Re: Battle of the Sidewalk ][ - error

From: Alan French (adfrenchremoveallthis_at_nycap.rr.com)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 02:06:10 GMT

"John Steinberg" <seesig@bottom.invalid> wrote in message
news:070620041853270984%seesig@bottom.invalid...
> [SNIP]
>
> In the real world, we don't see the answer to questions prior to the
> question, do we? Consider the following:
>
> Answer:Top-posting
>
> Question: What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
>
> The flow is wrong, and only works for those actively involved in a
> thread who have been following from start to finish. Not all do, and
> then there are issues of propagation and retention, which can render
> top-posting even more problematic.
> [SNIP]

John,

While I do try to avoid top posting, since it is disliked so, I generally
read entire threads, or at least until it becomes uninteresing or starts
repeating itself. With bottom posting, I have to at least scan through
everything over and over again, pretty much like someone who keeps
forgetting to put the bookmark back. Perhaps top posting is impolite for
folks coming in in mid-stream, but it makes it a lot more agreeable when
reading an entire thread, at least for me.

At any rate, I don't write much here these days, so it doesn't make a lot of
difference.

Clear skies, Alan

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