Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Odzangba K. Dake]

On Monday 23 February 2009 13:54:14 Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Odzangba K. Dake wrote:
> > Ok, I just have to ask... what is so wrong with it. I admit that I prefer
> > bottom posting because, well, it makes reading easier but quite a few
> > people on this list (and on others) actively detest it and quite often
> > snap at you if you bottom post. What's the deal here?
>
> You can probably search in the archive for the words "top posting" or
> "top-posting" and find articles outlining why.
>
> I'd get into it more but I just did...end of last week...with someone on
> the list under a different heading, and if you ask questions like that
> here you're going to get hit by people telling you to use the -chat or
> -banter or whatever the non-tech list is, or you'll be hit with the FAQ
> reference which tells you what you should do but I don't know if it
> really delves into why.

Yeah, I probably should have put a bit more thought into it before I fired that 
email off. Forgot about the "not for general discussions" part. Just do not 
understand why top posting bothers people so much.
--
Odzangba
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