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Re: Top posting



I'm not saying I'm right and I often bottom post to not annoy
people but I have to try and convince you to switch.


Who died and left you to rewrite the English language?


No one. I ask you the same question though?

As far as I can see bottom posting has as many advantages and drawbacks as top posting. There is very little between them. One of the biggest arguments for bottom posting is maintaining context when reading an archived thread. I don't remember the last time I didn't go back to the start of an archived thread when I have found something I am interested in. What with trimming, inlining and a mixture of top and bottom posts the context is nearly always lost in any individual post so going back to the start of the thread is normally necessary. I find starting at the beginning of a thread also, normally, gives me more information about the problem I am trying to solve.



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