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Posted by elrous0 on 05/24/07 13:19
On May 23, 9:18 pm, The Great Attractor
> Maybe it's because they know that you are a top posting Usenet twit.
>
> Couldn't resist, but you deserve it. Top posting, especially while
> also quoting the whole message below it (TOFU) like some lame email
> response is one of the most retarded practices in Usenet, you lazy,
> stupid, non-conformal fucktard!
You know, I have been on Usenet since 1994 and this "top posting"
criticism, and the insane level of vitriol attached to it, still
puzzles me. Am I missing something? What the Hell difference does it
make whether someone posts a response at the top or bottom of the text
they're quoting? Unless they're responding to a post on a point-by-
point basis, what difference does it make?
I do remember, back in the days when even ASCII bandwidth was
precious, people objected to posters quoting the WHOLE previous post.
But this isn't much of an issue anymore. And if you ARE going to quote
the whole previous post, then top-posting would seem logical (since no
one using an older newsreader that doesn't automatically recognize
quoted text would want to have to scroll all the way to the bottom of
a long post just to read your response).
-Eric
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