Re: Top posting

2015-10-14 Thread Dale Erwin
On 10/14/2015 12:05 AM, Marilyn Safier wrote: Why it has become prevalent? Because you can read it first and only need to go below if you need to refer to something, that's why! People who top post never look below the first few lines of any message and cannot be bothered to weed out and

RE: Top posting

2015-10-14 Thread Coll-Barth, Michael
> -Original Message- > From: William K Helbig Jr [mailto:whel...@windstream.net] > > A quick lesson on top posting. > > 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

Re: Top posting

2015-10-14 Thread DaveMainwaring
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > People who top post never look below the first few lines of any message > and cannot be bothered to weed out and eliminate irrelevant content, > ​Enough already... Dale I don't appreciate being put down: "​People who

Re: Top posting

2015-10-14 Thread Dan Lewis
Bottom post On 10/14/2015 08:07 AM, Coll-Barth, Michael wrote: -Original Message- From: William K Helbig Jr [mailto:whel...@windstream.net] A quick lesson on top posting. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread Dale Erwin
On 10/13/2015 4:13 PM, William K Helbig Jr wrote: A quick lesson on top posting. 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? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread Marilyn Safier
return the favor! On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Dale Erwin <dale.er...@casaerwin.org> wrote: > On 10/13/2015 4:13 PM, William K Helbig Jr wrote: > >> A quick lesson on top posting. >> >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >&

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread William K Helbig Jr
A quick lesson on top posting. 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? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Skip H

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread Donald Miller
W.H.: Thanks for the ref -- which notes that other styles have advocates. Many business users prefer top posting as it shows the action focus. I understand your preference for bottom posting, but that requires more reading to get to the focus. Not everyone wants to re read all. But forum users

Re: Top posting

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
<whel...@windstream.net> wrote: > > A quick lesson on top posting. > > 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? > > http://en