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Ken
ken at seehart.com
Tue Feb 26 18:21:26 EST 2008
Yeah, those are all very good points. There is really no excuse for top
posting.
Jeff Schwab wrote:
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:58:53 -0800
>> Tobiah <toby at tobiah.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Unless, of course, you know how to trim quoted text.
>>
>
> 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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