Top Posting

Posted in 2010

Jonathan Leffler — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:48:28 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 00:13, Richard Kofler <richard.kofler@chello.at>wrote: > *sigh* > pls ppl read 'Why Not Top Post' > > and see my small addition below > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? Also, top-posting positively encourages people not to trim the message of superfluous material - like all the humongous signature blocks that the EU seems to require (not that Richard's was large by modern standards). -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2008.0513 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused." NB: Please do not use this email for correspondence. I don't necessarily read it every week, even. --001485e8cefc5dedc5048ac4e111