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Posted by Stan Brown on 05/26/07 14:23
Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:04 -0400 from (PeteCresswell) <x@y.Invalid>:
> Per elrous0@pop.uky.edu:
> >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?
>
> If you are missing something, I'm missing it too.
It's really not hard -- we grow up used to statement or question
preceding response. Reading them backwards requires more eye movement
(and on screen, more scrolling).
And "it's better to top post when you full quote" is doubly wrong
because full quoting is wrong.
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm contains summaries and some
links to longer discussions.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
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