On 2/3/2010 10:54 PM, MajorOz wrote:
On Feb 3, 8:09 pm, Slip Disc<[email protected]> wrote:
Ash;
We appreciate your posts and there isn't any predilection for top post
nor any vying for post recognition. Thanks for your contributions.
Occasionally a voice from the past will come back with a new mask with
intent to disrupt and leave abrupt with an open announcement of their
departure. Its the trademark of the squeamish, the mole and
trollish. The solution lies in closing your eyes for its probably the
persistent schizophrenic.
Many have been here for quite some time with thousands of posts to
their credit. Many issues have been discussed numerous times, more
that most can mention. So trying to find new material to stimulate
the mind can sometimes be a challenge. New members come and go and
some remain through the frays and squabbles. This is a international
group with members from the four corners of the globe so patience in
understanding is necessary or much can be lost or misconstrued in the
translation. We have high school drop outs to double PhD's here to
share, expand our thoughts, our minds and offer their opinions, which
may not necessarily have to be yours or mine. We can agree to
disagree, no one is absolutely the authority on any given subject.
Stick around!
As I said, the people are nice; and you are an example.
But, everywhere else on the web -- at least that I have seen --
responses to posts are typed in BELOW the original post(s), so that
one may read the discussion(s) in chronological order.
Although the web has no "rules", a long extant netiquette discourages
top posting.
No big deal. If folks wish to establish a standard they are
comfortable with, that is fine.
I, however, am not comfortable without a linear sequence of posts.
cheers
oz
This is a point I have overlooked, and it may be a question of what
software one uses to view the discussions. I've noticed that the Google
interface provides a nice DOM collapse-like function to ease navigation,
that is a plus. That and Google's interface also defaults with the
quoted thread below the response. I prefer this actually since I've
needed more flexibility than Google's and began using a standalone
mail-client, which sadly doesn't include collapsible quotes. In my case
top-posting was an instinctual but hitherto unchallenged bias, now I
understand how much time it saves in reading/browsing the threads. This
comes (not necessarily) at the expense of some security/privacy.
So what are the reasons for those norms, maybe we can derive an evolved
hybrid.
-Ash
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