Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Knapp]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> 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.
>
> "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
>

I think that top posting would not work in a post like the one quoted
above. If you comment on every few lines like derek did but did it
with top posting you would have a REALLY hard time reading it.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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