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Posted by 6forPizza on 05/24/07 18:00
In <vtKdnaxAHoVbV8jbnZ2dnUVZ_uiknZ2d@comcast.com> Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> writes:
>elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>Also, generally speaking, when a troll starts to sense that he's losing
>his "core" fanbase and being in danger of shunned, netcopping, or
>otherwise finally losing his reliable daily meal-ticket, it's usually
>the same pattern:
>The troll starts "digging in the trenches", getting ready for a long
>defensive that will focus the attention on *him*, instead of what he
>hoped were going to be "stealth" posts, and begins fantasizing that he
>is an invaluable part of the group--
>He's already convinced himself, and now tries to convince anyone who
>bothers to talk to him, that he is the SOLE DEVOTED GUARDIAN to What
>This Group Is About...And will snap at any "foreign" crossposter,
>burn-the-witch any off-topic thread, and tell any deviator from format
>that there's only *one* way we post round these parts, pardner!
>While, if he's even lucky to get that much attention anymore, maybe one
>of the other actual posters apologizes to newbies, saying, "Oh, don't
>pay any attention, he thinks he's a regular..."
>And again, it's any troll will fall back on "Group purity" delusions,
>but you can always single-out that particular old-old-OLD-skool
>geriatric 90's-geezer trying to bring back that faraway decade he loved,
>by his "B-but...he TOP-POSTED, people, everyone always gets mad at that,
>don't they...nowadays?..."
Don't forget, when proven wrong or shown to be a fool, dodge and evade,
bob and weave, bullshit, smoke and mirrors, spew excessive hatred
and change the subject.
He not only thinks that he is the SOLE DEVOTED GUARDIAN of this
newsgroup, he thinks that he actually makes the world a better
place.
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