TopPosting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chris]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:57 +0200
Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 12:28 -0500, Steve T wrote:
> > A person's personal preference regarding top/bottom posting is
> > completely subjective.
> 
> Only if you consider the direction of time subjective, too :)
> The canonical example has been posted frequently:
> 
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> 
> 
> In any case, you conveniently didn't quote the link to the Ubuntu
> mailing list etiquette that specifically asks to bottom post, quote,
> and trim the quotes. At this point I don't see how one can insist on
> it being a personal preference, unless one deliberately wants to throw
> courtesy out of the window.
> 
> 


... in which, there seems to be many that (want) do just that.

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Best regards,

Chris

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