<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 7:57 AM Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Since you have not even got the basic manners to bottom-post yourself<br>
-- and yes Gmail does it fine; </blockquote><div><br></div><div>Gmail is interesting because when I hit "reply" it puts two blank lines above the quoted text -- almost seducing the respondent to type above. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">this post itself is proof -- you even<br>
mock it, then I not only do not feel welcomed, I feel that I am told I<br>
am not welcome.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sorry, man. I was just questioning Raif's assertion that a forum makes it impossible to top post. I gave my example for why I didn't see that being true. It wasn't meant to mock.</div><div><br></div><div>But, you're also right. Of all the things in the world to worry about and control... how people participate in conversations seems like it would be a tiring obsession. Neither email nor forums will enforce a EDI-like data interchange structure. Leading by example seems more productive than being the posting cop. (Especially when gmail *invites* top posting.). To each their own. My reply to Raif was more about the assertion that forums prevent top posting.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div></div>