On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, John Francis wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:45:46PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
BOTTOM POSTING: many listers post their replies to the bottom of original
messages, or at the bottom of a series of replies and threads. Often the
post is just a simple "me too" type post, or something simple and short.
How about posting such responses ABOVE the messages, and, while you're at
it, perhaps trimming the messages to reflect just the relevant comments to
which you're responding.
A. Because it reverses the normal flow of reading messages
I read a different meaning in Shel's suggestion. He did not go into
futile "TB-BP" herecy, but recommended TP in the case of a "Me too"
answer, particularly if one cannot be bothered to trim before
answering.
Sure, there is overlap with the trimming recommendation. Perhaps the
above could be phrased as an alternative to trimming in the case of
"Me too"s.
Shel will correct me if I misread.
Kostas
