Re: [OT] top posting
On Jan 15, 2008 4:20 PM, David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> On Jan 14, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > This is a bottom-posting list, like every other list that has such a
> > rule. I've never heard of a list that specifically _prefers_ top
> > posting. If there is such a list, I doubt that it would be of a very
> > technical nature.
>
> While not technically a mailing list, I've dealt with several tech
> support email addresses where I was instructed to top-post and to
> *not* trim any of the quote history. I assume this was so whichever
> tech support drone in India got my latest message would be able to see
> the whole history.
More like Microsoftian issues with small minded users. I worked for a
department that switched from conversational quoting to top posting,
and we took a pretty nice efficiency hit from having to backtrack
awkwardly since all of us on the team were active in about 50 or so
threads at any given time.
Stuff like that makes me think I'm better off now driving a truck.
Pays about the same as a decent, call-center and outsource-free
environment either way...
--
Paul Johnson
baloo@ursine.ca
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