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He just now realized this? Top posting has been frowned on for YEARS. Even back in the BBS/FidoNet days you top posted at your own peril. The classic descripti
by bcl 16y ago
He just now realized this? Top posting has been frowned on for YEARS. Even back in the BBS/FidoNet days you top posted at your own peril.
The classic description of top posting says it best - http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
And while you're at it, don't forget to [snip] out the parts that aren't relevant.
- mkelly 16y agoEnforcement of the preference for inline replies has (as I understand it) waned greatly in recent years. As I understand it, people who began conversing over email seriously in the late 1990s or early 2000s are much less likely to have learned about this than old-timers. (I say this as someone who started in the late 90s and later converted to inline replies when I realized their benefit several years later. Many people my own age -- even technical ones -- think my inline replies are abnormal.)