Re: Battle of the Sidewalk ][ - error

From: Paul Lawler (stargazer_at_kilolaniDOT.net)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 01:27:14 GMT

"John Steinberg" <seesig@bottom.invalid> opined eloquently in message
news:070620041853270984%seesig@bottom.invalid...
> Alan French wrote:
>
> > I've always been curious about how the idea that top posting was "bad"
got
> > going. In following long threads, especially when folks don't bother
> > cutting much out, it seems easier to have the response at the top - then
you
> > don't have to rummage through everything again and again and again.
>
> There are many other links on this topic, but the authoritative sources
> are quite clear; top-posting and not trimming for context is poor
> netiquette, inconsiderate to those who read articles and pay by the
> minute for the privilege, wasted bandwidth, and renders many otherwise
> fine articles and threads very difficult to read and follow. You
> should only know just how AWFUL some of the top-posted and non-trimmed
> articles parse in my newsreaders. I often just skip them due to the
> eyestrain they create.

Bless you, my son. There's nothing wrong with trying to return a little
politeness, Netiquette and civility to newsgroups, even if you get blasted
for it.

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