[OT] Top posting is a PITA

[Roy Smith]

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?

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