There is an increase in the number of posters who reply by placing their comments at the top, followed by a quote of the entire post they are replying too. This is called "top posting" and is a less than optimal use of resources.
Top posting is disliked because it disrupts the flow of logic, replies are not correlated with the statements or paragraphs they are replying to and the vast bulk of many posts is useless junk added as signatures or by the host. The following guidelines were developed during the evolution of Usenet, on which Google Groups is based, to provide a much more efficient posting style. If it is adopted here, use of this group (especially for those using e-mail) will be much more efficient: 1. Reply directly *below* the paragraph or statement you are replying to 2. Trim all irrelevant bits from the quoted part of the reply 3. Do not quote signatures or anything below the signature (i.e. remove everything from the signature down). Some links: Quoting and answering: <URL: http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.1 > Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting: <URL: http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > I am not posting this because I am some kind of anal net-cop, but because a better posting style leads to much more useable resource. It also shows that the poster has probably read the post they are replying to and thought about their reply in sufficient detail to remove irrrelevant material. -- Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
