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Yeah, those are all very good points. There is really no excuse for
top posting.<br>
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<pre wrap="">D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:58:53 -0800
Tobiah <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:toby@tobiah.org"><toby@tobiah.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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<pre wrap="">But then again, when just adding a quip to a long thread in which
the readers have already seen the previous comments, top posting
can be an advantage to the reader.
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<pre wrap="">Unless, of course, you know how to trim quoted text.
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And unless the reader (like me) tends to scroll immediately to the
bottom of the post anyway, without looking for a one-line comment at the
top.
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