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Re: [OT] top posting



On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:32:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 01/14/08 10:21, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote:
> > Sorry for offtopic but I'm wondering if the cause of avoiding of top
> > posting is in something technical (e.g. to help forum software to
> > create weekly digests correctly) or is it a question of etiquette?
> 
> Rationality, because while some cultures read left->right, and
> others read right->left, all read top->bottom.  None read bottom->top.
[flame on]
but we do read chronologically (in date order) and I for one hate having to go 
3 pages down to read the answer to the previous email (in a threaded news 
reader!).

Although I do admit that if you start in the last email of a thread it easier 
to read top to bottom 

[flame off]

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