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[Jesus Arocho]

Sensitive trigger!!

On Sunday 20 January 2008 16:19:39 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 20/01/2008, ronw at paradise.net.nz <ronw at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > What is really interesting is that I now understand the discussion about
> > top/bottom posting so much better. I recently acquired a Blackberry but
> > it applies to any mail enabled hadheld device.
> > Bottom posting is so annoying. The recent emails on religion (yes I know
> > they are not relevant to this group) but the majority were bottom posted
> > and it is a real pain to get to the relevant detail of each message when
> > you have to first have to wade through heaps of >>>>> lines of stuff that
> > you read earlier to get to the crux of message.
> > I can now understand why so many people are so vociferous about how silly
> > bottom posting is. One of the list members even has a tag line extolling
> > the virtures of bottom posting.
> > Give a reader some credit for intelligence and allow that what most
> > people want is the message. If they are lost and want to know what
> > triggered the message they can read back by subject.
> > And before everyone dives in and blames my method of reading mail I think
> > hand held devices are the way of the future.
> > Lets all switch to top posting
>
> There is already another thread on the topic, and although this thread
> is way OT, don't make it worse. You are now crossposting threads,
> something that the same usenet oldtimers who bash you for top posting,
> will bash you for.
>
> If you don't like the way that your device handles email, then file a
> bug with the device's manufacturer or buy a different device. Don't
> try to change conventions that are logical in all but your corner case
> because the manufacturer of your device did not program it to your
> liking.
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
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>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?