On 7 Feb 2007 at 23:20, Austin Franklin 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.
How many of these lists were already around in 1994?....;))
> > 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.
The reasons from back then are the same reasons as today.
If only because there are still people with the same slow bandwidth,
somewhere in the outback.
You might want to deny them a 'lean' means of communication, but I
don't.
> > 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".
But the overall majority of reverse-quoters *is*, in the long
run/thread.
Or: *given* an excessive long/multiple quote, in 99.9999% of all
cases it is a (multiple) reverse-quote.
That on itself is enough reason to refrain from it.
> > 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.
Some say email is a relic by itself....
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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