In the context of a long thread about style and readability[*] Joel M. Halpern
summarized:
>
> I do want to re-iterate two points I have seen that are important. Both are
> relevant no matter what style of posting you like.
> 1) People need to read the whole email before composing their response. (You
> can draft ideas while reading, but make sure you actually read the whole
> thing before you finalise your response.)
> 2) People need to edit longer threads so that they do not copy large amounts
> of redundant and useless text.
I would think that there is a 3rd point:
3) Think about what you would want to communicate, who to communicate to, and
what style fits best. Fisking, classical Oxbridge rhetoric, top-posting,
satire, acronyms (WFM, or 1+), one-liners, essays, YELLING,
not-replying-at-all, &c, &c all seem to have their own effectivity and charm.
In that contest I observe that by looking at the "From: " header you can often
predict the style that is used while in an ideal world you would like to see
correlation with the "Subject: " header.
--Olaf
[*] See for the whole thread:
https://www.ietf.org/ibin/c5i?mid=6&rid=49&gid=0&k1=933&k2=53746&tid=1285574931
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