On the other hand: Trimming was much more important when bandwidth was much more limited, and some folks were paying by the byte. People who have been following the conversation don't want to scroll all the way down to get to the latest input. Top-posting emulates the style used by virtually all blogs, latest on top.
A far more important mailing list sin, in my opinion, is failure to change the subject line when you take the topic off in a totally different direction. Would you have thought to find this discussion under *that* subject line? 73, Pete N4ZR At 06:06 AM 5/10/2008, Len wrote: >At 8:20 am ((PDT)) Fri May 9, 2008, in Digest 2307 Bill Carver wrote: > >[snip main part of reply] > >-----Original message----- > >From: "Terry" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><snip> > >(top post to keep message flow) > >Terry > > > >What does "top post to keep message flow" mean? > >It means:- >a) you don't want to know where Terry puts a cup of coffee ;-) >and >b) a chain of reasoning is unfamiliar to some top-posters. > >It''s a bit like seeing someone driving the wrong way down >the freeway and deciding it's a good lead to follow. > > >Regards, LenW >-- >(& because it's often followed by a complete failure to trim) > A: Because it destroys the flow of the conversation > Q: Why is top-posting bad? >
