Top/Bottom/Inline postings? You ask, “What is the most annoying thing on usenet and mailing lists?”
I may be new to this list, but not to the internet and the things before it. I vote for commentators who what to control things like this. I post on many list and if I have to change my way of posting on each, it would be a nightmare! Enforce this and you will drive people away, discourage discussion, and scare many into not participating. People needing help may not get it!!! All of the above three ways are acceptable... just let you convention or circumstance of the prior post be your guide. I for one will scroll down until I find those line not marked by the “>” symbol and read your response. Also, chopping the heck out the original post might make it impossible for those who are not keeping the current thread in the brains, from knowing exactly what you are taking about. Leave well enough along, Karl S. PS 40 years with computers and 17+ with the Internet and most of the stuff before Al Gore invented it!!! PPS I prefer top posting unless inline makes more sense. Bottom posting makes it a treasure hunt to say the least. And half the time when I get down there, I do not care what you have to say anyway... just takes more of my time to find relevant discussion and issues. From: Larry Martell Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 6:24 AM To: John D Cc: MiB ; CSS-D Discuss Subject: Re: [css-d] Start at the bottom! (was "Front page breaking in IE8, maybe 9 too") On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 6:16 AM, John D <[email protected]> wrote: > This is debatable because there are no right or wrong ways of doing things > when it comes to posting on a forum or a newsgroup. > > Some of us prefer top posting so that people can read what is being posted > rather than scrolling down the long thread to read the post. Only the post > being replied to must be quoted at the bottom so that whoever is new to the > thread gets to know what is being replied to, as I have done it in this > post. > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and mailing lists? ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
