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

[Bart Silverstrim]

Dan Farrell wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:12:47 -0400
> Lorenzo Taylor <daxlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> But if we're creating a standard based on natural conversation, how
>> many conversations do you know that look something like this?
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> You said "Hello."
>> Hello. How are you?
>>
>> You said I said "Hello." Then you said "Hello. How are you?
>> I'm fine.
>> ...
>> Lorenzo
> 
> I agree.  Especially for short interactions, I prefer top posting,
> because 
> 
> 1) most clients are threads-aware
> 	(and most archives are, too)
> 2) the context of the response is usually anticipated from the previous
> 	thread

Wouldn't this be a stronger argument for trimming it out?  You're saying 
this is redundant material...

Also, for short interactions...how do you know how long a conversation 
will go?  Unless I'm misinterpreting what you're referring to, one 
simple question about how to stop top-posters has obviously ballooned 
far larger than the OP probably intended it to go.