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Re: OT: Top Posting Vs. Bottom Posting: Case Closed!
de badgolferman 04/23/2006 05:14
elaich, 4/22/2006,12:56:33 AM, wrote:
> Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in
> news:6b9j42dqi4qcdlb879svfcpne7r35regdg@4ax.com:
> 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.
Yes, I agree with this assesment.
> 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.
This is true also and makes a great argument as to why bottom-posting
is superior for Usenet.
> 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 think OE-QuoteFix is a great piece of software enhancement for OE
since it actually has an option for bottom-posting. In addition it
color-quotes conversations and corrects the breaking up of lines. If
Quotefix had been incorporated into OE from the beginning it would
prevent a majority of gripes non-OE users have.
> 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.
I'll deal with either kind. Since I don't hide read messages and keep
threads in tree view it's not a big deal to click on the previous post
to see what was said before the top-poster replied to it. I will admit
that people who don't snip useless text annoy me. But I also think
killfiling is wimpy way of dealing with people, especially since their
remarks will be seen in any replies to them. The worst is when someone
announces they have killfiled someone. That's just a holier-than-thou
response to garner attention.
> And, I've noticed that a lot of the top post
> advocates have a sneering attitude,
I actually see this attitude from bottom-posters more often.