I won't get into arguments over whether one style is better than another, but when people refrain from replying on the list because of the top posting fear, isn't that enough reason to relax the rule?
Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -----Original Message----- From: Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail....@lists.hserus.net Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:52:33 To: <silklist@lists.hserus.net> Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Top-posting On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:47 AM, <thew...@gmail.com> wrote: > But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that > is largely meaningless today. Groan. Not this again. There are very good reasons for NOT top-posting, to do with the way humans process information, as well as having the courtesy to not append enormous amounts of cognitive junk to your postings. I recognise that many mail clients and platforms almost force people to top-post, which is why I don't usually make too much of a fuss. However, it continues to be a rule of the list. Your breaking the rule is being overlooked due to the fact that your mail client is poorly designed, but that doesn't make it a virtue. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
