Hi, Austin, I'm... TOP-POSTING: "Yeah, what HE said" ROFLMAO!!! You guys are really taking this to an extreme.
Sorry, James, I suppose you'll consider this a one-line worthless comment. And indeed, in this case, it IS! :-) Smiling after an evening of reading all this nonsense! Jane --- Austin Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi James, > > > ALL lists I'm on prefer bottom posting with tight cropping of > > quoted materials. > > I am on probably 20 lists, a majority of them camera lists. This is the > only list where anyone has brought up the "netiquette" of bottom-posting. > Every other mailing list I'm on doesn't care, and it's never been brought > up, even though the majority (like %90++) are top posted. > > > Much as you see me doing here. It just makes sense. > > It makes sense to you, I believe you believe that, but not to me, and quite > a few others. And, BTW, I believe it's UseNet netiquette, as in newsgroups. > I'm not sure it is officially a mailing list netiquette. And, because it > was once netiquette doesn't make it right or wrong, or mean it shouldn't > change. > > > You just have to look at top posted messages to see > > that they're > > bloated wastes of bandwidth and lazy people's posting. > > I'm not sure what you have for an Internet connection, but for most people I > know, bandwidth isn't an issue. It's miniscule, compared to streaming video > etc. which will consume far far far more bandwidth than any mailing list > post will. It's also not necessarily "lazy". > > > In general > > I don't even > > both reading them as I feel most top posters have nothing important to > > contribute anyway. > > That is your loss then. > > > These are the people who spit out one quick > > line and send it > > without any thought. > > You're making a general statement that you simply can not make. Though it > may be true of *some* posters, but you can't conclude that about all. It's > like saying anyone who doesn't wear a tie is not serious. > > > Let me put it this way: if you're going to take a few seconds of > > your precious > > time to post something, do it right. > > Well, to me, right would be top-posting. I'm no more right or wrong than > you are for having my opinion on the matter. IMO, bottom-posting is a > relic, and less "effective" than top posting. > > > ... your posts will be read by more people and > > understood better. > > How do you know? You make what come across as elitist claims, but I see no > evidence that supports your claims. Is there a study that you can point to > that confirms this? > > Personally, I tend to read the posts of certain people who have earned my > respect, no matter if they top or bottom or side of front or back post. I > also avoid or pay little attention to other people...but I give everyone > whom I don't know well enough a chance by reading what they have to say, and > make my judgments from that. > > > Just because you're on some lists where everyone top posts, does > > not make it > > right. > > And just because you may think top posting is "wrong", does not make it > wrong. > > Regards, > > Austin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
