If you're trying to quote a particular piece of the text then obviously 
you will put it above. But if someone is just replying in general, like 
I am here, we already know they're doing that. Having to scroll over two 
screens of text that comprise the entire conversion to date before 
reaching any useful information isn't helpful.

Jeffrey "botman" Broome wrote:
> Tom Edwards wrote:
>   
>> What's with all this replying below the quote? I keep thinking someone 
>> sent an empty message. :-p
>>     
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting#Top-posting
>
>   


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