[wplug] A question of etiquette

Rob Prowel tempest766 at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 2 00:10:01 EDT 2005


--- Brandon Kuczenski <brandon at 301south.net> wrote:

> I was "raised" on the idea that top-posting, meaning
> putting the text of 
> your response to a posting ABOVE the text to which
> the response was 
> directed, was *bad*.  The idea being that when
> reading the mail 
> (presumably on a console), one would want to see the
> context of the email 
> in chronological order, so that he or she may best
> formulate a reply. 
> However, I have noticed that practically nobody in
> my other mailing lists 
> does this, and people have even requested that I
> cease my 'bottom posting' 


A: because it doesn't follow the natural flow of
conversation
Q: why is top-posting bad?
A: putting one's answers before the original text they
are responding to
Q: what is top-posting?

see how annoying it is?!

don't do it...it's a good argument why lusers should
be required to take a competency exam before being
allowed to use the internet.  I miss the days when
only unix geeks were allowed on the internet. :^(

just because some folks are ignorant (most have been
told top-posting is bad but continue to do it as a way
of thumbing their nose at the ole-timers) doesn't mean
we should give in and jump on the bandwagon.

in fact, make a point to scold those who top-post and
if they don't listen then ignore their posts
completely...plonkfiles are your friend.



		
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