And perhaps someone could answer why bottom-posting is better, anyway? I'll obey it, if that's etiquette. But I would have thought top posts
were easier to read.
It is not the message itself that is important but the context in which it is being written. Providing a relevant portion of the original message followed by the reply offers a context to the message in a 'question and answer' layout and saves the reader from reading the remainder of the thread to pick up the gist of the conversation. It is more intuitive to the mental model.
Top posted content can be disorientating and difficult to understand as the author rarely takes the time to include the relevant portions of the original message. So essentially bottom posting ensures that the author formulates the message in good form to save the reader some valuable time.
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