I’ve said it before: I dislike bottom posting because I have to scroll through everything that has been written on the thread just to get to the single pithy comment that is new. This is especially annoying when attempting to read email on a small screen. I will admit that I prefer bottom posting if I am trying to take in a full thread at the tail end. However, that only rarely occurs, since I prefer to use my email program’s sorting abilities to present to me the pieces in order.
WRT to Stephen’s comment, I’ll note that as technology changes, so too do modes of processing information. For example, there is growing evidence that hypertext document formats fundamentally change how the human brain processes information, making it more difficult for individuals to focus on single subjects for long periods of time. And imagine how different your writing process has changed with the advent of digital technologies, as opposed to when you had to write everything down on paper before you sat down at a manual typewriter to create the final copy to turn in. My point is that “Because that’s how we always did it” isn’t necessarily reason to continue following a protocol. David > On Jan 12, 2019, at 11:06 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Un-quoted top posting without nested levels is certainly quite the pain, I > agree. I’ve seen some examples of it here lately. > >> On Jan 12, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> wrote: >> >> I have always enjoyed the following example of top posting: >> >> 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 in e-mail? >> >> ============ >> >> But, then, there are good reasons to use each style at the appropriate >> place. >> >> --Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
