Re: [OT] Posting styles

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Camaleón<noelamac@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:25:42 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone explain me, what are "top- and bottom posting" styles?
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
> Though it's generally ideal to go with a conversational style,
> inserting new text within the quoted material for context.  Top
> posting almost never meets this, bottom posting only works when the
> post you're responding to is very short.  Like this.

I'll echo this one.  Particularly when a thread gets long (as when 
trying to debug a problem).

It gets very difficult to follow a thread when either:
- there's no context kept in a message (you have to go back and sort 
through previous messages)
- some people top post, some people bottom post, some people interleave

Really helps when there's a generally agreed upon convention for a list, 
and when people quote selectively.

Just one man's opinion, of course.

Miles Fidelman


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