[ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums)

[Ian]

But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK.

 

 

 

 

-------Original Message------- 

 

From: Sean Miller 

Date: 05/11/2006 05:10:03 

To: British Ubuntu Talk 

Subject: [ubuntu-UK] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) 

 

Ian wrote: 

> You have and its appalling bad taste in my language. 

> 

Just to explain for a moment, Ian, why people feel so passionately at 

Times about top posting in an e-mail list and as a result sometimes we 

Can end up with situations like this where one person feels "victimised" 

Or the like... 

 

Imagine yourself as a "Digest" subscriber to the list. You will get one 

E-mail daily with all the posts in. Imagine then that there is a big 

Issue going on and many posts are on one thread. If we take a 

Conversation thus... 

 

Mike: "Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it." 

Bob: "Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck?" 

Mike: "Oh, definitely. What time?" 

Bob: "Midday?" 

Mike: "Great! Seeya there" 

 

Easy enough isn't it? Right... let's imagine they all top post... what's 

The digest going to look like? 

 

10:15am Mike at mike.com 

Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 

 

10.20am Bob at bob.com 

Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? 

 

Mike wrote: 

>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 

 

10.25am Mike at mike.com 

Oh, definitely. What time? 

 

Bob wrote: 

>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? 

> 

>Mike wrote: 

>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 

 

10.26am Bob at bob.com 

Midday? 

 

Mike wrote: 

>Oh, definitely. What time? 

> 

>Bob wrote: 

>>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? 

>> 

>>Mike wrote: 

>>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 

 

10.28am Mike at mike.com 

Great, Seeya there! 

 

Bob wrote: 

>Midday? 

> 

>Mike wrote: 

>>Oh, definitely. What time? 

>> 

>>Bob wrote: 

>>>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? 

>>> 

>>>Mike wrote: 

>>>>Good morning, Bob... Lovely day isn't it. 

 

...and that was *such* a simple conversation. Imagine a technical 

Discussion. 

 

Please understand, Ian, nobody is trying to drive anybody else off this 

List. 

 

I believe the request to be simply saying *try* to think about making it 

Easy for the other readers when you post. It literally only takes a few 

Seconds to snip out the bits you're replying to but it could save those 

Reading the digest hours when trying to make head or tail of a conversation.


 

Sean 

 

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