Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:02:11 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MT: top-posting Message-ID: <20010729160210.B7123@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <15203.62084.40909.149342@guru.mired.org>; from "Mike Meyer" on Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 06:24:52AM References: <15203.62084.40909.149342@guru.mired.org>
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 06:24:52AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > I'm seeing an increase in the number of answers that "top post". That > is, the answer is placed above the text of the question. Like > wrapping the text of a message, this seems like a good idea at first > glance, and might actually be a local improvement. But the result of > global adoption of such practices is to make reading - and replying - > to email harder. To quote Greg Lehey's "How to get best results from > FreeBSD-questions" <URL: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html#answer >: I agree with Mike wholeheartedly!! You guys that are too obstinate to get with the program are going straight to /dev/null on my system! I mostly lurk this list to learn as much as possible. An interesting thread begins -- everything is going along smoothly, i.e., question, reply, another question, reply -- one after the other so that aperson can follow the sequence of events (and screw-ups), then some freaking yahoo top-posts, and the subsequent comments/replies are bottom-posted. THEN we have one hell of a mess!! What the hell is so hard to understand about THAT! Look... as far as I'm concerned, it's not that top-posting is inherently a "bad thing". The problem occurs when a thread has a combo of top AND bottom posting. Have it *all* top-post or bottom-post -- I don't give a shit; but let's not mix the two! Let's agree on a standard and stick to it. You contrary sons-of-bitches who exist only to make life miserable/hard on others and consistently insist in going against the grain --- guru or not, you'll be in my bit bucket as quick as I can hit the <Del> key. Mike, I've had a "postponed" message on my system for a month or so, wondering whether or not I should *again* broach the issue. Glad you spoke up! Bottom line though -- how are we going to resolve this? Is having a vote feasible? -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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