Please advise...

[Pastor JW]

On Thursday 07 August 2008 05:27:56 am Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 14:56 -0400, David Curtis wrote:
> >> Suuri, it's also advisable not to top post.
> >
> > Well, if it's a one-line "thank you" or similar stuff, I don't see why.
> > In this case, reading a top post is certainly better than wading through
> > quotes after quotes just to read one line at the end.
>
> No, it's not.  The whole purpose of "don't top post" is to get people to
> trim.  If you write one line and include 1000 lines of other people's
> posts, it's a bad thing whether you top-posted or not.  There are still
> millions of people out there who are paying by the byte or on slow dial-up
> connections who really need us to trim.

Good reason!  The thing that really bothers me however is how badly it mangles 
the conversation.  It gets to the point where it can not be followed no 
matter how good the information contained.  

I always wonder if those who post things like, " In this case, reading a top 
post is certainly better than wading through quotes after quotes just to read 
one line at the end." actually understand what they just wrote.  Why in the 
world would one include "quote after quote" if it was of no value to the 
answer?  And it it were pertainent, why do they believe the answer comes 
before the question?!!  What is it?  ...Thank you for what you're about to 
say?  



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