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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 01/17/07 00:18
There you are, bottom posting like an (insert some generic insulting
word here) again!
I had to do this, AnthonyR - you asked me to! (See the place where I
stuck in a ***** as a marker...)
All in fun... :-)
"AnthonyR" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
news:45ad4d4c$0$16667$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>
> "Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:Vu-dnYPz45WQkzDYnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I agree with you.
>> Top posting actually makes the most sense.
>>
>> One can run down the line reading the newest posts and if there
>> is a question, the original context is all below.
>>
>> makes for smoother and faster reeding.
>>
>> But the BIGGEST plus is that it enrages the village idiot
>> (teenydong)
>>
>> ========================
>> "WinField" <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote in message
>> news:kH7rh.14938$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.
***** That question and its answer NO is why I had to pull your
chain :-)
> 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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