There's nothing wrong with the list. The current whining will die off and things will be back to normal shortly. Meanwhile I was tempted to bin the entire thread then realized there's some funny human psychology to be laughed at.
Top posting to make a few people crazy. Normally I wouldn't. On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:37 PM, James Mortensen < james.morten...@voicecurve.com> wrote: > I have an idea! Instead of arguing over whether or not top posting or > bottom posting is the way to go, something that obviously no one will * > ever* agree on, why not move to Google Groups instead (or something > similar to Google Groups). > > When I post to Doubango's list, it's easy, there's no top or bottom > posting wars, it just works. In fact, in a thread, Google Groups usually > drops you right to the most recent message, so the people who like top > posting can still see the most recent message while the bottom posters will > still see the bottom posting format. > > It's either this, or we can sit and watch intelligent people continue to > degrade one another and argue over something with no agreement in site. :) > > When I mentioned this before, someone from Digium said this will never > happen, and it's unfortunate. Maybe they just like to see people bicker > and argue. > > If there's a better alternative to Google Groups, or a way to set > preferences in the mailing list so that everyone is happy, maybe that's > something that could be done? > > James > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Ron Wheeler < > rwhee...@artifact-software.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 30/12/2012 11:13 AM, Patrick Lists wrote: >> >>> On 12/30/2012 04:26 PM, Ron Wheeler wrote: >>> >>>> I participate in a lot of lists and top posting is now the norm since >>>> people want to see quickly if the message is worth reading. >>>> >>> >>> Isn't it a bit of a stretch to extrapolate your experience with your >>> lists to top posting being the norm? I am subscribed to several lists and >>> bottom posting, proper trimming and commenting inline is the norm there. >>> >>> Actually the norm is determined by the list rules. If the list rules say >>> one must use bottom posting then one should use bottom posting. If someone >>> does not like that then don't subscribe, find another source to ask a >>> question (the forum, LUG, hire a consultant) or just bottom post. >>> >>> Questions come before answers. >>> Answers come after questions. >>> >>> -1 against changing rule #5. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Patrick >>> >>> Not really enough time in the day to keep track of different rules for >> all the forums. >> I am more concerned about content than form. >> >> As long as the questions get answered, I can figure out where it is but >> it is a PITA to scroll down through an e-mail to find out that there is >> nothing there worth reading. >> I get over 100 e-mails per day that make it through my filters. I like to >> read the content as soon as it pops up rather than searching for the text. >> >> Ron >> >> >> >>> -- >>> ______________________________**______________________________** >>> _________ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >>> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> >>> http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ron Wheeler >> President >> Artifact Software Inc >> email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com >> skype: ronaldmwheeler >> phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 >> >> >> -- >> ______________________________**______________________________**_________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> >> http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >> > > > > -- > James Mortensen > Project Manager, VoiceCurve, Inc. > 866-707-4590 > james.morten...@voicecurve.com > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003
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