Posting Top

A: Nothing really. A Newsgroup, like life itself, is full of morons.
Just ignore them. Don't respond to them. Even better, don't waste
time reading their comments. They aren't likely to be able to
contribute anything worth your time.

Q: What can I do about this?

A: Some newsgroups by their nature attract people who are not
accustomed to following a logical progression of written
comments. They either lack the intelligence to do so or are
just too lazy. They read and reply to only the last comment
without any concern for, or attempt at, understanding previous
comments. Often their contribution is useless.

Q: Then why are there some newsgroups with a lot of top posters?

A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments.

Q: Why do so many people object to top posting?

A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to
rather than below it.

Q: What is "top posting"?

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it easier to do (1).

Posted by G Henslee on July 1, 2005, 10:57 am

Caesar Romano wrote:

> A: Nothing really. A Newsgroup, like life itself, is full of morons.

> Just ignore them. Don't respond to them. Even better, don't waste

> time reading their comments. They aren't likely to be able to

> contribute anything worth your time.

> Q: What can I do about this?

> A: Some newsgroups by their nature attract people who are not

> accustomed to following a logical progression of written

> comments. They either lack the intelligence to do so or are

> just too lazy. They read and reply to only the last comment

> without any concern for, or attempt at, understanding previous

> comments. Often their contribution is useless.

> Q: Then why are there some newsgroups with a lot of top posters?

> A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments.

> Q: Why do so many people object to top posting?

> A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to

> rather than below it.

> Q: What is "top posting"?

Egg-zackly.

Posted by Ashton Crusher on July 1, 2005, 11:15 am

For the 90% of the users who are actually following a thread, top
posting makes reading the thread much much easier. Those who keep
beating the bottom posting horse are living in the past.

wrote:

>Caesar Romano wrote:

>> A: Nothing really. A Newsgroup, like life itself, is full of morons.

>> Just ignore them. Don't respond to them. Even better, don't waste

>> time reading their comments. They aren't likely to be able to

>> contribute anything worth your time.

>> Q: What can I do about this?

>> A: Some newsgroups by their nature attract people who are not

>> accustomed to following a logical progression of written

>> comments. They either lack the intelligence to do so or are

>> just too lazy. They read and reply to only the last comment

>> without any concern for, or attempt at, understanding previous

>> comments. Often their contribution is useless.

>> Q: Then why are there some newsgroups with a lot of top posters?

>> A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments.

>> Q: Why do so many people object to top posting?

>> A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to

>> rather than below it.

>> Q: What is "top posting"?

>Egg-zackly.

Posted by G Henslee on July 1, 2005, 11:30 am

Ashton Crusher wrote:

<top posting corrected - go to the bottom>

> wrote:

>>Caesar Romano wrote:

>>>A: Nothing really. A Newsgroup, like life itself, is full of morons.

>>> Just ignore them. Don't respond to them. Even better, don't waste

>>> time reading their comments. They aren't likely to be able to

>>> contribute anything worth your time.

>>>

>>>Q: What can I do about this?

>>>

>>>A: Some newsgroups by their nature attract people who are not

>>> accustomed to following a logical progression of written

>>> comments. They either lack the intelligence to do so or are

>>> just too lazy. They read and reply to only the last comment

>>> without any concern for, or attempt at, understanding previous

>>> comments. Often their contribution is useless.

>>>

>>>Q: Then why are there some newsgroups with a lot of top posters?

>>>

>>>A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments.

>>>

>>>Q: Why do so many people object to top posting?

>>>

>>>A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to

>>> rather than below it.

>>>

>>>Q: What is "top posting"?

>>>

>>Egg-zackly.

> For the 90% of the users who are actually following a thread, top
> posting makes reading the thread much much easier.

follow this: http://tinyurl.com/c42ek

Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on July 1, 2005, 12:43 pm

No, I refuse to scroll down to read the response to the message I have
just read. I want to read it straight away.

Perce

On 07/01/05 11:30 am G Henslee tossed the following ingredients into the
ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> Ashton Crusher wrote:

> <top posting corrected - go to the bottom>