-----Original Message----- Responses inline.
Jerry Franz wrote:
On 12/08/2010 07:03 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:
Honestly, I had no one in mind. I remember in an effort to get a life outside tech, I joined a mailing list for something else. I hadn't realized how
most people
top post, don't trim, and still use aol.
It really is worth noting that the bottom-post convention
used on many
technical lists *is not* how most of the planet now does email or other
The damn thing is a conversation. Top posting is talking over everyone else.
I had a customer blast me about inlined responses, it drove me bonkers. I was responding to 15 individual questions.
I think that the missed point here is "obey the rules of the list" (I'm ignoring customers who find it hard to read ;-) ). If the rules state bottom posting only then that's it, no arguments. If you don't like the rules don't post/join etc.
electronic communications. The rage we see here over it is
really just
another technical 'religious war' by people who don't
tolerate change
well. In reality, it doesn't matter much for most things either way and far more harm is done by the howling over it than using either convention actually causes.
So, we should put up with rudeness and obnoxious behavior?
I think that this http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html should be read in conjunction with the list rules. This helps to explain why some questions elicit things that might be considered rude.
On other lists that I subscribe to they also take a dim view of top posting - specifically for the reasons of readability, i.e. top posting makes it difficult to pick up a thread mid conversation.
Anyway, that's just my two-penneth worth...
Simon.