people, please quit bottom-posting

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:45:19 -0500, "John Smith" <me.TakeThisOut@myhouse.com>
wrote:

>please post your replies

There is a new Euro

> at the top, so we don't have to waste time

way of inter

>scrolling down

posting. It's pretty

>
>duh!
>

cool. Try it!
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

"D. Ross" <ross DeleteThis @math.hawaii.NOSPAM.edu> wrote in message
news:43c5fdf3.90175315@localhost...
> | please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
> | scrolling down
>
> As others have pointed out, bottom-posting (or the slicker inline-reply)
has
> been the convention in Usenet since the days when we read posts on
teletype
> machines and propogated posts by sneakernet. There are arguments for and
> against the convention, these arguments haven't really changed in 20
years,
> and I shouldn't think raising them again in a thread in a coffee newsgroup
> is going to solve anything.

Please dont cross-post to alt.hvac you azzclownz.
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

"John Smith" <me.RemoveThis@myhouse.com> wrote in message
news:K8idncuUlpBycVjeRVn-iw@comcast.com...
> please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
> scrolling down
>
Well, I'm a teacher at a local Uni for business studies, and among other
things the correct way to use the news and email, and I always make sure
people will understand that top-posting is a very bad idea indeed.

It just isn't logical and is very unclear. Instead one should delete
unnecessary parts of the original message and use > symbols to indicate the
comments that they'd like to address, making sure the name&address of the
original poster is clearly understandable for each reply line.

This creates a very logical and easy-to follow read and saves bandwidth.

When a person hasn't done this elimination of extra lines, one can just hit
the end key instead of scrolling to get to the end.

More problems in top-posting come from the fact that top-posters very often
don't even read the whole message, or their replies are ambiguous to a new
reader, since they aren't in a logical order and in correct places.
Furthermore, if people don't take the time to answer properly and edit the
message accordingly, their replies also usually reflect this and top-posted
messages often not only misunderstand and alter the point of the original
message, are also the weapon of choice for flamers and trolls because it
seems the easy way out of you are not very competent with writing on a
keyboard and editing text. later it becomes a second nature and takes no
extra time.

Furthermore, when one reads a thread not from the beginning, but comes along
later, it is very confusing and hard indeed having to scroll back and forth
huge amounts of text in order to understand the latest replies, which make
no sense out of context and in an illogical order.

So please please quit top-posting!

A: It generates illogical structures
Q: Why?
A: One should avoid top-posting

Not good.

Cheers,

Dee
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

Ralph K
> uncool.
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

"John Smith" <me DeleteThis @myhouse.com> wrote in message
news:K8idncuUlpBycVjeRVn-iw@comcast.com...
> please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
> scrolling down
>
> duh!
>
>


this isn't jeopardy shitstain. the answer follows the question.


i'm sure duh! is a common reply from you.
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:45:19 -0500, "John Smith" <me.TakeThisOut@myhouse.com> wrote:

>please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
>scrolling down
>
>duh!
>
>
Get a life!

beekeep
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

welcome to my killfile so I don't have to waste time

*PLONK*

"John Smith" <me.RemoveThis@myhouse.com> wrote in message
news:K8idncuUlpBycVjeRVn-iw@comcast.com...
> please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
> scrolling down
>
> duh!
>
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

DeeAa wrote:
> "John Smith" <me.TakeThisOut@myhouse.com> wrote in message
> news:K8idncuUlpBycVjeRVn-iw@comcast.com...
>
>>please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
>>scrolling down
>>
>
> Well, I'm a teacher at a local Uni for business studies, and among other
> things the correct way to use the news and email, and I always make sure
> people will understand that top-posting is a very bad idea indeed.
>
> It just isn't logical and is very unclear. Instead one should delete
> unnecessary parts of the original message and use > symbols to indicate the
> comments that they'd like to address, making sure the name&address of the
> original poster is clearly understandable for each reply line.
>
> This creates a very logical and easy-to follow read and saves bandwidth.
>
> When a person hasn't done this elimination of extra lines, one can just hit
> the end key instead of scrolling to get to the end.
>
> More problems in top-posting come from the fact that top-posters very often
> don't even read the whole message, or their replies are ambiguous to a new
> reader, since they aren't in a logical order and in correct places.
> Furthermore, if people don't take the time to answer properly and edit the
> message accordingly, their replies also usually reflect this and top-posted
> messages often not only misunderstand and alter the point of the original
> message, are also the weapon of choice for flamers and trolls because it
> seems the easy way out of you are not very competent with writing on a
> keyboard and editing text. later it becomes a second nature and takes no
> extra time.
>
> Furthermore, when one reads a thread not from the beginning, but comes along
> later, it is very confusing and hard indeed having to scroll back and forth
> huge amounts of text in order to understand the latest replies, which make
> no sense out of context and in an illogical order.
>
> So please please quit top-posting!
>
> A: It generates illogical structures
> Q: Why?
> A: One should avoid top-posting
>
> Not good.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dee
>
>
ok...
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

John

Reply posting at the top of the forwarded text is typically done
professional folks on the tech newsgroups. While I agree that it's a no
brainier, good luck trying to convince the masses.

Jim


"John Smith" <me RemoveThis @myhouse.com> wrote in message
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please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
scrolling down

duh!
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

Just delete ALL attributes from the previous post.......

--

SVL
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

John Smith wrote:
> please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time
> scrolling down
>
> duh!
>
>
OK
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

"John Smith" <me.DeleteThis@myhouse.com> wrote in message
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> please post your replies at the top, so we don't have to waste time


I see that I have no option but to Middle-post. I'd rather be bitched at by
both the top feeders and the bottom feeders rather to pick one over the
other.


> scrolling down
>
> duh!
>
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting 

Sundance wrote:

> Hey I hit reply and the post goes where google has it programed to go!
> It don't give an option so WTF?

Most of those participating in this discussion are not using Google, we are
using software purposed made for reading USENET posts.

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
 >> Stay informed about: people, please quit bottom-posting