Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Derek Broughton]

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.

"Bottom post"?  Surely you meant "top-post".  I've never seen anybody
snapped at for bottom-posting itself, though you might get a testy response
if you quote 200 lines to add a line at the bottom that says "me too!". 
More likely nobody will actually read the post...

> What's the deal here? 

As my standard response says:

"Please don't top-post.  It makes it hard to have a conversation".

Conversations are "he said... she said...".  Reversing it confuses people.
-- 
derek