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What is top posting? Couldn't find a definition in the article and seems that everyone here in the comments already knows what it means.
by war1025 7y ago
What is top posting? Couldn't find a definition in the article and seems that everyone here in the comments already knows what it means.
- sampleinajar 7y agotop-posting (in which the reply precedes the quoted original message) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
- frosted-flakes 7y agoYour reply goes on top of the conversation, instead of embedded within it.
- tirpen 7y agoThere used to be a big debate about where the reply should be placed when replying to an email. Bottom-posting means the reply is placed below what it's replying to, like in any normal conversation. This is the obviously correct choice. Top-posting means that the reply is placed above what you're replying to, completely unintuitively and against how things works in every other context. This is obviosly wrong and bad, but is the hell we have to live with when mailing these days.
- jcranmer 7y agoHistorically, the facetious reply would be to give this example: A: Because it breaks the flow of information. Q: Why is it frowned upon? A: Putting replies above the original post. Q: What is top posting?