Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2005 21:18 schrieb Jacob S: > On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:34:53 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 09 June 2005 12:55 pm, David Jardine wrote: > > > be getting out of hand :) > > > us a lecture on top posting sometime soon? It seems to > > > Isn't some authoritative voice on the list going to give > > > > My point (with all do respect and no insult intended): You may not > > s/do/due? :-) ^^ > > > like top posting, but all of us on the 'net, even in technical groups > > like this, are dealing more and more with newcomers to the Internet. > > We can try to educate them, but things are changing. Maybe instead > > of judging others and expecting everyone to conform, we should *ALL* > > keep an open mind, otherwise we might find others are being as > > judgemental of us as we are of others. > > I've been on this mailing list for at least 3 years now. In that time > and on other mailing lists before it, I have seen a lot of people say > the same thing you said in your last paragraph. Yet I still see a lot of > people tell newbies what the correct netiquette is for this list and a > lot of newbies learn how to do it correctly. > > So, my point is that I have not seen any evidence to back up your > claims and say that we need to change our style on this list. Newbies > seem to be as capable of learning things as any other user. I am not > saying we should flame anybody that does top post, but I do not think we > need to stop educating them, either. > > Just my $0.02. > > Jacob
In order to prove your point: I've been on this list for a couple of days now plus it's the first list, I've ever been on, so far. I did not know about this, so I'm rather glad someone mentioned it... Jan p.s.: Now this is the right way to answer isn't it? :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
