Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:47:59 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Quoting
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 12:39 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Gayle Surrette wrote:
>I would hope so.  Luckily, my email software allows me to
>set top posting as a preference.  For the life of me I can't
>figure out why anyone would bottom post unless they were
>interspersing their answers throughout a long post.

Top posting is almost universally denigrated on the internet and has been
for decades.  It's right up there with trimming posts as a part of
netiquette.  Not doing it will help avoid threads like this one...

-- Mike B.

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A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?