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Re: Top posting



>> 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 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 don't see that this should require judging others, or even being
impolite.  It's just a matter of informing newbies what the standard
practices are, and that there are good, time-tested reasons for those
practices.  No hassle or judgment, just education.



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