| Re: Why I call it MTBidiots
Marz wrote:
> I don't understand this problem with top posting, all my emails chains
> start bottom up. I don't want to scroll though pages of crap to find
> the lastest response at the bottom. I much prefer to see the latest
> post/email/comment/xml entry at the top. Where it should be.
>
> Laters,
>
> Marz
>
> jason wrote:
> > tom wrote:
> > > It seems you've found me a new nickname, Mitch. While I do appreciate
> > > your manners in saying "please", I don't think I'll be changing my
> > > posting habits anytime soon. I've got enough other stuff to worry about
> > > than your (or anyones) linear comprehension abilities. Tom
> > > Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> > >> tom "the top poster" wrote:
> > >>> mr. vandeman, there's a call for you... Tom
> >
> >
> > 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 and usenet aside from mikey
> > that is?
Because you don't read a book back-to-front, because most top-posters
are also full-quoters (also rude, look it up), and because it messes up
a conversation when everybody adheres to a different convention.
The convention where everything is in sequential order, with the excess
stuff trimmed out, is the logical one.
The one where you're having a conversation with ONE e-mail pal may make
sense for top-posting, but that's between you and your pal.
You're in public now.
E.P.
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