob wrote: >>>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? >>> >>>Mike wrote: >>>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. ...and that was *such* a simple conversation. Imagine a technical Discussion. Please understand, Ian, nobody is trying to drive anybody else off this List. I believe the request to be simply saying *try* to think about making it Easy for the other readers when you post. It literally only takes a few Seconds to snip out the bits you're replying to but it could save those Reading the digest hours when trying to make head or tail of a conversation. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/