On 07/05/18 07:14 PM, I. Ivanov wrote:
> Is it an European practice not to top post?
No.
It is how it always "used to be" before such things as GMail
> I deal with quite a bit of email and everyone (that I have worked with in
> North
> America) top posts when they reply to email.
I've been dealing with Email since the start of the 1980s and this pernicious
effect is very, very recent.
Most of us consider it, at the very least, impolite.
> It is actually extremely rare when people reply "in line".
That is a canard.
Most of the professional semi-professional lists I'm on do make a point of
replies that FOCUS on the material. In a longer post you often have to address
multiple items and "in line" is the only way to keep it coherent. After all.,
most people don't write using numbered tags on their paragraphs to which you can
specifically respond.
So we have TWO issues here.
The first is politeness.
The second is clarity of communications.
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
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"Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence."
-- Robert Heinlein,
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