[OT] Top posting is a PITA

[Robin Munn]

Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote:
>> top-posters tend to write codswallop more often that those who trim 
>> and organize their replies carefully.
>> 
>> This is partly because the process of trimming the original post,
>> forces you to identfy the relevant points being made
> 
> What makes you think people who top post don't also put a lot of effort 
> into carefully organizing their replies and trimming the original post 
> down to the most relevant points?

Bitter, hard-earned experience. Some people do so, as you demonstrated,
but IMB,H-EE the vast majority do not.

Another problem that occurs when some people top-post and some do not is
that the conversation thread quickly becomes unreadable unless someone
takes the time to rearrange it into a consistent form (as I did in
composing this reply).

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Robin Munn
rmunn at pobox.com