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 > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders >
