Hi Jdow,

2011/7/3 jdow <[email protected]>

> [...]
> The big thing, Thomas, is I am not a machine. And to me the RFC you cite
> means nothing. Humans are too erratic to abide by some silly RFC that
> declares how they MUST post.
>

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?

It is not silly, it's just a guideline to produce better readable posts, so
it help everyone participating in a thread to get the point and to provide a
solution for the problem that someone have. It is also not a must, you can
ignore it but the result will be that people willing to help but don't want
to spent time jumping up and down in threads will simply don't read it and
in the end don't provide a solution they might know.


> [...]
> I also note that blogs work top posting mode. You must hate them.
>

Blogs are a complete different story, they are not threaded, they are single
posts, they are a one way communication.

Regards, Thomas

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