Why do people detest top posting so much?
Derek Broughton
derek at pointerstop.ca
Mon Feb 23 14:33:06 UTC 2009
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.
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derek
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