On 14 Dec 2006 at 15:00, Giz Bowe wrote: > Why is top-posting an abomination?
Because it reverses the flow of conversation. If you aren't responding point-by-point (as I am in this post), then possibly you shouldn't quote anything at all. I interleave my responses to make it precisely clear exactly what I'm responding to. What I don't respond to, I don't quote. > People who send unedited > replies should be [insert favorite torture here]. There's nothing > worse than scrolling through 4 or 5 or more levels of reply only to > see a "Me too." Did you read through to the end of my post, where I said: > > The main rule: trim the unnecessary material, whether you top- > > post or do it the traditional way, and then nobody will be able > > to complain. > At least with top-posting, I can immediately delete. You imply > that top-posting by definition includes no editing. In the vast majority of cases, that's exactly what happens. > There are plenty > of people who don't edit who are bottom-posters. Top-posting is not > the abomination - the failure to snip is. Then we agree. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
