[OT] Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 
>> By just... answering it.   Granted, I will usually include a brief quote
>> .  But in many cases this is just for the benefit of those with poor
>> email clients without automatic threading support.
> 
> My email client has perfectly good threading support, and I don't have a
> clue what you're talking about.

I can see from my email client which email is replying to which. E.g. I
know your last email (sent 10:27 was in reply to my email sent 12:17).
Thus, I can go back and read the emails you're replying to even if you
don't quote it.

Matt Flaschen