Thanks TQ - but bottom-posting is rather like your own response, where for
some reason you list your answers BEFORE your questions........
-----Original Message-----
From: TQ
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:35 PM
To: Get IPlayer Lists
Subject: Re: Netiquette - bottom posting - outdated?
On 19 July 2013 at 06:19 Xtra <[email protected]> wrote:
This "requirement" dates from 2003 and I believe that the world has
has
since changed and moved on. Few people these days have the the time
or
inclination to scroll through often repeated screeds of historical
background to finally get to the latest contribution concerning a
topic that
they may already be involved in and up to speed on.
Top-posting a reply seems more efficient while providing the history
(below
it) if a newcomer is interested.
I don't know how others feel, but time for me, and in most other
forums,
runs downwards.
Just a thought, DP..............?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
TQ via webmail
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