Hi Sam, I wasn't going to spawn a thread here in d-vote, but since your wise reflections seems to have inspired at least one Debian Leader now, I will do it anyway...
Quoting Sam Hartman (2025-03-18 23:04:23) > I find MUA features that allow quoted blocks to be collapsed helpful for > this reason. (I find notmuch's default Emacs integration gives great > results for reading interleaved quoting with a screen reader for > example.) > > However, I have come to the conclusion that for most discussions, top > quoting is far superior. The interleaved style encourages people to > respond point-by-point and to lose sight of the overall conversation > and how/weather their response fits into that. I find your point, that interleaved quoting risks derailing the conversation, enlightening. Thanks for that. I beg to disagree on your conclusion, however, that top-posting is the better choice. I don't distinguish between interleaved quoting and top-posting, but about posting-above-full-quote and posting-below-needed-quote. What I mean by that is that it makes sense to me to always post below quoted text, but also to actively reflect on what the post really responds to and quote only the parts essential to that response. Taking your point into account, my advice is therefore not to top-post when responding to a post more broadly (as opposed to nitty gritty details that risk feeding flames), but to *not* quote at all. Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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