[NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting HAHAHA

Robert Citek robert.citek at gmail.com
Fri Jul 11 16:13:01 CDT 2008


Yup.  We should all be using blogs instead.

1) the issue of top/bottom/in-line posting disappears.
2) the issue of replying to the list vs the individual goes away.
3) the issue of having archives unavailable for search engines like
Google vaporizes.
4) the issue of spam fades away.

Regards,
- Robert

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:35 PM, MadHat Unspecific
<madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:
> Richard Geoffrion wrote:
>> MadHat Unspecific wrote:
>>> A3: Please.
>>> Q3: Should I avoid top posting on this mailing list?
>>>
>>> A2: Because, by reversing the order of a conversation, it leaves the
>>>      reader without much context, and makes them read a message in an
>>>      unnatural order.
>>> Q2: Why is top posting irritating?
>>>
>>> A1: It is the practice of putting your reply to a message before the
>>>      quoted message, instead of after the (trimmed) message.
>>> Q1: What is top posting?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> TOO FUNNY, Madhat! That is my favorite method of answering the question
>> of top posting.
>>
>> I think I saw a signature like that once.  something like....
>
>
> I stole it from a cryptography list I am on... ;^)
>
>
> --
> MadHat (at) Unspecific.com
> "The true man wants two things: danger and play.
>  For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."
>                           - Friedrich Nietzsche
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>



More information about the Discuss mailing list