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Re: OT: Top Posting Vs. Bottom Posting: Case Closed!
de Daniel Mandic 04/22/2006 05:15
elaich wrote:
> Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in
> news:6b9j42dqi4qcdlb879svfcpne7r35regdg@4ax.com:
>
> > My question is why they changed a perfectly useless email client
> > into an even more useless Usenet client? The programmer who
> > actually had some Usenet experience was home sick that day?
>
> No: in the Microsoft world, top posting is the norm.
>
> It's one thing when you are having a one on one conversation with
> somebody, like an email. You remember exactly what the guy said last,
> so posting your response at the top is normal.
>
> However, on Usenet, dozens of people may respond to the comment.
> That's why the correct way to post is to quote the part you are
> responding to, and post your reply at the bottom. Then, everybody
> knows what you are talking about.
>
> However, as mentioned before, it's Outhouse and Outhouse Express that
> encourages top posting by it's very format. They both also encourage
> improper quoting by automatically quoting the entire thread up to
> that point.
>
> If the user installs QuoteFix, the problem becomes worse, as now
> Outhouse will quote the entire article before posting the inane one
> line comment at the very bottom.
>
> I have become very intolerant of it. I now tend to killfile top
> posters about the second time I see them. They almost never have
> anything of value to add to begin with. I now killfile one liners at
> the bottom of long quotes at first sight.
>
> It's the old saw - "when in Rome, do as the Romans do." Usenet and
> it's accepted posting etiquette were both here before any form of
> Outhouse, and practically before any form of Microsoft. If someone
> can't be bothered to learn the rules of the game before playing, they
> should be booted. And, I've noticed that a lot of the top post
> advocates have a sneering attitude, like they are intentionally
> stirring the pot. Unfortunately for them, after a short while, they
> end up basically talking to themselves.
Hi elaich!
Well, but if 'digitally' is assumed to be more handy and praktical, I
cannot understand my stupid behaviour to scroll my poor Wheel Mouse
Otical USB-wheel nearly on any reply to a thread, where already checked
what is going on. :-)
But so are rules, you may respect them.
Best Regards,
Daniel Mandic