Re: Top posting
Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2005 21:18 schrieb Jacob S:
> On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:34:53 -0400
>
> Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 June 2005 12:55 pm, David Jardine wrote:
> > > be getting out of hand :)
> > > us a lecture on top posting sometime soon? It seems to
> > > Isn't some authoritative voice on the list going to give
> >
> > My point (with all do respect and no insult intended): You may not
>
> s/do/due? :-) ^^
>
> > like top posting, but all of us on the 'net, even in technical groups
> > like this, are dealing more and more with newcomers to the Internet.
> > We can try to educate them, but things are changing. Maybe instead
> > of judging others and expecting everyone to conform, we should *ALL*
> > keep an open mind, otherwise we might find others are being as
> > judgemental of us as we are of others.
>
> I've been on this mailing list for at least 3 years now. In that time
> and on other mailing lists before it, I have seen a lot of people say
> the same thing you said in your last paragraph. Yet I still see a lot of
> people tell newbies what the correct netiquette is for this list and a
> lot of newbies learn how to do it correctly.
>
> So, my point is that I have not seen any evidence to back up your
> claims and say that we need to change our style on this list. Newbies
> seem to be as capable of learning things as any other user. I am not
> saying we should flame anybody that does top post, but I do not think we
> need to stop educating them, either.
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> Jacob
In order to prove your point: I've been on this list for a couple of days now
plus it's the first list, I've ever been on, so far.
I did not know about this, so I'm rather glad someone mentioned it...
Jan
p.s.: Now this is the right way to answer isn't it? :)
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