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Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 14:53:06 -0400
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
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Subject: Re: top posting?
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On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 08:25:25PM +0200, Szymon Guz wrote:
> That's strange. I've never met any newsgroup which would require top
> posting. Top posting has always been considered rude.
> 
> We are reading from top to bottom. That's why people should answer below
> cited text, so we can read it later normally. I mean that I should read
> first the part of email you answer to, and than below your answer.

i find bottom posting to be moderately more annoying than top posting.

top posters are basically: i'm too lazy to spend any time editting, so i'll
just toss my comments at the top, because my time is more important than 
anyone else's.

bottom posters are basically: i'm too lazy to remove irrelevant content,
but, just to be pedantic, i'll add my comments to the bottom.

personally, i'll read top posts, and be a bit irritated.

bottom posts, i'll generally skip because the author obviously doesn't value
their own words.

--jim

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