Am Di., 27. Feb. 2024 um 12:13 Uhr schrieb G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]>:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 4:12 AM Ottavio Caruso via lpi-examdev 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The LPI should make  a separate certification on how to bottom post.
>> That one would be actually useful.
>
>
> Hi Ottavio,
>
> I think that if someone has a comment that doesn't need context from another 
> email, then a short top post is acceptable.
>
> Also, a bottom post with a two line response and 70 lines of unhelpful 
> context, since you are changing the subject of the thread, should also be 
> avoided.  I almost missed your content and was thinking that you had hit Send 
> before typing in your content.

And this is exactly what happens when someone top-posts, instead of
bottom posting.

I am too old for this list. I don't fit in, I grew up using computers
when there were no certifications and people stuck to some
"netiquette".

See what I've done here? I have revealed my age. Nobody talks of
netiquette any more. Linux is the new Windows, alas.

-- 
Ottavio Caruso

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?
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