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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On March 28, 2017 5:32:04 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Mick wrote: |
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>>> On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 09:05:04 Dale wrote: |
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>>>> Danny YUE wrote: |
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>>>>> Just curious: why is top-posting forbidden here? |
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>>>>> I have never found any reference for that. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> I would appreciate it if you could tell me something about that. |
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>>>>> Danny |
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>>>> Here is one but there are tons of others. |
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>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/etiquette.html#idp5 |
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>>>> 5147880 |
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>>>> Also, on this list, html is frowned upon as well. Plain text is |
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>>>> requested, although some devices may not have the option. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Dale |
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>>>> :-) :-) |
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>>> I thought the original joke went like this: |
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>>> |
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>>> A. Top posters |
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>>> Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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>>> |
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>>> A: Because it upsets the logical flow of the thread. |
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>>> Q: Why is top posting a bad idea? |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> Anyway, Gentoo users often ask multifaceted questions which require |
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>> more than |
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>>> a single answer. With top posting we would need to send many |
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>> response emails |
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>>> to respond with clarity to all points the OP may have raised. With |
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>> inline |
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>>> responses we can interlace the answers in the OP's message and the |
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>> logical |
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>>> flow of the conversation is retained within a single response email. |
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>>> |
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>> I have actually seen that in people's sig before. I can't recall who |
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>> it |
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>> was and haven't seen it in a while. |
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>> I bottom post if it is somewhat a single subject or inline post if it |
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>> has more than one topic. As you say, it makes it easier to know what |
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>> one is talking about. I use what I feel will work best. Top posting |
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>> tho, as your example/joke points out, makes it hard to figure out what |
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>> is going on, even if one is following the thread. Of course, I also |
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>> realize that some devices make that hard or impossible. Most who use |
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>> those devices say they are. |
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>> |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I use multiple devices. All modern phones have apps that allow bottom posting as default. |
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> Inline is more difficult, which is why I leave those replies for when I have a real PC. |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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So those "smart" devices are finally catching up. Good for them to |
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finally catch up to the world huh? ROFL |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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