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Posted by AnthonyR on 01/16/07 22:10
"Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Vu-dnYPz45WQkzDYnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I agree with you.
> Top posting actually makes the most sense.
>
> One can run down the line reading the newest posts and if there
> is a question, the original context is all below.
>
> makes for smoother and faster reeding.
>
> But the BIGGEST plus is that it enrages the village idiot (teenydong)
>
> ========================
> "WinField" <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote in message
> news:kH7rh.14938$Kq5.11392@newsfe13.phx...
>> 1. bathing and top-posting is the future.
>> 2. Usenet used to be run by hemmoroidal control freaks.
>> 3. if you can't carry a thought from one message to the next Tim,
>> tough toe-nails.
>>
>> You want to be a bottom-feeder? Fine. I am free to communicate in the
>> manner I find most efficient. Now chill out.
>>
>> - Winfield
>>
>>
>> Tim Smith wrote:
>>> In article <45ac6cdf$0$4882$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>>> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well at least you acknowledge that it is, in fact, my choice.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure. And it would be your choice to stop bathing. But that would
>>> violate social convention, and many people would shun you. It's the
>>> same with your posting style.
>>>
>>> 25 years of social convention on usenet have established the style of
>>> quoting what you reply to, with your comments inserted, directly
>>> following what they are in reply to, as the norm. This norm developed
>>> because basically everyone who considered the problem concluded that it
>>> was the most effective way to communicate, taking into account the
>>> nature of usenet.
>>>
>>> You are basically telling the world that your thoughts are so important,
>>> you don't need to try to effectively communicate them. You can instead
>>> use a style this is annoying to read, and the rest of us should go to
>>> the extra effort of coping if we want to benefit from your wise words.
>>>
>
OK, I have to voice my wisdom now, I personally use Outlook express as my
newsreader, and since I first started
posting it was just more natural and easier for me, as others have stated.
With Outlook express, it just is more natural to
top post. But as I started to learn years ago, people complained I wasn't
following proper newsreader etiquette.
So I learned to bottom post. Who is right, and who is wrong?
That isn't really the point, let me ask everyone. Has anyone ever YELLED at
anyone because they bottom posted? NO.
So, for intelligent people wanting to communicate easily (even if more
difficult) it makes the most sense to bottom post, follow etiquette
and get on with actual topics rather than having to defend how you choose to
reply. Doesn't that just make sense?
OK, I am done, can we get back to topic of HD-DVD and Bluray both being in a
coma for next 6 months? :)
AnthonyR.
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