Top Posting

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To paraphrase Mr Spock "Top posting is illogical, Captain". Who
answeres a question /before/ it's asked?!
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But, The question has been asked already. Otherwise, you won't be
posting a reply. Duh!
People who top-post are too lazy to snip, IMNSHO. And to say it's out
of "consideration" is complete bollocks, and you know it. People have
to scroll down to see what the original question was!
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If you missed the original post. Then YOU can scroll down to read it.
Why should we be forced to scroll through a post we've already read??
Especially, When as noted before, we have to scroll through 15kb or more
of repeated post to read a two or three word response.


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David

Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.

"Due to Viewer dicretion...
Graphic violence is advised"

http://www.HeroicStories.com/
http://www.thisistrue.com/
 
I promise I will never ask that question again :)
Robyn

I asked a question hoping to get one reply, not find about 30. Never did I
dream I would start such a commotion but thankyou to everyone for your
views - it was enjoyable reading, quite entertaining at times.
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TIP for Robyn: Once a thread moves into the discussion of top/bottom
posting -- it is guaranteed it will be lengthy one.
 
Robyn said:
Ok, I'll ask again and maybe get a polite reply instead of Rifleman's
useless LOL?

What is top posting?
Yes I'm serious and yes I've read about newsgroup ettiquette.
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Top posting or bottom posting doesn't matter as much as the effort you
force the reader to make to read useful content.

If you top post, make sure the part of the message you are replying to
is within decent scrolling distance by trimming the included quoted
text. If you bottom post, trim the quoted text heavily so that readers
can scroll easily to your reply.

The one thing people hate the most is scrolling three pages to read "me
too" as the useless reply. In my opinion if you are too lazy to trim,
you should top post.

There is a third option called "inline" where you embed your reply
inside the quoted text. This is most useful when you have replies to
multiple parts of the quoted text. Be careful about quote marks and
indentation so people aren't confused about which is your text and which
is quoted.
 
If you're implying there's a correct way, there's not. It can be irritating
trying to read a thread (group of sequential replies to same original
message) if repliers are using both top and bottom posting.
Up here is the way MS OE newsreader replies by defaut.
This is called top posting.

Robyn said:
Ok, I'll ask again and maybe get a polite reply instead of Rifleman's
useless LOL?
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In the middle means you're replying to what's immediately above, not below.

Snipping means to delete some information in the original post, then reply
below that to the information that was left. This is much worse that
top-posting in some circles.
What is top posting?
Yes I'm serious and yes I've read about newsgroup ettiquette.

Robyn
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Down here is normally used for typical usenet replies. A typical add-on
newsreader will reply down here. This is neither right or wrong. This was
the only location normally used for usenet replies for many years.

Dave
 
No, I start reading from the OP and read whatever follows, then I post after
the last, or appropriate post in the thread.

JAX



"Read a book bottom up, do you?"
 
I checked some books I own, and I noticed that not one single page included the previous page(s) at the top of the page.
 
Strange, now that you mention it, I don't recall it being that way in any of
Homer's works.

JAX

I checked some books I own, and I noticed that not one single page included
the previous page(s) at the top of the page.
 
Hopefully then, we shall have some more interesting comments. This thread
has kept me amused for ages.
 
Hi Sharon,

This thread is like "Deja Vous"(sp?) I don't speak French. I have seen or,
think I've seen, the same thing before, at least once a month for as long as
I have had a computer.

JAX
 
JAX, isn't that SSDD?

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| It has always been the S.O.S., just a different day.
|
| Cheers, JAX
 
I added the "O" for old.

JAX

JAX, isn't that SSDD?

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| It has always been the S.O.S., just a different day.
|
| Cheers, JAX
 
O(h) or O(kay). :-)

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I added the "O" for old.
|
| JAX
 
This thread is like "Deja Vous"(sp?) I don't speak French. I have seen or,
think I've seen, the same thing before, at least once a month for as long as
I have had a computer.
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<aol> me too </aol> ;)
 
May have been, I don't recall exactly. It's a cinch bottom-posters wouldn't
succeed on the show with their poor cognitive abilities!
 
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