On Jul 24, 5:42 pm, Joshua Juran <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Jeff Walther wrote: > > > By the way, see the message above? See how the quoted text is > > trimmed? See how there's no sign of the list footer quoted? See how > > the thread of the message flows downward in the order that people > > read? > > > This is how to post a readable message. Your top posted messages in > > which ** YOU FAIL TO TRIM ANY QUOTED TEXT AT ALL** are rude and > > inconsiderate to other members of the list. > > Maybe you should be blaming the software vendors whose mail clients > invite users to post this way by positioning the cursor *above* the > quoted reply,
They certainly popularized and contributed to the problem, but people have the ability with a tiny bit of effort to be considerate. > I don't like top-posting either, My main point, which others seem to miss, was the excess quoted text. He quoted everything including the list footer. I only mentioned the top posting because that typically leads to the incredibly inconsiderate practice of quoting without trimming. > but your response was inappropriate. You may be right. I was certain that Britt had been told about this before, but perhaps I was mistaken and this was the first time. If so, I apologize. I should have sent a private message instead. I've been reading this list for a long time and notice that every single one of his messages always contains all the text from any previous messages. Apparently, I reached some tipping point, but you're right, I should have acted more reservedly if that was indeed the first time. > Flaming people for being ignorant was something you > could get away with a couple decades ago On LEMlists there is no ignorance excuse. The guidelines you agree that you have read when you sign up clearly instruct folks to trim quoted text. > If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and > whoever else to fix their email clients. As long as there are folks who consider it their right to be inconsiderate, that will be a lost battle. The clients contribute, but the apologists who try to justify not taking a moment to make their messages readable are the real problem. Jeff Walther -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
