Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 14:29:09 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Posting Style Message-ID: <CADqw_gLCvLaMyEXBjBw1esQLwea6sxTwm8=WVSnf6oya6ut%2BGQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20221107131823.67c957cadb4bd11a4d00ba03@sohara.org> References: <20221106222404.ew2xhposne7aesvw@freebsd> <20221107131823.67c957cadb4bd11a4d00ba03@sohara.org>
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> Done properly the original message is trimmed to short sections > each just long enough to give context and the relevant replies go beneath > each section in and interleaved fashion. > > This approach makes the whole thing very conversational and easy to > follow. I think about it this way: if you have two (or a very small number of) people involved in a conversation from the beginning, top-posting may(!) make sense, because everyone involved is at the same "place", and can be assumed to know where a given response w/o context fits in. As soon as many people are involved and cannot be assumed to be following closely all the time, I personally see it as a sign of decent respect to provide context by doing what's been described several times now. cheers & happy posting. Michael -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'
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