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On Mon, 14 May 2012 14:11:25 -0500 |
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Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Tanstaafl |
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> <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > This is only the case if the person who replies doesn't trim their |
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> > quoted text - which is often the case when brain-dead top-posters |
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> > try bottom (aka inline) posting... |
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> > You should always strive to adjust you habits to the rules of the |
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> > forum you are participating in... |
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> > I loathe top-posting, but there are a few forums I participate in |
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> > where that is the norm, so I just grin and bear it... |
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> Personally, gmail has given me a bad habit. It defaults to |
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> top-posting in the web client, which I don't see how to change. But |
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> at least on the desktop I can easily move formatting around. On the |
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> Android client it seems rather archaic. Does anyone know how to |
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> change to bottom-posting on either client? |
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So around here we say don't top post rather bottom bottom, but what we |
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actually mean is inline post with your contribution below the portion |
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you are replying to and extraneous bits of the quoted text removed. |
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Also liberal use of [snip] tags is encouraged. |
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We generally tolerate gmail webapp users (trying to inline post on that |
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is hard to do but possible) and reluctantly accept the smartphone users |
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often have no choice as it's impossible to do anything other than top |
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post on many devices (especially BlackBerrys). Such users should leave |
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the nice "Sent from my BlackBerry" comment at the bottom, it helps |
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indicate you can't avoid the top-post. |
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All of these "rules" are like any other form of good manners - designed |
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to smooth communication and make it a pleasant thing to do. Just like |
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in real life, it's equally good manners to indicate up-front if you |
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can't do the norm. Example: some places it's expected that men stand up |
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when a lady enters the room. But not if the man has a broken leg, in |
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which case he should make sure the plaster cast and crutches can be |
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seen. |
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See how it works? :-) |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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