Doesn't answer the question as to why top-posting is bad netiquette /
etiquette. Are IT guys just lazy scrollers? Or have they some secret
knowledge of techie anachronismic inefficiencies that we mere mortals are
not aware of?
On Feb 25, 2012 9:38 PM, "Thaths" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm still unsure why top posting has anything to do with Netiquette. Top
>> posting is what a lot of people are comfortable with, and is a commonly
>> accepted style. Its just an alternate way of doing things. Trying to say
>> that its bad etiquette looks like an excuse to talk down to others and
>> reinforce your own superiority.
>>
>
> But you said in an earlier thread that you "find bottom posting gauche and
> insensitive. Its difficult to read".  That sounds to me like you are
> saying a particular posting style - interleaved posting - is bad etiquette.
>
> Setting aside your visceral reaction to people that advocate one or the
> other, please explain to me why interleaved posts are more difficult to
> read.
>
> Thaths
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> Sudhakar Chandra                                    Slacker Without Borders
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