Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:54:40 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why top-posting is bad Message-ID: <20040830122440.GA2327@online.fr> In-Reply-To: <p06002082bd58c1847fd6@[10.0.1.3]> References: <20040819134840.GA3104@online.fr> <20040822015558.GO92256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040827114038.GA2453@online.fr> <p06002068bd54de2a1bf6@[10.0.1.3]> <1093789942.4131e8f6b486a@imp1-q.free.fr> <p06002079bd57bed84da1@[10.0.1.3]> <20040830051243.GA976@online.fr> <p0600207fbd589b4c8ace@[10.0.1.3]> <20040830105847.GA2108@online.fr> <p06002082bd58c1847fd6@[10.0.1.3]>
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Brad Knowles said on Aug 30, 2004 at 13:45:07: > > 1. In private mail, I really don't care, unless the formatting is > > truly egregious. On such (very rare) occasions I've prodded the > > sender a bit. > > > > 2. On public mailing lists, I know perfectly well that others will > > complain louder than I do, so I don't care. [snip] > Having a friend tell you that your fly is unzipped is much nicer > than running around with your underwear (or genitals) hanging out for > everyone to see, and then having some random stranger on the street > five hours later tell you what your friend should have told you > earlier. You're equating top-posting to an undone fly? Excuse me, take a look at the real world sometime. It's more like telling your friend at the beach that his necktie is knotted unsymmetrically. Rahul
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