A couple points on top-posting...
I'm a top-poster and not ashamed of it. If I'm following a message
thread, I remember the discussion and don't want to have to scroll
through a weeks worth of responses just to get to the new content.
Some email clients strip all but the first message below the signature
of the new message being created as a reply. That pretty much demolishes
the rest of the message thread. In the case of responding to a full
message thread, that means only the original post would be included with
the reply.
In this response (using Thunderbird), I highlighted the text I wanted to
respond to before clicking *Reply List* and Thunderbird only included
the highlighted text below this response. That puts the pertinent
content right below my reply.
Best Regards,
Mike
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On 4/2/2015 12:45 PM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
I somewhat concur; I understand the desire for the feature, and I
think this is the first time I've seen a reasonable reason for it as
well. I think it's a nice feature to have, generally. But I don't
think this justifies top-posting because I'd prefer clients to
collapse quoted material, attribution, and then show the first line
(or few lines) of the message. I still prefer the logical
point-counterpoint of an edited response I can read from the top down.
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