On 1/18/2010 8:53 AM, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I top post. > > I don't think it helps to beat on people for their posting styles. It > helps simply to respond to the issue under discussion. > > Bob <snip>
The problem with top posting, a problem no one seems to understand despite it being so simple, is that top-posting BREAKS THE NORMAL READING BEHAVIOR OF EVERY SINGLE HUMAN ON THE PLANET! We don't read from bottom to top, it's top to bottom. With top posting you read the solution before you ever learn what the problem was. Also, not editing out information you aren't directly responding to wastes bandwidth (whether or not broadband penetration is high in your country (US is ranked 17th for broadband penetration) is of no concern). It wastes bandwidth and takes up extra, unnecessary room on a users computer or in their mail account. Don't top post, bottom posting is much better, and posting your replies directly UNDER the issue you are responding to is best, especially when coupled with judicious snipping of unrelated (that is, unrelated to your reply of the issue in concern) errata. I cannot respond to the issue under discussion when I do not know what exactly you are responding to! So to summarize: * Don't top post * Snip unrelated errata from the rest of the post. -- PIT
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