On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:37:21AM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Barclay, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > > > Mail 1: Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > Mail 2: A: Top-posting. > > > Mail 3: Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > Mail 4: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > > > text. > > > > Wrong. Since when does even a threaded mail reader rearrange the content > > within a single message into a different order? > > > It doesn't, and you're splitting hairs. In a threaded mail reader, I've > just read the previous post, there is zero need to provide context. This is > what it looks like in a threaded mail reader when you're bottom posting:
true, I read my mail in the morning (in oz so my morning is the us
evening) and most of the threads have been created, so I read them in
order and in-line/bottom posting is actually more of a hassle, because
for the majority of time I read the whole thread in one go.
>
> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> > What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> Top-posting.
>
> >> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> > Top-posting.
> Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
> >>> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> >> Top-posting.
> > Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
'Click your heels 3 times and repeat after me there's no place like
home'
say it three times and its true!
>
[snip]
I disagree with top posting being bad, but as a good netizen I comply
with the way things are done on the list (rightly or wrongly)
--
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
- George W. Bush
10/18/2000
St. Louis, MO
During the third presidential debate
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