On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org wrote:
Hi,
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Dear Mr. Singh:
I understand you prefer this medium. I have practical experience with alternatives that have offered measurable and definite benefits to the communities they serve.
Which is quite fair, and the point I was making as well. However, the poit I was also making ( and have now repeated about 4 times ) is- this is the lists not the forums. We have some guidelines and the moderaters will make an effort to implement them.
Your opinions are louder than your putative experience. Unfortunately, in 51 years in the computer industry, I've sometimes had to cope with behaviors like yours. It still makes me sad to experience such unhappy people who think that attack is the best way to enrich a collaboration.
ok, so you are > 51 years old. Which was good to know. I'll respect you for your age. Apart from that you've made no real contribution to the conversation here.
I think the thing that's annoying about top posting is explained with this example (grabbed from a Boston Linux & Unix Group signature). I'll have to admit when I'm not thinking about it, there have been a few times where I've top posted (bad habit from the corporate world), but if people would take 5 minutes to read a complete thread backwards with comments inserted in between other comments, it gets very confusing. Bottom posting or posting in between comments makes sense.
A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?