[OT] Debian mailinglists [was: RE: Debian or Ubuntu?]

[Phil Sexton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I agree that not STFW and top-posting should be permitted in
> ubuntu-users, but they should be discouraged. That way, as people
> learn, they can progress. We don't need to burn people at the stake
> for top posting or posting slightly OT threads, but they should be
> gently reminded that their behaviour is counter-productive.

Even though I am just a user and not a hacker, I usually hit the 
delete button when running across html, rich text, non-trimmed 
replies, hi-jacked threads and top posters as I subscribe to quite a 
few high traffic mailing lists and I can't be bothered to search out 
the relevant question/answer from a bunch of unnecessary garbage.

> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

I agree 100%!