> While I'm ranting on mailing list management issues, does anyone > want to offer an opinion about top/bottom posting? > > On vim_use, I regularly post a slightly friendly reminder to > top-posters that bottom posting is the convention: > http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information > > I notice that top posters are becoming more prevalent in > vim_mac. While I have no concern about how vim_mac runs, it > occurs to me that some of the regulars here might want to > express an opinion.
I tend to treat all of the email lists for vim as read-only most of the time because I am generally a very mobile guy and not in front of a computer when the emails come in, but on my BlackBerry. All of this "top posting" / "bottom posting" stuff really turns me off. I can't bottom post very easily on my BlackBerry (read: it's brutal) and rather than having to tell people why I'm not bottom posting, I just prefer to not post. I understand that there are those that are really concerned about such things and spend a *lot* more time participating on these lists than I do, so I tend to just let people be - these lists are great and people get a lot of great help from them. But in general, I just choose to not participate because I find that the "posting style" conversations just create noise that eventually drowns out any help I would be able to provide anyway - it's better that I don't post :) That's my $0.02 - you asked :) Regs, Derek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
