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Interleaving is for people who can't write a coherent, self-sufficient response that answers the questions set forth in earlier messages. I don't want to have
by rprasad 16y ago
Interleaving is for people who can't write a coherent, self-sufficient response that answers the questions set forth in earlier messages.
I don't want to have to re-read the question every time I get an email; I already know what I asked. I want to know the answer.
The only time interleaving is better is when the answer is short and context-generic, i.e., a "yes" or "no".
- jonhendry 16y agoInterleaving is for people responding point-by-point to a two-thousand-word essay posted to Usenet. If you top-post you're going to have to write more to provide the relevant context to each of your own points. Might as well just interleave your responses, retain the original statements for context, and trim the stuff you're ignoring.
- mentat 16y agoEmail is not the same as Usenet posting. Perhaps that's where some are diverging in this debate. Email evolved and is, as far as I understand it and usually use it, an electronic form of letter writing. If we want to talk about how you forum post (to use the modern model) then the discussion is different.