Re: Top posting
Well by top posting, u save yourslef a lot of time.
Now I believe most email conversations stops after the
first reply. Now is it really worth the effort to
bottom post everytime? I don t think so. + people
reading entire threads are a minority...
were you not just talking about benefit of the mass?
That sounds like a contradiction to me
--- Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:59:46AM -0400, Hal
> Vaughan wrote:
> > On Friday 10 June 2005 03:05 am, Basajaun wrote:
> > > Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 09 June 2005 05:26 pm, Alex
> Malinovich wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 22:06 +0100, Graham
> Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > > I would argue that top-posters fall into the
> same category as most
> > > > > users of proprietary software. They are too
> lazy expend a bit of effort
> > > > > to benefit their fellow man. Bottom-posting
> makes reading easier for
> > > > > those who haven't followed an entire thread.
> Much in the same way that
> > > > > users of proprietary software are too lazy
> to find, support, or write a
> > > > > free alternative that would benefit all of
> mankind.
> > >
> > > [snip[
> > >
> > > > That's the most self-serving, self-centered,
> one-sided point of view I've
> > > > read on any tech list in years. In 3
> paragraphs, you manage to insult
> > > > users of proprietary software a number of
> ways, calling them self
> > > > centered over and over, and say how FOSS
> people are more world oriented
> > > > and less self-centered.
> > > >
> > > > Yet, while you are going on and on calling
> others self-centered, you are
> > > > totally incapable of seeing how "Me! Me! Me!"
> your point of view is. As
> > > > long as people follow your rules, they are
> open minded. People who don't
> > > > are closed minded. So does it not occur to
> you that many people think
> > > > differently than you, so top posting may work
> better for you?
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Yes, and many people could choose to believe
> that Mars is closer to the
> > > Sun than the Earth, yet it would not make it
> true, would it?
> >
> > And that has what to do with the price of tea in
> China?
> >
> > Oh, nothing. I get it. Just your way of saying
> you think something is a fact
> > when it is an opinion. There's a big difference
> between fact and opinion and
> > you don't see that your "2 euro cents" is an
> opinion, not a fact.
> >
> > > Bottom-posting plus trimming _is_ the Good Thing
> to do, period. It is
> > > not a matter of preferences. It is not a matter
> of your social
> > > background, your language, your religion or your
> pet's name. Opinions
> > > are like... well, everyone has one. But when
> talking about facts,
> > > either something is true or it is not. Someone's
> opinion about a fact
> > > is not worth as much as some other's one. Simply
> one is right, and the
> > > other one is wrong, and millions of people
> preaching the wrong thing
> > > don't make it right, just as the right thing is
> not so because some
> > > others support it. The right thing is the right
> thing.
> >
> > Again, that's your opinion, also the opinion of
> others. From this thread,
> > it's clear it is not everyone's opinion. Yes, it
> is the accepted practice on
> > the net from way back, but that does not make it
> the best or only way to
> > post. Insisting we have to stick with something
> because there are some who
> > say it is the best or because it's tradition does
> not make your opinion fact.
> What's *really* hard to read isn't a top-posted
> discussion or a
> bottom/middle-posted discussion, but a discussion in
> which people do
> *both*.
>
> -- hendrik
>
>
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