Re: Top posting

[Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>]

On Thursday 09 June 2005 05:26 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 22:06 +0100, Graham Smith wrote:
> --snip--
>
> > PS Have you noticed that there aren't many people who are top posting
> > zealots? I wonder why. Maybe tops posters are just more relaxed and
> > chilled out people. :o)
>
> 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.
>
> As a side note, since I got on the subject of users of proprietary
> software, I've noticed that there's an interesting distinction between
> people who use free (As in speech) software and people who use
> proprietary software. People who use proprietary software have a view of
> the world which stresses "Me! Me! Me!". People who use free software
> generally view the world in terms of "We!".
>
> So a top-poster is concerned about him or herself not doing extra work.
> A bottom-poster is concerned with improving the quality of reading for
> others.

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?

I don't know you, but your post is as self-centered, as "Me! Me! Me!" and as 
representative of someone concerned with not caring about whether or not 
their view is focused on himself instead of on others as is possible.  I hope 
this bias and bigotry is not representive of the real you.

Hal