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Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
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Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message ... Top Posting Is Easyer to read. Nothing too personal, Wayne, but can we please not start this crap again? It's a matter of opinion. Most everyone here has heard all the arguments for and against both top and bottom posting ad nauseum, and few minds are changed, no matter if the thread goes on for weeks, as it generally does. Let us just move on. If you see a method of posting that you don't like, snort your distaste and read on. USENET is a melting pot for the entire world, and there is *no* way *anyone* is going to make everyone behave or post the "right" way. Let us just move on. BTW, it's "easier". eg billy |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
So what's the argument against top posting?
Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets miskairal wrote on 11/26/2005 1:10 AM: Wayne Sallee wrote: Top Posting Is Easyer to read. When you respond to a post, if you put your responce at the top, it is easyer for everyone to read. The acception would be when you are parcing the post out, and responding to each part individualy. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets I totally agree and much prefer it but at the other newsgroups I visit they crack up if you do it so I have my newsreader set to start a reply underneath. Sometimes I remember to change it here as no one seems to mind. I might go and change it back to start at the top which will give them something to complain about - love starting wars :) |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
Wayne Sallee wrote on Sat, 26 Nov 2005:
So what's the argument against top posting? It's difficult to understand the context. Someone who picks up a random article is forced to read from bottom to top, which isn't the usual direction. Moreover, people who prefer top posting tend to be "lazy" and just include the entire previous thread appended to the end of their message. It isn't always clear what point they care about or are responding to, and it takes effort to read the whole volume of previous material to figure out what their reply is referring to. Whereas, in the original "bottom-posting" style, people tend to edit the material they are replying to, and only include the part that is relevant to their specific reply. In addition, they usually interleave their reply with the different parts of the individual post that they are replying to. This makes for much higher information density per posting, and allows people to read each article in the natural top-to-bottom order. Some people who prefer top-posting argue that the whole thread is included in every message, so you can always see the entire context if you need to. Those who prefer bottom-posting dislike the huge redundancy of constantly copying all that text, and rely on threaded newsreaders if they want to explore previous postings in the thread. I'm not (in this post) arguing for one or the other, but you asked for a justification, so there's a few. -- Don __________________________________________________ _____________________________ Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/ If I had a mine shaft, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey [SNL] |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
I dont' see a problem with bottom posting, if the poster
quotes a short part, and then replies to it, or sees the need to reply to different segments, but when a poster post the entire refered to post, and it's refered posts, only to post at the bottom of that, it seems rather backwards,and redundant. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Don Geddis wrote on 11/26/2005 12:17 PM: Wayne Sallee wrote on Sat, 26 Nov 2005: So what's the argument against top posting? It's difficult to understand the context. Someone who picks up a random article is forced to read from bottom to top, which isn't the usual direction. Moreover, people who prefer top posting tend to be "lazy" and just include the entire previous thread appended to the end of their message. It isn't always clear what point they care about or are responding to, and it takes effort to read the whole volume of previous material to figure out what their reply is referring to. Whereas, in the original "bottom-posting" style, people tend to edit the material they are replying to, and only include the part that is relevant to their specific reply. In addition, they usually interleave their reply with the different parts of the individual post that they are replying to. This makes for much higher information density per posting, and allows people to read each article in the natural top-to-bottom order. Some people who prefer top-posting argue that the whole thread is included in every message, so you can always see the entire context if you need to. Those who prefer bottom-posting dislike the huge redundancy of constantly copying all that text, and rely on threaded newsreaders if they want to explore previous postings in the thread. I'm not (in this post) arguing for one or the other, but you asked for a justification, so there's a few. -- Don __________________________________________________ _____________________________ Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/ If I had a mine shaft, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey [SNL] |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:26:03 GMT, Wayne Sallee
wrote: Top Posting Is Easyer to read. When you respond to a post, if you put your responce at the top, it is easyer for everyone to read. The acception would be when you are parcing the post out, and responding to each part individualy. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Hello Wayne, This group is so quiet now, that any post is welcome,don't you think ? Regards, Fishnut. |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
LOL Good Luck with that one!! :-)
That one is like arguing about religion. Weird, never understood that, people get hot about not following their personal order of things. I have always snipped unnecessary fat and posted top or on pertinent lines. And have gotten brutally chewed about it. hehehehe Wayne Sallee wrote: Top Posting Is Easyer to read. When you respond to a post, if you put your responce at the top, it is easyer for everyone to read. The acception would be when you are parcing the post out, and responding to each part individualy. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets -- Ric Seyler Online Racing: RicSeyler GPL Handicap 6.35 http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler remove –SPAM- from email address -------------------------------------- "Homer no function beer well without." - H.J. Simpson |
Top Posting Is Easyer To Read.
RicSeyler wrote:
LOL Good Luck with that one!! :-) That one is like arguing about religion. Weird, never understood that, people get hot about not following their personal order of things. I have always snipped unnecessary fat and posted top or on pertinent lines. And have gotten brutally chewed about it. hehehehe Seems newbies always top post until they get tired of being bitched out or eventually realize that it's easier to respond to long posts by starting at the top and posting your reply under each separate point you're answering. Plus it's easier for all if everyone follows a standard. That's how it went for me, anyhow. |
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