Top-posting [Was: Installing with apt-get]

[Felix Miata]

On 06/06/22 15:27 (GMT-0400) Alexander Skwar apparently typed:

> Steve Tripp wrote:

>> Bottom posting is by far the most inefficient way to read lists like 
>> this that are active and have many additions.

It's grossly inefficient to have to scroll down to read the quoted part
of a post so that the context can be known before scroling back up to
read the new material.

>>  Bottom posters also seem 
>> to be the loudest when it comes to complaining,

> Rightly so, as top-posting is a "new" phaenomenon and people should

Created, not surprisingly, by M$'s awful email clients that also blessed
us (not) with HTML "rich text" email.

> be made aware right away, that they are (usually) mis-behaving
> by top-posting.

A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of the discussion.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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