I think its a question of convenience of the poster vs the reader, especially
if the poster doesn't clip the message being responded to. Its faster for the
reader if the new message is right there at the top, as you say, rather than
having to scroll down to find it, especially when its not clear where the new
message starts and the old one ends. Some systems put the writer's cursor at
the end of the message to begin a response, but I really don't know why. If
people don't understand the context of the response, they can scroll.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: Fwd: [UC] Re: **Dock St Rumor** - (was a victory for the forces
of diversity)
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Fwd: [UC] Re: **Dock St Rumor** - (was a victory for the forces of
>>diversity)
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:59:03 -0400
>
> I'm not really sure who wrote what in this exchange - when you add your
> >response at the >bottom instead of the top, it creates confusion...
If a long e-mail is being responded to in its entirety, then it would save the
reader time to put the response at the top. Personally, I prefer to add my
responses to the bottom, as here, because the readers can see immediately what
it is that I'm responding to, and it sets the stage for my response. But, of
course, I also edit and bracket off the original to include only the specific
portion in question so they won't have to guess at what it is I'm talking
about.
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