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Allan Gottlieb wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 14 2012, Michael Scherer wrote: |
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>> in my opinion it isn't. with top posting I see the newest message |
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>> immidiately, while otherwise I need page through sometimes |
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>> huge amounts of mostly obsolete comments. |
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>> where it's possible, I put my messages on top, and I've found |
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>> more than once forum-rules that require or at least recommend |
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>> top posting. |
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>> but I garantee that I will get flames, why I do this and urge me |
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>> to change my habits. |
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>> obviously this is an ingrained habit on gentoo-users, but from |
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>> now on I'm going follow my habits and damn the flames. |
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> You have forgotten that gentoo-user is a valuable archive site. |
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> I keep many old msgs to use much later. At that point a top to bottom |
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> reading order is preferred. |
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> Moreover, those who are most helpful here all prefer bottom (or in-line) |
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> posting. If you shun the wishes of a majority of the group and a vast |
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> majority of the most-helpful users, you fate is not flames but |
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> "ignoredom". That seems to be a poor idea. |
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> Your call |
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> allan |
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I agree. I have read even on here, been a while tho, where a email |
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address is blacklisted. So OP, if you top post often enough then later |
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post a question, the person with the answer may never see your question |
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hence you will likely get no reply. I have one person blacklisted |
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myself. I have no clue if they come here or not. It goes straight to |
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delete. I think it bypasses the trash even. |
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For example: Alan, Mike, Pandu, Mark, Neil and me are the top posters |
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on this list. I will admit, if just Neil and Alan ignore your posts, |
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you got issues. They are two VERY knowledgeable, and more importantly, |
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helpful people. Most of their posts are helping others too, unlike some |
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of mine. Another thing, they have been on this mailing for a long time |
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and they don't like top posting either if memory serves me well. Me, I |
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will forgive if it is a cell phone thingy that can't be helped. |
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Otherwise, after a couple times, I'm not scrolling all over the place to |
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try to figure out what order the posts are in and all that. I may not |
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blacklist but I will hit the "next" button. |
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OP. You be well advised to reconsider. Other wise, you will be on the |
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forums asking for help and in my opinion, this mailing list is the best |
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place for help. Lifes full of choices tho. Some good, some bad. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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